Fine Motor Activities : Mini Alphabet Eggs Hunt. Science for Kids : Easter Science with Peeps Boats. St.Patrick’s Day Art : Fizzing Color Mixing Shamrock Art. This post contains affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links I will receive a small commission. Color mixing science and acid-base reactions are used in creating this beautiful St.Patrick’s Day Art. Shamrock art project couldn’t get easier. Materials {affiliate links below for your reference} Using a shamrock printable or a die-cut machine cut out a bunch of shamrocks on thick white cardstock paper. { water color paper is better though} Yellow Paint : 2 TBSP of baking soda mixed with 3 TBSP of water and a squirt of yellow food color with a generous pinch of gold glitter.
Blue Paint : 2 TBSP of vinegar with a squirt of blue food color { keep your blue paler than the image below} { We love AmeriColor Gel Food Color Surprise your child by inviting him/her to paint the shamrocks yellow! {Based on the age} they may quip that shamrocks are green and not yellow. Then comes the baking soda-vinegar reaction! Have him observe the 2 changes that are happening. 1. 2. Math Games for Kids : Pot o’ Gold math game. This post contains affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links I will receive a small commission. Making math and science interesting and engaging through fun math games and hands on science experiments has been my goal for a long time. With 2 girls and a world that tries hard to tell young women that they are not that good at STEM compared to their male peers, I find it very important to cultivate their confidence and interest.
It is great that every kid starts off their childhood with oodles of curiosity in all subject matters including math and science. But somewhere along the way, they lose steam, lose confidence and often times develop hatred towards the subjects. Sensory Activities for Kids : Green & Gold Slime Play Recipe. With just 2 ingredients sensory activities like these don’t get any more exciting!
Easy to make Shamrock Sparkles and Golden Sparkles Slime as part of our St.Patrick’s Day sensory activity. Last year the kids had lot of fun making their green and gold treasure sensory jars. We also loved our easy 5 minute microwave edible slime. This time we are experimenting with the more traditional slime and made 2 batches of St.Patrick’s Day themed slime with tons of opportunities for sensory play. Art Activities for Kids : Flower Pressing Valentine Art. This post contains affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links, I will receive a small commission. Easy art activities for kids using fresh flowers. Flower pressing in under a minute. Use them to create nature themed Valentine Art. Materials FlowersPrinter PaperGlueHeavy Microwavable PlatePaper TowelsGlueBrushCardstock Paper I have always wanted to try flower pressing with the kids simply because of all the fond memories of my childhood! { Homemade Card with pencil shavings here} Fine Motor Activities : Jingle Bell Drop. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
Fine Motor Activities : Jingle Bells Fine Motor Tray. Fine Motor Activities with a holiday twist.
Expanding on our peppermint writing tray this fine motor activity will make learning and creating extra fun. Fine Motor Activities : Jingle Bell Drop. Fine Motor Activities : Jingle Bells Fine Motor Tray. Sensory Activities for Kids : Sound Soup. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links, you have our heartfelt thanks for supporting our blog. While stimulating all the five senses during sensory activities for kids is important, most of the attention goes to touch and sight. Most children thrive very much on feeling and enjoying the texture of any given sensory materials. Bet it gooey play { snow goop anyone?}
Or running their hands through scented rice or cornmeal. { All messy play ideas here} However the sense of sound hasn’t really got any attention here in our household. Sensory Activities for Kids : Peppermint Writing Tray. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links, you have our heartfelt thanks for supporting our blog. It has been a while since the children and I had some fun time with sensory activities. We used to be really big on sensory activities for kids simply because my children enjoyed getting their hands in all kinds of sensory bins and exploring. They still love them.
Since my oldest is 6 and younger is 4 years here we are adding a learning twist in their usual sensory play. Materials { Affiliate product links below for your reference} Thanksgiving Art : Corn Rubbing Art Project. This post contains affiliate links.
Corn Crafts and Activities for Kids. This post contains affiliate links.
If you choose to shop through these links,, I will receive a small commission. Thanks for supporting the blog! Is it Corn and turkey time yet? Not quite you say? Well, for those of you who are planners, here is a short and sweet round up of corn crafts and corn themed art projects with a few corn science activities thrown in. Woven Corn Craft from Almost Un Schoolers Button Corn Craft from Education. Halloween Art: Halloween Scratch Art Project. Ready for a super easy Halloween art project? Last year our crayon resist spider web art was popular in our home and around the web. Based on the same idea, we created another super easy Halloween art with spider web as a central theme.. Well sort of because kids — they have their own ideas when it comes to art activities and we LOVE them for that! Homemade Paint: Melted Candy Watercolors. Make sweet smelling homemade paint with just melted candy.
This post may contain affiliate links. If you choose to shop through these links, I will receive a small commission. Thanks for supporting the blog! Once Halloween rolls around and your house is being over run with candy and candy wrappers you will know what to do with all those candy! Rather than eating them or throwing them away much to the chagrin of your children stash away a bunch and make PAINT. Materials Laffy TaffyMicrowavable ContainersWater. Sensory Activities: Halloween Sensory Bin. Pinterest and the blogosphere is set ablaze with Halloween crafts and Halloween activities for kids. We are no exception. Instead of a Halloween craft, we are starting off with a Halloween sensory bin which I know will be a hit with my toddler. She loved our Fall sensory bin so much that I had to go back to Dollar Tree to throw together a Halloween sensory bin for her. Tton Bud Snowflakes Craft. Kids can have a go at this fun cotton bud snowflakes craft during the winter or for Christmas.
Glittering the ends of the cotton buds is fun to do, and the sticky tack makes them satisfyingly quick to turn out, so make as many as you have gems! Tack them to the wall, like Sarah and the boys have done, or display in a window. You will need: 3 cotton buds per snowflake White or silver glitter Glue Gem Sticky tack or thread to hang. Winter Handprint Scene. Winter Collage. Christmas Tree Activity. Polystyrene Egg Bunny. Foam Egg Cups - Kids Easter Craft. Our foam egg cups are such a cute kids Easter craft - and you'll be wanting to eat boiled egg and soldiers every morning to take advantage of them brightening up the breakfast table! Bunny and chick foam egg cups - so cute! You will need: White and pink craft foam Wiggle eyes Pink pen Pink gem or sticker Glue Cardboard egg box Foam egg cups template To make the chick: Yellow and orange craft foam Wiggle eyes Glue Cardboard egg box Instructions: Cut out one section from the egg box.
Use our template to cut out your chick from yellow foam. Glue on the eyes, orange foam beak and yellow foam wings. Bend the edges to form a loop and glue together. Showing the cardboard egg box section dropped inside the foam egg cup, ready to support your boiled egg To make the bunny: Use our template to cut out your bunny from white foam. Origami Bunny. Holidays (Crayola)