The Boy's Store Blog — Arts & Crafts

Valentine's Day is over and now St. Patrick's Day is coming up fast. We are already thinking ahead to crafts all month long. With little kids at home still, we find that the best way to entertain is to give them lots of arts and crafts projects. My youngest boy loves a great arts and crafts project, and since he is the last baby we love to make little projects with him to enjoy the last of the fun activities with kids. This month I am collecting ideas for St. Patrick's Day. My little man loves rainbows, so this is...

Space is the ultimate frontier, and my kids are constantly asking me questions about this amazing thing that they think must only float above the sky in the dark of night. We have talked a lot about the Solar System recently and we have started to learn a bit more about the world around us. My kids love to learn and they love to do hands-on activities that give them real-world experiences. They have been very inquisitive recently about the way that the Solar System works and where it goes during the day. My husband and I have decided that...

This year we are making special keepsake ornaments for the grandparents. My kids are at that age where they are still small, but in one more year they will be practically grown children. They still have that sweet baby-like look to them, and their hands are still so small and beg to be held. I want to remember all of that. So this year we will make some special salt dough Christmas ornaments that will keep their little hands small and baby-like forever. The fun thing about salt dough is that you can make practically anything with it. Your ornaments...

Halloween is a great time to do fun activities and crafts. Furthermore, it offers the opportunity to try and weave in some interesting learning activities as well. Mystery Science has an incredibly interesting Halloween skeleton-themed learning activity for children grades K-5. It deals with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mechanics). And it uses the skeleton theme to get kids interested in how the bones in our body help us to function and what would our bodies be like without bones? Mystery Science has an entirely interactive experience set up for you and your kids. As a result, you get...

Art projects are always a great idea. I love to work on seasonal projects, and fall is my favorite season with its beautiful colors. I love to hang all of the beautiful projects my kids create to give my house a little more color and life. With the trees starting to change color I want to bring all of the bright colors into my house. So I found this fantastic project that will let me do just that! This autumn tree painting with cotton balls project from Projects With Kids is exactly what I needed. It gives my little guy...