barley & birch
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Creative art and play explorations for kids and their families. Visit us at https://barleyandbirch.com #KidsActivities | #KidsArt | #ArtEd | #EduSky | #KidsCrafts | #NatureSky | #OutdoorLearning | #CreativePlay | #KidLit | #DIYKids | #ECE | #EarlyYears
Compiled our favorite 99 modern picture books with a free printable checklist kids can take to the library! 📚 Ultimate reading list. #KidsBooks #FreePrintable
99 of Our Favorite Modern Picture Books + A Free Minibook Printable!
Our favorite modern picture books and free printable mini-book - the perfect activity to get kids excited for a trip to the library!
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Make your own DIY laptops and tablets for pretend play…the toddler Zoom meeting situation is a riot. #DIYtoys #PretendPlay
Make A DIY Play Tablet or Laptop for Kids
This simple scrap wood DIY play tablet or laptop helps kids enjoy screen-free tech play while developing healthy screen habits!
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Equipping kids to actually cook requires real tools, and this list has our top 20 kid-safe utensils - perfect for the transition from play to real life. #KidsKitchen #FreePrintable
Our Favorite Kids Kitchen Tools for Cooking, Learning, and Play
A collection of our very favorite kids' kitchen tools for kitchen learning, cooking play, and practical skill development.
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Mapping childhood memories as art…the storytelling and emotional connection are everything. #ArtTherapy #Storytelling
Make Memory Maps - An Art and Play Activity for Kids
These interactive kid-made collages are a fun art project and map exercise that turns into a nontraditional scavenger hunt for learning through play!
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18 actual kitchen skills kids can master 🔪 From knife work to whisking. It’s life skills disguised as play. #KidsKitchen #LifeSkills
Our Favorite Practical Kitchen Skill Activities for Kids
Help your kids develop practical life skills through hands-on kitchen play and learning activities (with free printable templates).
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Made an accordion-fold cardboard city book that unfolds into an entire landscape. This clever bit of engineering creates a playscape that can be quickly folded and easily stored away for later! #BookMaking #CardboardCraft
DIY a Fun Cardboard Book Foldout Cityscape for Kids Play
This DIY foldout cardboard city landscape book is an artful lesson in perspective and reusable backdrop for imaginative play all in one!
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Quick collages from paper scraps, because creativity doesn't need perfection ✨ One of my go-to quick creative outlets - no planning, no pressure, just grab scraps and let fly! #Collage #QuickCrafts
Make Scrap Paper Quick Collages With Kids
This fun and easy kids activity doesn't take any preparation, is simple enough for kids of any age and is a great lesson in art and design composition!
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What childhood books have you passed down (or opted not to)? Here are a few childhood book favorites of my own that still hold up all these years later…#ChildrensBooks #Reading #KidLit
60 Favorite Childhood Books We Still Love
A list of over 60 favorite childhood books you may have forgotten but will still adore (along with wonderful current reading resources for kids).
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A collection of kids cookbooks that include: actual great-tasting recipes (that adults will eat too), clear instructions with photos, age-appropriate techniques, ingredient lists that aren't ridiculous, and respect for kids as capable humans. #KidsCooking #Cookbooks
The Best Kids Cookbooks for Young Chefs
Whether you have a future foodie or budding baker, you're sure to find a good gift in this collection of our favorite kids cookbooks!
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Kids magazines that don't condescend 📚 Building sustained reading habits rather than one-time book experiences with this collection of fresh picks for kids! #KidsMagazines #Reading
10+ Fresh and Engaging Magazines for Kids
Our favorite creative, modern magazines for kids of all ages interested in art, cooking, news, science, writing, reading and fun!
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Cardboard food truck update: today's menu includes "rainbow soup" and I've been told it's sold out 🚚✨ #DIYtoys #DramaticPlay
Design your own mini food truck!
Make your own adorable miniature food truck with cardboard, paper, and recycled bits and pieces - a creative kids' art project.
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We've been reading our way through art-themed picture books and they're SO GOOD for inspiring creative confidence. Books about artists, making art, seeing the world creatively, embracing mistakes, trying new things. What are your favorite picture books that inspire creati... #KidsBooks #ArtEducation
Our Favorite Art-Themed Picture Books for Kids
100 of our favorite kids picture books about art and artists!
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Rainbow rice is the sensory bin MVP 🌈 Cheap, easy to make, infinite play possibilities. #SensoryPlay #DIYrecipe
The Easiest DIY Colored Rice for Sensory Play
This simple DIY colored rice is easy to make and the perfect tool for sensory play or practical skill learning! Learn our color and taste-safe secrets!
