I’m having surgery in about a week. It’s not serious surgery, just something little but necessary. I found out about it a few weeks ago, and was told to take it easy until the surgery (hah!) and then for 2-4 weeks after the surgery (hahaha…). Posts may be a little less frequent and of smaller scale, for obvious reasons, but I do have a couple fun things in the works. Here are things some things I’ve been doing with my boys while resting…
This dragon marionette puppet is a simple and fun craft for kids. It only requires a few supplies to make, and is tons of fun to play with when it’s done. My two year old enjoyed “feeding” his dragon some tacos when we read Dragons Love Tacos (our new favorite book!).
We’ve been on a robot kick around here. The boys play robots all the time. They like to pretend to be battle droids. I designed a simple, mini printable robot play set for them to have some fun with. I love printables that are simple and inspire creativity. They seem to be the ones my boys enjoy the most. I’m always surprised at how long they capture my boys attention. You can print off the mini robots […]
Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle…the cow jumped over the moon. It’s a quirky nursery rhyme that doesn’t even make much sense. No one is sure of the exact origins. J.R.R. Tolkien even uses parts of the nursery rhyme in one of the songs in Lord of the Rings. We were inspired to do some activities for this nursery rhyme when […]
So far this has been the most loved printable craft I’ve made for my boys. There were actually tears the first night over who got to sleep with the blocks before I had a chance to print off a second set. Who knew that a set of robot blocks could be so loved?
You can print off and assemble your own little set of mix-n-match robot blocks.
This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. This last Christmas we decided to get the boys each a magazine subscription. I’d heard amazing things about the kid’s magazines Cricket, Spider, and Ladybug. They are high quality magazines with no advertising – just beautiful stories, poems, and activities. I knew it was…
This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. My kids love Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I compiled some fun Brown Bear, Brown Bear activities for them to do to go along with the book. We love reading this book. The boys would recite it to each other (with…
This year for my birthday I asked for some money to pick out clothes. I had a particular brand in mind, as I’ve been interested in narrowing down my closet to only clothes I love to wear. I looked into buying directly from the brand’s website, but they were a little pricey. Well, not really pricey, but when I’m used to buying things for $.50 at garage sales or a few dollars at thrift stores, it was way more than I wanted to spend. I enjoy finding […]
We made a cute moose sock puppet a while back. I thought it would be fun to make the boys a puppet theater to go along with the puppet. We used a large cardboard box, and it turned out great! Recognize the box? We definitely like to re-use things around here. It’s from our […]
As Pirate Week comes to a close here at Create in the Chaos, we are going to top off our week of fun projects with an awesome cardboard pirate ship tutorial. Materials: 2 big cardboard boxes -I used one tall, rectangular one, and then a shorter, more square-shaped one. you want to pick 2 boxes…
Ahoy mateys! Welcome to our fourth day of pirate week here at Create in the Chaos. I’ve got a great tutorial for you today – a tutorial for a cardboard treasure box.
I’ve got two fun, simple projects for you for our third day of pirate week! I’m going to show you how to make a pirate flag and a simple treasure map. We’re going to start with the flag today.