The best gift ideas for toddlers and preschoolers are educational toys! If you’re looking for a gift idea, check out this great list of our best educational toys for preschoolers. Educational toys for preschoolers make great gift ideas! When choosing gifts for my own children, I like to gift them with toys that will provide both entertainment and an educational benefit. While most toys geared towards toddlers and ...
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Make a Rainbow with Play Dough
If your child wants to make a rainbow with play dough, let them! In fact, sit down and make a playdough rainbow with them as well! This hands-on activity is a great way to let them learn and explore. And it also looks really cool, too! The more that you can have your children be creative and want to learn to explore using their minds and ideas, the more that they'll be able to focus on their fine motor skills as well. Don't ...
Arctic Animal Bingo Kids Game
The kids will have so much fun with this Arctic Animal Bingo Kids Game! Not only will they be trying to win and yell "Bingo" but they'll also get to see what type of animal live in cold weather areas as well. This is one family-friendly Bingo game that everyone can love and enjoy! Make sure to check out our Polar Animal Activities which would be a perfect accompaniment to this fun Bingo kids game! Arctic Animal Bingo ...
Reindeer Chocolate Playdough Recipe
This Chocolate Playdough recipe is perfect for holiday fun. And since the kids are going to be looking for activities to do over the next few weeks, whipping up a batch of this homemade playdough is a fun and simple way to keep them engaged and using their imagination as well. We're no strangers to playdough in our house, at all. We've made No Cook Playdough Recipe, Fall Scented Cooked Playdough, and we LOVE to use our playdough ...
Rainbow Spaghetti – How to make Colored Spaghetti
This Rainbow Spaghetti is super fun for the kids. This is an easy sensory activity and great for early learners. And the good news? Making colored spaghetti isn't hard to do at all! All you need are a handful of supplies and the kids will be playing in no time at all. Since we always tell kids that they shouldn't play with their food - this is the one exception to the rule. They'll be able to dig their hands into this cooked ...
How To Make Play Dough
Learning how to make play dough doesn't have to be difficult. In fact, this is one of the easiest homemade playdough recipes you'll find. This play dough recipe makes soft, stretchy, and absolutely amazing play dough. All you need are some common household ingredients and your child will be playing with this soft playdough recipe in no time at all. Be sure to check out our Alphabet Tracing Playdough Mats as well. They are a ...
Santas Beard – Christmas Cutting Activity for Preschoolers
This Santas Beard Christmas Cutting Activity for Preschoolers is so cute and so much fun! Even the older kids (and me!) have had to jump in and participate, too. What you'll notice from this fine motor activity is that it gives the younger kids the confidence and ability to practice their cutting skills while also creating their very own fun Christmas craft, too. This Santa craft for kids is a super fun way to engage their ...
Gingerbread Tracing Letters Printable
You're going to love this Free A-Z Gingerbread Tracing Letters Printable! Not only is it Christmas-themed and perfect for the kids, but it's also a great way for them to learn the letters of the alphabet as well. They'll get to trace and work on how to create and form each letter properly, whilst also finding and coloring each letter. This activity is great for letter recognition as well as working on fine motor skills. ...
Christmas Sleigh Process Art Activity for Preschoolers
This is such a fun process art activity for preschoolers. It's a wonderful way for them to use their fine motor skills and get excited about the holiday season at the same time. They'll love using Santa sleighs for this art activity. I like open-ended process art to try with my little ones. Toddlers and preschoolers aren’t the best at “official” crafts, because they don’t really understand the process of following directions ...
How to Make a Thanksgiving Sensory Bin for Toddlers
Thanksgiving is a fun time for the family, but a lot of Thanksgiving activities are geared for older kids, and toddlers are a bit too young to be helpful in the kitchen at Thanksgiving! But you can still let them in on the Thanksgiving festivities with a Thanksgiving sensory bin! Toddlers and preschoolers will have so much fun playing in this bin. This is one of our favorite Thanksgiving sensory activities. And if you like ...