Category: Playtime
The best apps for kids and parents (at least, in my opinion)
My fingers are aching from a full day’s typey-typing at this Professional Writer Girl job, so I’m just stopping in quickly to share a piece that was published today. I’ve written about my favourite kids’ apps and tech gadgets before, so I was keen… Continue Reading “The best apps for kids and parents (at least, in my opinion)”
Sew your own mermaid tails
We are deep into a mermaid phase in this house. I didn’t mean that to be a pun (ocean = deep) but that’s because I have mermaids on the brain. ALL. OF. THE. TIME. I started the fascination, actually. They were playing with C’s… Continue Reading “Sew your own mermaid tails”
Build your own seesaw
Our backyard already has a playhouse, a sandbox and a slide, but I wanted to see if we could build something new for the kids to play on. Because, you know, clearly they don’t have enough stuff back there. I quickly found a great… Continue Reading “Build your own seesaw”
Build your own wooden seesaw with Ana White’s plans
I LOVE the project we made for this week’s DIY adventure: a wooden seesaw for the backyard! We used free plans from the extraordinarily talented Ana White (available here) with just a couple of modifications, and they were very easy follow. Every time I… Continue Reading “Build your own wooden seesaw with Ana White’s plans”
Life lessons learned on the playground
Sunscreen on warm, squishy little arms is the loveliest smell after the brutal winter we had, isn’t it? The snow is finally gone (well, mostly) and we’re actually getting warm weather again. That means the kids and I are officially Playground Junkies from now… Continue Reading “Life lessons learned on the playground”
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