Check out these awesome paint projects! Think your kids will like them, I know mine will!

I adore the painting above made by pouring and tipping. You have to see the whole tutorial at Housing A Forest, you will be adding it to your to do list for sure.

This easy color mixing shamrock project from Mommy And Me Book Club is perfect for kids 1-6 who are still eager to finger paint and get messy while learning about color mixing.

This is an oldie but a goodie from Frugal Family Fun - bottle flower prints. I am guessing most of you have a bottle of two ready for it's second life as a craft tool!

These screen paintings and impressions from Getting Messy With Miss Jessi are awesome, you have to see the whole process to discover just how cool an experience making them was for the kids.

Earth Day is April 22nd - here are some great easy ways to celebrate with your young kids.

Next week is Spring Break for my son and I am putting him to work. Preschoolers are natural sorters, want to act like grown ups and gain confidence from being helpful. Here is my list of Spring Cleaning activities we are going to tackle.

Purging

Creativity doesn’t always have to include glue , glitter and paint. Sometimes being creative with your kids means using what you have to have fun, learn and keep them from drawing on the carpet. Right now being at home with a newborn and an active imaginative three year old I have had to come up with some fun games for my son who is 3 and I to play while my newborn daughter has me sitting and nursing her, sometimes for a while.

Here are three games we have been playing and loving!

1. Secret Toy

Last year at this time my son who was 2.5 decided that 5am was a great time to wake up, every day. That made our normally long day without dad even longer so we started filling our days with inexpensive outings. Here are the 5 that were all fun, frugal and educational.

1. The Nursery or Garden Center They are open early, have space to run, lots of plants to learn about, many have ponds of fish, and heavy lifting equipment like forklifts. All these things combined are fun to explore and learn about for zero admission fee!