Throw a play dough birthday party at home with these fun playdoh birthday cupcakes and card. Kids will love blowing out the candles and pretending its their birthday! Add this to a real play dough themed birthday for more themed party fun! Play Dough Birthday Party Activity In honor of my 30th birthday we had a family playdoh party! My kids, including my toddler, loved creating some fun and colorful cupcake birthday treats. ...
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Ultimate Guide to Painting With Toddlers
There’s more to painting for toddlers than making a messy masterpiece to display on the fridge. Painting for kids has so many benefits. When your toddler paints, they enjoy sensory play, building muscle memory, learning to focus; the list is almost endless. Make sure to check out my Best Watercolor Painting For Kids Activities + Techniques as well! Toddler painting is so much of fun! Now that your child is a ...
Preschool Snowman Printables – Alphabet Matching
Help your little one learn the letters of the alphabet with this fun winter alphabet matching activity! Snowman printables are perfect for wintertime learning and fun! Young children will love placing the correct lowercase letter hat on each of the uppercase snowmen, and you'll be amazed at how easy it is to put together. This really is the perfect alphabet activity for preschoolers and young children. Be sure to check out ...
Painting For Kids at different ages
Painting for kids can be so much fun and it looks different at each age. Here is how to do art at home with easy painting activities for kids. I believe that art truly helped shape my relationship with each of my children and helped me recognize what type of mother I wanted to be. Art helped me tap into a different area of my brain and in turn, glide my way into different areas of my children's brains too, all through this ...
Ice Cream Stick Crafts
Ice cream sticks are a craft supply that I love having full stock of. They are inexpensive, durable and super easy to create with. We have found so many fun ideas that involve crafting, creating and even helping my kids learn. Popsicle sticks are fantastic for helping strengthen fine motor skills for kids and so much more. These are some of our favorite Ice Cream Stick Crafts, Ideas and Ice Cream Stick Learning ...
Christmas Sensory Bin
We had so much fun with this Christmas sensory bin. Making it was almost as much fun as playing with it! I had the kids help me dye the rice (we added some peppermint oil for a lovely candy cane scent) and then we went on a hunt to find Christmas items to add to our Christmas sensory bin. Involving them in the process of making it gave them ownership of the activity. If your looking for Christmas sensory activities this is a ...
Elf Activities + Worksheets
Looking for elf printables? Then you need to check out these Elf Activities + worksheets printable pack! These elf activities are a fun tradition that involves mischievous elves getting up to funny shenanigans overnight. With fun coloring pages, activity ideas this pack will enhance your child’s experience with these funny little elves. If you are wondering what the Elf is all about, where have you been living?! Read on to ...
How To Encourage Creativity In Preschoolers
Did you know that creative thinking is essential in the world we live in today and can have long term benefits for your child? By encouraging children to be creative during the process of an art or imaginary play activity, we are allowing them to come up with their own unique thoughts and ideas. This will enable them to later on approach ideas in unconventional ways and think out of the box. But now, you may be wondering how to ...
Kids Snow Hunt and Sensory Exploration
Teach your kids about arctic animals with this fun sensory exploration snow hunt activity. Although we don't live in a snow filled area (I wish we did) we made do by making our own snow and having my daughter search for the animals in the snow. This activity is great for kids of all ages, from toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners and even elementary aged kids. Kids Arctic Snow Hunt Sensory Bin This fun ...
Penguin Free Printable Counting Mats
These adorable Penguin Free Printable Counting Mats for Pre-k and Kindergarten kids are a great way to get children and students actively learning about numbers. Kids learn math much quicker when we use hands on learning activities. Students will work on one to one correspondence, fine motor skills, number recognition and more. My preschooler was able to use this (with my help) and I love that we are working together to ...