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Full 80s theme week with 30+ crafts, recipes and activities that bring joy across generations #80sTheme #FamilyCrafts
Totally Rad 80s Crafts & Activities for Family Fun
Take a trip down memory lane with a wicked week of 80s activities including DIY games, rad retro art crafts, classic 80s-inspired recipes, and more!
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Beach sand but make it moldable? Moon sand delivers ✨#SensoryPlay #DIYrecipe
Our Favorite DIY Moon Sand Recipe
Use flour and oil to make this easy DIY moon sand for a beachy summer sensory play experience your kids will love!
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Pop Rocks punch for peak 80s party vibes 🥤 The fizz factor is unmatched. #80sParty #KidsRecipes
DIY Pop Rocks Punch: A Fizz-tastic Throwback Party Recipe
Our fizzing, low-sugar Pop Rocks Punch recipe is fun for kids and perfect for parties with free '80s-themed drinking straw printables.
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These kid-friendly DIY tarot cards act as positive storytelling prompts and are great for creative self-reflection. 🔮✨ #TarotCraft #Storytelling
DIY Tarot Card Craft for Kids: A Fun Spin on a Classic Deck
Make DIY tarot cards for kids with printables or hand-drawn designs! Encourage optimism, creativity & storytelling through fun fortune-telling games.
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Exploring mixed media art can open up worlds of new opportunities for kids! 🎨 Here are some tips to help you combine materials without overwhelm (or disappointment). #MixedMedia #ProcessArt
Discover Simple Ways to Explore Mixed Media Art with Kids
Discover simple ways to create stunning mixed media art with kids using everyday supplies, classic mark-making tools, and a few basic rules.
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Mail art meets memory-making with this DIY travel postcard project for kids 📮. #TravelCrafts #Postcards
Skip Store-Bought and Try Making DIY Postcards With Kids
This easy postcard art project for kids is packed with creativity and charm! Kids can draw their own postcards - for play or to mail to friends.
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We set up three different playdough invitations with a baby turtle theme and the engagement was NEXT LEVEL… #PlaydoughPlay #SensoryInvitations
Six Creative Playdough Turtle Activities for Kids
Explore fun, educational playdough turtle invitations for kids that boost creativity, empathy, and problem-solving skills through hands-on play.
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Come make cardboard French market foods for peak dramatic play with us! 🥖🧀 Baguettes, cheese wheels, croissants, and more from recycled materials? MAIS OUI! #DramaticPlay #DIYtoys
Make your own cardboard play market food
This adorable set of recycled cardboard play food is an easy DIY, perfect for dramatic play, a great way for kids to learn about food (with printable play market food templates available).
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10 origami projects specifically curated for kids—crafts that are achievable without massive frustration, clearly explained, and actually result in something lovely. #Origami #PaperCrafts
10 Fun Origami Projects for Kids
These fun and easy beginner origami projects are a perfect way to introuduce your kids to the beautiful and fun art of paper folding!
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Sometimes the best crafts are the ones that get actually worn instead of just made. Prep for summer with your own set of handmade shutter shades (our printables + cardstock) 😎 Peak retro accessory. #80sCrafts #DIYaccessories
Make your own bodacious '80s-inspired sunglasses
Kids will have a total blast crafting their own rad 80's-inspired sunglasses out of a recycled cereal box and paint (with three eighties-style sunglasses templates available).
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Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ If you're headed to a parade this weekend, here's something you can make and take with you! #kidscrafts #kidsactivities #PRIDE #pridemonth 👉 barleyandbirch.com/make-easy-di...
Make An Easy DIY Rainbow Noisemaker for Pride Month!
Happy Pride Month! Are you getting ready to head to the nearest Pride parade? Hold on, I have just the accessory to help you jingle all the way there...! Don't just SHOW your support -
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Scribble art for stress relief: 10/10 would recommend for humans of all ages. We all need this 🖍️✨ Scribble, cut, arrange, glue, breathe. #ProcessArt #ArtTherapy
Try Scribble Art Collages for Stress Relief
Find your zen and a new way to relax by making your own meditative scribble art collages for stress relief.
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Soft village buildings you can squish? The vibes are immaculate 🏘️ Simple sewing project, maximum play value. #DIYtoys #SewingForKids
Make your own soft village playset
This DIY soft village playset is a sewing and art project kids can participate in making, then use for creative small world play (with mountain, tree, and house sewing templates avaialble).
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July is Disability Pride Month — and this resource page is one I genuinely learned a lot from putting together. Adaptive art projects, inclusive books, and kids' music worth exploring. #DisabilityPride #InclusivePlay #KidsActivities #KidLit #Edusky #Teachers
Observing Disability Pride Month With Kids - barley & birch
Helpful online resources for celebrating Disability Pride Month through children’s art, crafts, reading, music, and more.
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