St.Patrick's Day Activities: Sensory bins for kids. So much has been said about the importance of sensory play for young children.
A wonderful post by Not Just Cute explains the importance of stimulating senses through play. Today’s post is a St.Patrick’s Day inspired sensory bin created for my almost toddler ( at 15 months) which turned out just as fun for my preschooler. Incorporating play that can simultaneously entertain the two age groups is the best part of the activity. Things we used Green GramsYellow Split peasGreen and Yellow CheeriosGolden ribbonGold play coinsCupsStrips of paper made into rounds of different sizesSpoons, measuring cups and basting brush Choose a bin that is a deep enough to hold the lentils so they don’t spill out with every action.
The set up: Add the beans, peas and all the fun stuff into the bin and give it a gentle mix. Challenge the preschooler to drop the beans through the smallest circle and into the cups. My 15 month old enjoyed all the different sensory elements in the bin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Other St. Valentine Art : Tape Resist Toddler Art. This post contains affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links, you have our thanks for supporting the blog! Today’s Valentine Art is such a staple of all art activities for kids. Our mantle is already starting to look oh-so-pretty with all our Valentine art and crafts projects being mounted there. { Access all our Valentine art and crafts here } The children love to see their work being displayed around the house. Materials Masking TapeWater color paper/heavy paperLIquid water colors On a crisp sheet of water color paper ( we love those for all our water color art activities and love this brand . ) I drew a heart outline and set out masking tape and water colors. I showed them to tear off pieces of masking tape from the roll and they started pasting them on the paper following the heart outline. Valentine Art: Crayon Transfer Art Project. Homemade Cards for Valentine’s Day. ?utm_source=dlvr. It cannot get easier than this super simple yet adorable Valentine art project.
{Access all our earlier Valentine art and craft projects here} We gathered my kids’ favorite art supplies – yep markers for this Valentine art. With so many homemade paints recipes out there and multiple other art recipes we have tried out, my kids, especially the 5 year old loves her markers. This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to shop through these links, you have our thanks for supporting the blog! Materials Aluminum FoilPermanent MarkersBlack Poster Board/paperGlue My 5 year old and I together cut our hearts from folded sheets of foil. With markers and shiny hearts on the tray, the kids were in coloring heaven. You see those dividing lines, yep that’s what happens when you have 2 kids close in age do art activities together.
We tried a variety of hearts. All the 3 of us made a few sparkly hearts. My 3 year old was the one who was eager to make the collage. Thanks for reading. Valentine Art : Hand print hearts garden. Make this adorable Valentine art with just paint and stickers This is a simple Valentine art activity we did *last year*.
Yes, last year! I remember the children being borderline obsessed with those foam stickers,(they still are) LAST year was insane – every time a new season rolled around we had to buy a new set. Well, I did buy them a bunch because the kids did cool things with it. The kids created numerous cards, designs and art. { all our art activities here} This activity is one such we did as a family and I can’t believe it has been one whole year! The idea is so simple. First I set up a long paper covered table as the canvas and supplied the kids with paint, markers and stickers and invited them to create a hearts garden scene with those heart stickers. Valentine Art : Heart Stencils. Valentine’s day crafts for kids : Shiny hand prints cards. What we have today is an easy Valentine’s day craft for kids that is actually a simple homemade card.
Have you seen our Salt Glitter hand print Christmas cards? They are so easy to make and turn out very pretty. Halloween Sensory Activities : Spooky Eruptions. Pumpkin activities for kids: Candy Pumpkin. We are enjoying the candy activities series we are doing along side a few other bloggers.
We participated in sensory activities with candy, learning with candy and today we are creating art with candy. We are going to decorate a pumpkin with candy! First I initially used a pumpkin pie pumpkin and painted in multi colors. You can have an older child do this since the painting the pumpkin in rainbow colors is so much fun. Once dry I set out this colorful pumpkin and a bits of pieces of candy in a tray as an invitation to create!
I poured a small amount of white glue in a squeeze bottle ( for controlled and precise pouring of glue) and were made as well the children used the bottles to apply glue on top of the pumpkin in small dabs occasionally giant puddles of glue were made as well) They then proceeded to stick the pieces of candy on the glued part while taking care to color match the part of the pumpkin and the color of the candy. Here is another side which looked prettier! Play dough play : Candy Monsters. Sensory Activities for Kids: Halloween Sensory Activities.
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