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Creepy Spider Art

Spiders.

I don’t love them. But I don’t hate them nearly as much as I used to. You see, living out in the country has forced me to undergo some major exposure therapy. I once found a HUGE BLACK spider crawling mere inches from where my baby sat on the living room floor.

“Along came a spider, who sat down beside her…”

I panicked. I may have screamed some obscenities. Commanding my two toddlers to STAND BACK, I pounced on the thing with the largest container within reach.

I’m not a spider-killer. But I wasn’t about to let this one go on its merry way either. I pressed the container into the carpet with all my strength, lest the spider try to escape through the carpet fibers, and I waited for my heart to stop pounding. Meanwhile, my then-3-year-old was asking for a closer look because, for some crazy reason, she LOVES spiders. How is she even related to me!?

So for this Halloween season, to celebrate my switched-at-birth daughter’s love of spiders, we decided to make some creepy spider art using marbles, pipettes, and Sharpies.

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Seashell Memory Game for Preschool Math and Literacy

It’s the middle of August and summer is in full swing. Here in southern California, we won’t see cooler temperatures until mid-October. And yet, though we do live in the Golden State, our home is far enough inland that frequent beach trips are out of the question. So what does this mom do? She brings the beach home! This seashell memory game is super easy to set up, and it’s so versatile. You can customize the game to whatever topic your child is currently learning. It’s suitable for letters, numbers, early phonics – I have a whole list of ideas for you and your child.

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