cheap fun easy fall kids activities.

So they may not be the most creative crafts but I have a 20 month old who cant really get creative so I am limited to the crafts I can do with her right now. Although these activities may be simple she loves them and they are a great way to have fun with your toddler and bond.

Autumn handprint wreath

you will need:

construction paper in autumn colors
washable finger paint in autumn colors and paintbrush
a paper plate (I used a small one)
child safe scissors
glue
and a toddlers hand
(of course a towel and water for clean up. I would also out an apron on your toddler because this can get messy)

1.Cut the center out of the paper plate(you can save these and reuse them as palettes).

2.Using contrasting colors paint your toddlers hand and make a handprint on the construction paper. Do this to make as many
handprints as you would like with as many colors as you would like. set aside to dry.

3.Have your toddler paint the paper plate rim you cut whatever color they would like.

4.While your toodler is painting draw some leaves on construction paper in different sizes and cut them out. If your child is old enough you could also let them do this step themselves. (I have also found die cut leaves at craft stores that would look really cut with this if you don't like the construction paper leaves)

5.let the rim dry completely.

6. while rim is drying cut out the handprints.

7.Glue the handprints and leaves in whatever pattern an design that you like

8. Hang up on a nail or tack or you could even use ribbon.

9.ENJOY WITH YOU CHILD! My daughter looks at hers everyday and talks about it often.


Thankful Turkeys:

So I love teaching my dd about loving others and appreciating her life and all she has. Even at 2 she is beginning to understand and say thank you often. These little turkeys serve as little reminders to cherish the little things we love.

you will need:

construction paper in any colors you like preferably fall colors

finger paints

scissors

crayons

1.Start by cutting feathers the size of you childs hand and write down the things they are thankful for or things you know they love. Set aside.

2. paint your toddlers hands and make handprints on a piece of construction paper. Let dry.

3.glue feathers where fingerprints are to create a turkey.

4. Then draw legs, a beak, and whatever other your accessories you desire and enjoy!

If she can do it we can...

I've always wondered how Martha always knows what she knows (if that makes any sense). I mean my mom did crafts with us kinda and baked with us but Marthas mom made her do everything by hand and from scratch.

That is where my differnce from Martha is, my mom. Well actually my mom's circmstance. She was a single mom with 3 kids. She worked full time and barely had time to take a shower before work let alone teach us how to sew. In our society everything comes from a store. Its easier fast and sometimes cheaper to buy premade stuff than to craft your own. So thats how my sisters and I were pretty much raised and I guess thats how we kinda thought It had always been for humans. I thought if I didnt find something I liked in a store then I was outta luck.


Ive always been a artistic kid actually I was always drawing, painting, or imagining something. I always wanted something different and what was sold in stores never really satisfied me. Kids loved disney and mickey and I wanted black and white paisley (although I didnt know it was paisley then)


Then one morning at the age of 12 I was up early (very rare btw) and I turned on the the TV to find a blonde woman making pancakes. She was so calm and her kitchen was so clean and organized. The cameras panned over the delicious golden brown pancakes and then back to martha who stated she was going to teach us how to make these pancakes right after commercial. I ran to my room and got a pen and paper and wrote down everything she said. I watched her closely so I could do it right in my own kitchen. Then after I had learned the secret of making pancakes at home without a box I went to my kitchen to make them only to find I only had a pan to make them with. No flour, sugar, and no spatula (I think the spatula was just lost). I was upset but I poured my self cereal and went back to my store bought life never thinking about martha again.

Then I became a mother and realized I wanted my daughter to have a more unique childhood than I had and my artistic little sister became my cooking and crafting assistant and together we have done some pretty cool things that we will be able to pass down to our kids and hopefully other people wanting to live a made at home life.