‘Tis the season… to make pink and red, creepy, crawly love bugs with helping hands from your own little love bugs. This Valentine’s Day craft is fun and easy for kids to make, and fun and easy for even the littlest to help. Cereal boxes are the perfect weight cardboard to cut, decorate and keep […]
Kids will love making these adorable heart-shaped letter boxes for collecting their Valentine cards this year! All you need is some construction paper and a cereal box, and of course all the bling you would like to decorate it with! For these heart shaped boxes you will need: Recycled cereal boxes Construction paper Yarn Beads, […]
One of our favorite bloggers, All for the Boys, has a fabulous Friday tradition: Dedicating the day to forts, forts and more forts! They’re great for getting kids to look creatively at their environment, plus challenges them to use household items in unexpected ways. Check out 4 of our favorites from All for the Boys […]
This recycled cereal box snowman is a great craft to do anytime with supplies you have laying around the house! Gather an empty cereal box and any fun supplies you could possibly use. Check the recycle bin, the garage and your leftover craft stash for all kinds of items! Start by covering the cereal box […]
Las Posadas is a nine day celebration starting on December 16th and ending on Christmas Eve. Meaning lodging in Spanish, Las Posadas celebrate the origins of Christmas and remains a culturally significant holiday for many Latinos today. Included in celebrations of Las Posadas is imagery of the three kings. Simple and festive activities like this […]
Wintertime means plenty of fun out playing in the snow! Sledding, building snowman, and even a friendly snowball fight can be a great way to spend an afternoon. Sometimes though, it’s just too cold to play outside, so here’s a fun activity that keeps you busy until the temps go up a bit! For this […]
Raining outside? Or snowing? Are you dreaming of summer and miniature golf? Well, bring some outside love inside with your box of Kix. You can get as creative as you like with this cereal box miniature golf. Find objects around the house, or in the toy bin, that might work as different obstacles. And, if […]
Here’s a fun and festive way that your kids can express what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Create an adorable turkey from paper and a recycled cereal box. This turkey makes a great Thanksgiving table decoration and can be filled with silk flowers and leaves or used as a napkin holder! To make […]
Have you ever made a sensory box for your kids? They provide a fun sensory experience through texture, shape, weight and size. It helps with recognition and muscle memory, and is just plain fun. For older kids you can have them record their observations through touch. It is hard, soft, sticky, big, heavy etc. Start […]
There are so many things you can make from an empty cereal box! Instead of throwing them away or recycling them, carefully break down the top and bottom enclosures so you can flatten the boxes and save them for future projects. These monsters are a perfect example of how to easily turn an ordinary cereal […]