If you're looking for a quick and easy craft for the kids today, head to the recycle bin and grab an egg carton.

These egg carton flowers are so cheerful and precious.

Make wall art like we did, or use them for a wreath or in a vase.

Click the link below to check them out. Go! Go!

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We made gorgeous Mardi Gras masks the other day, and in true Happy Hooligans fashion, they were super-easy and required just a few basic supplies.

Click the link below to see how colourful and stunning they are! Go, Go!

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I was surprised to hear that my daycare hooligans had never heard it before, so we came up with this easy and adorable lion/lamb weather predictor.

What a fun way to guess what March's weather will be like, and to introduce young children to that classic bit of folklore!

Click the link below to see how cute and easy it is!

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I have the most awesome, totally easy homemade Father's Day gift to share with you!

I made a bunch of these garden markers for my herb garden yesterday, and I LOVE them!

They're so pretty, and so quick and easy to make.

Start to finish, the project took me less than an hour!

Click the link below to see how pretty they look in my garden! Go! Go!

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The weather has FINALLY warmed up here, so I wanted to share a terrific backyard activity that will keep your little ones entertained and learning for ages.

Check out our pretend play flower shop!

It's super-easy to set up with some dollar store artificial flowers, and a few jars, containers and scoops.

You'll love what we've used for the "potting soil". It makes for such a wonderful sensory experience and it's much more interesting than dirt (although that will do just fine if that's what you'd like to use).

Check it out with the link below!

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I have a wonderful rainbow craft to kick off your St. Patrick's Day crafting!

This one is great for fine-motor development and learning about colour order and colour families.

And it's so fun and pretty that kids of all ages will love it.

Click the link below to check it out!

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Well, we are STILL waiting for the weather to warm up here, so we haven't seen many butterflies in the garden yet.

However, we're always up for a colourful butterfly craft.

I've rounded up 10 of our favourite butterfly crafts, art activities and even a snack for you. You can find them all here in this post.

There's something for all ages - toddlers, preschoolers, elementary kids and tweens.

I hope your kids love making them as much as we did!

Click the link below to check them out!

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We've used our easy 3-ingredient clay dough recipe to make vibrant butterfly ornaments for spring.

This might be my favourite clay dough craft yet!

Click the link below to see them. They're GORGEOUS!

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Holy Moly, it's a long time coming for us this year. It's just so cold and damp!

To lift the spirits, here's a really easy butterfly craft that's perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

It's colourful, it provides a fun little art experience, and it's great for fine motor development.

Plus, could a butterfly be ANY cuter??

Click the link below to check this one out!

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I am in love with our latest Easter craft.

It's super-simple, super-gorgeous, and it's great for all ages. Totally do-able for toddlers and preschoolers, but even my 11 and 12 year old LOVED it!

Oh, and, you probably have everything you need on hand already. :)

Check it out!! Isn't it pretty?

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It's so simple, but the materials offer a lovely tactile experience, and oh my goodness, the results are ADORABLE.

Click the link below to check it out!

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All of these crafts and playful learning activities are really easy and inexpensive, and they are just fabulous!

Take a peek! You'll definitely want to put some of these on your "must make and do" list for spring!

Check 'em out!

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Toddlers, preschoolers AND big kids will love this classic art process.

They'll learn a new skill too, if you have them pre-plan and colour-code their designs like we did!

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Just grab a handful of stir sticks when you're in Starbucks (ask first!), and your kids can transform them into glittery, shimmery dragonflies.

They're fun for play but I think they'd look wonderful suspended in a window, or strung into a mobile similar to the pinecone mobile we made last month.

Check them out, and tell me what you think! They're SO EASY!

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If you're looking for a quick and easy craft for your kids to do today, you have to check out our rain sticks!

They adored the decorating process. Seriously. They would've decorated cardboard tubes ALL afternoon if I'd let them. The dollar store tape you see here is the secret to what made that prcoess such a hit!

Filling the tubes was fun too, and then of course, playing with them! They sound so lovely!

And don't they look gorgeous? They're so colourful and vibrant. I'm just in love with them!

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Eek! I'm so excited about it. I mean, look at how completely enchanting this little hooligan looks wearing it.

She wore it all day long. I'm not kidding. She adored it.

And guess what...

It was SUPER-easy, and took less than 10 minutes from start to finish!

All you need is some elastic, some fake flowers, and a glue gun! Check it out! Don't you just love it?

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Just look at how pretty these coffee filter daffodils are! Have your kids make a whole bouquet of them to display on a windowsill or table!

Aren't they great?!

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The kids played for hours with this pretend play perfume factory! They chopped and snipped ingredients from the garden, and used tools and instruments to mix up beautiful potions in gorgeous little bottles.

This activity is so fun, and provides many ways for little ones to develop fine-motor skills, co-ordination and creative and critical thinking.

And it's so easy and inexpensive, you can set this up time after time, all summer long!

They'll never be bored again! Check it out!

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Toddlers, preschoolers and even older kids love the process of dyeing the coffee filters, and of course, once they've dried, you can decorate a wreath with your coffee filters or you can do like we're doing today, and attach a few stems to make a vibrant bouquet.

Colouring coffee filters is a wonderful way to explore water absorption and colour blending, and of course the process is terrific for fine motor development and co-ordination.

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