Seasons

Hearts for Valentine’s Day

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We are making hearts for Valentine’s day! These support fine motor development and creativity.

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Process Art: Snow Stamp Painting with Bubble Wrap

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Stamp Painting with bubble wrap to make a snow scene

Stamp painting with bubble wrap is process art activity that is wonderful for toddlers up to elementary kids too. It is open ended and requires just basic supplies. Since it is winter, and extremely cold and snowy, we used white paint to make a snow storm on paper.

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Icicle Christmas Tree Ornaments

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Most parents love hand-made Christmas tree ornaments created by their kids. These little icicle ornaments are easy, cheap to make, and look pretty classy too.

Supplies for the icicle ornaments:

Clear beads – I found these at Walmart
Clear fuzzy stems – also called pipe cleaners and again found at Walmart

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A “Mary” Christmas in a Martha World

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What are your favorite Christmas memories? Can you remember what gifts you gave and what gifts you received last year or the year before?

We have been asking ourselves these questions. Our schedule has been crazy, our daughter is getting married on January 2nd, my dad has been in treatment for cancer, and we still want to enjoy the holiday. Illness and a child getting married makes me want to reevaluate what is important.

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Christmas Tree Craft for Preschoolers

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This standing Christmas tree is easy and inexpensive to make. If you need a craft for a large group this one works well. Younger children may need help cutting out the tree but over all this is an easy Christmas tree craft.

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Turkey of Leaves ~ a Craft for Thanksgiving

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Our fall has been beautiful this year! The colors of the trees have been exceptionally vibrant. Leaves can be used to make a cute little turkey for Thanksgiving.

First, take a walk to enjoy the great outdoors. Rustle through the leaves, enjoy the smell of fall in the air, and make a memory with your kids! Gather up the lovely leaves. This pic is straight out of the camera. Beautiful!

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Gourds and Googly Eyes

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Googly eyes are an arts and craft staple in the preschool world. We love adding them to gourds and pumpkins to decorate them for Halloween.

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A Black Cat Craft

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We decided to make a black cat craft since I recently discovered the unscary Halloween story called “Five Black Cats” by Patricia Hegart. It is a board book with rhyming text that tells about five black cats finding their way to a Halloween party.

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Play Dough Monsters

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Play dough monsters can be whipped up in no time and work well as a Halloween party activity. The supplies are minimal and play dough is cheap to make.

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DIY No-Sew Wings

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With Halloween just around the corner and Christmas quickly approaching, your little angel or fairy princess may need DIY no sew wings to make their costume spectacular. I found this video tutorial for inspiration and here are our tips to make DIY costume wings.

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