Author: MichelleH
Most Popular Baby Names of 2012
BabyCenter has just released the highly anticipated most popular baby names of 2012! It looks like parents have found inspiration everywhere from pop culture novels like 50 Shades of Gray to timeless fairy tales.
Read MoreWin An Abby Potty and Let Abby Cadabby Help Potty Train Your Toddler
Sesame Street has helped children count, learn colors and now can help your toddler potty train! You will love our new Abby Cadabby Magical pink training potty to help your little girl’s transition to an adult toilet easier.
Read MoreCreative Art for Kids
Art can unlock wonderful places of imagination. We love this interactive art project that brings out your child’s inner Picasso as well as stimulates imagination.
Happy Thanksgiving
We hope that your Thanksgiving is filled with family, food and fun that creates memories for many years to come. Here at Kolcraft we are very grateful for the gift of you!
From our family to yours – Happy Thanksgiving!
Easy Gratitude Turkey Child Craft for Thanksgiving
This easy craft is a great way to teach your child about gratitude while making a cute Thanksgiving table decoration. One of our two-year-old Kolcraft Kids had fun making the Gratitude Turkey in the photo above. 
Time Saving Thanksgiving Tips
Thanksgiving is around the corner and if you aren’t the Martha Stewart type who had everything prepared a week ago, here are some time-saving tips.
Read MoreThanksgiving Crafts and Games To Keep Kids Happy
Thanksgiving Tic Tac Toe
Thanksgiving day is full of fun, food and football, but for a toddler that may not be her idea of fun. To keep your toddlers and other small children from getting bored while the bird is baking, here are some fun things to do with them.
Read MoreEasy Activity To Teach Your Child About Election Day
Election Day can be a confusing day for children, but with this fun, easy activity you can teach your child a little about our Presidential elections and why it is such a privilege for us to be able to vote.
What you need:
- Poster Board
- Non-toxic markers
- Blanket
- Favorite toy
- Paper for Ballots
- Big spoon
- Tupperware or a box for the secret ballot box. You can decorate the box to make it more fun and festive.
- Optional – Balloons, tissue paper or newspaper cut up in squares (scissors for adult use only) for the party.
Easy Owl Art and Activities for Kids
Owls may be a Halloween icon, but they aren’t just for Halloween or Harry Potter fans! This fun activity and craft can help your kids learn more about owls & nature while having fun.
What you need:
- Non-toxic paint, markers or crayons
- 2 Paper plates (the cheap ones, not the nice “china” ones)
- Non-toxic glue
- Scissors (adult use only)
- Orange construction paper
- Book on owls (we love Owl Babies by Martin Waddell)
Activities for National Candy Corn Day
Halloween’s tomorrow and Candy Corn is a huge part of Halloween. It is only appropriate that the day before Halloween is National Candy Corn Day! To celebrate National Candy Corn Day and to prepare for Halloween, here are a few Candy Corn activities to do with your kids.
Help Your Kids Learn to Count & Learn Spatial Recognition – Fill a small jar up with candy corn and count them, but don’t tell your kids how much is in there. Let them guess and whoever is closest gets the candy inside!
Helps Your Kids Learn Shapes and Sizes – Using white, orange and yellow (the candy corn colors) paper, cut out the three layers of the candy corn. (Yellow on bottom, then orange, then white at the top). Spread them out for your child on a surface and scramble them up. Let your child try and recreate each candy corn! This is a great hands on activity for toddlers. Tip: use construction paper and not computer paper so that each piece is durable for your child to fiddle with.
