The weather was God-given today. I could not have asked for a more beautiful day. After yesterday’s storms and tornadoes, it was such a relief to wake up to sunshine and a cool breeze. Our much anticipated chalk mural went off without a hitch. The kids had so much fun and I was SO proud [...]

Butterflies, handmade games, learning about our heritage, multi-media….just a few of the activities that have filled our recent days at Little Bits Camp. We kicked of this week by visiting the butterfly exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo. Today, I was blown away by how beautiful the girls’ acrylic butterfly paintings came out. Each canvas was [...]

Today was day two of camp and we have a nice group of kids who are so eager to create and learn. We’re exploring our heritage, finding our countries on the map, making a book about we learn and listening to music from around the world. Kids are also learning to create handmade toys from [...]

Today kids from Sabina’s Daycare of Westchester came to the workshop and I think it’s fair to say that they all surprised themselves by creating such beautiful game boxes. From cereal boxes, buttons, wall paper samples and an upcycled cigar box, they created a game of checkers contained in a chalkboard box. The challenge was [...]

Last week I went rummaging through a thrift store in Maywood looking for the perfect junk. When I brought the cart to the counter I felt like I needed to apologize or explain why I was purchasing such an odd pile of odds & ends which looked like the “FREE” box that you stick out [...]