Well since it’s New Year’s Eve, how about something appropriate for the holiday? Give your kids a bunch of supplies and challenge them to make party hats for themselves…or for the whole family!  Paper plates, construction paper, crepe paper, tissue paper, even wallpaper can be used to make awesome hats.  With the wallpaper, you have [...]

Today on In the Season I showed some ideas for getting the new year started.  (Is anyone else having trouble getting over the fact that it’s going to be 2011?  It feels like all that Y2K stuff was just yesterday!). Lots of people talk about trying to get more organized at the start of a [...]

In the last post, I talked about using unusual paintbrushes.  How about trying some printing and stamping with some unusual items today? Of course you can use the old standby and carve something into half a potato but why not go beyond that?  Try some fruits like an apple or an orange and see what [...]

With the new year comes some new beginnings for the Creative EdVentures channel.  Here is the lineup which begins next week: Mondays:  9 pm Eastern (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific), In the Zone, a craft party of demo’s, chat, fun, laughter, and Show and Tell time for you to share with us what you’ve [...]

Here’s one that the kids in my classes always loved – painting with unusual paintbrushes. Look around your house and try to look at the objects you have there a little differently.  Are there any branches lying around on the ground outside your house?  Carefully use a knife and “fray” one end of it so [...]

Bubbles Yeah I know it’s weird to suggest this in the winter but that’s actually just the reason I’m going to!  Kids love things that are out of the norm – I used to save some snow in the freezer for a hot summer day and bubbles on a cold wintery one are just as [...]

Still have a few turkey leftovers lurking about?  Here’s a great, different idea for them: Turkey Slaw Mix together 1 cup chopped cooked turkey, 1 cup of a coleslaw blend (they sell it in bags with the bagged salads, or you can chop up your own cabbage, carrots and whatever else you’d like) , 1/4 [...]

This week I’m doing a series of 5 posts on things you can make and do with your kids to keep them busy and happy while they’re at home for this holiday season.  Today’s activity:  Make Your Own Rock Candy. As you know, if you put sugar in water, the sugar dissolves until you can’t [...]

Merry Christmas…Happy Holidays! This is the first year with my daughter having a serious boyfriend at Christmas.  Things only recently became serious and so there’s always those awkward moments of Christmas gift giving.  How much do you spend on each other, how personal do you make the items, and more to the point of this [...]

We had a lovely little holiday celebration on In the Season today with Maria sharing with us her holiday trip to Germany and both of us sharing our Christmas traditions. I also showed a couple quick and easy last minute Christmas crafts such as these cute little creations!  Can you guess what they’re made of?  [...]