Winter + Christmas Activity Ideas

With lots of snow in the forecast, and unicorns all the rage now a days, I knew I wanted to find a way to combine them, so unicorn snow popsicles were created! My oldest goes to preschool, and I guess every kid there has unicorn gear. Unicorn hats, backpacks, jackets… so it was was no surprise when my guy came home saying he didn’t want his Daniel Tiger backpack anymore, but wanted a unicorn one instead! Now, I don’t mind him having a unicorn backpack, except for the fact he … Read more

This February has been the absolute snowiest one in history, and I really wanted to think of something fun to do with all of it (besides sledding, of course) – so snow paint was born! It’s not an entirely new concept, but it is a cheap way to save money if you want to give the kid something to do by them selves. I wrote another article on fun snow toys here, and one of the things listed was a snow paint set – and it was actually quite pricey! … Read more

I thought Floam was a thing of the past until I was trying to brainstorm ways to use up the rest of my crushed styrofoam from my last craft (sytrofoam snowman here if you’re curious!) and then a thought crossed my mind.. If I put this styrofoam into “slime” it will be like slime snow! Turns out, that is actually floam (sort of!) The first time I made it I actually thought it was awful (I did it wrong!) and I threw it out. I had even done it with … Read more