Baked Cotton Balls
I came across this post on pinterest from Play Create Explore - I think it’s a super great idea, not only as a sensory activity, cooking activity and color practice, but a great way to get out a...
View ArticleCardboard Coloring
Want a way to keep a preschooler or toddler busy for a while? Want to have fun with them while fostering imagination? Cardboard …and markers and some tape sometimes, but really cardboard. Riley’s new...
View ArticlePumpkin Prints
Painting using non-standard painting objects is a lot of fun – give it a try. When you think boredom has struck, pull out the paints but no paint brushes then look around for random things that won’t...
View ArticleTape-Resist Pumpkin Painting
This is a fun and quick pumpkin craft! Tape-Resist Pumpkin Painting Large piece of white construction paper Painters tape Orange paint Draw and outline of a pumpkin on your white construction paper. I...
View ArticleToilet Paper Tube Painting
Process is much more important than product when children are exploring art. The discoveries they make on their own along the way as well have much more of an impact developmentally than if you direct...
View ArticlePainting with Corn
We had a great sensory and art experience using corn to paint. This is a great fall time activity as corn is fully in season. We started by talking about how corn grows and how to shuck corn. Shucking...
View ArticleFootprint Reindeer
Landon announced this morning that he wanted to do a reindeer project. I really didn’t have anything in mind on the spot other than a footprint reindeer where you do painted footprints and hand prints...
View ArticleSimple Catapult
A few days after the Christmas craziness Brad and the boys created a simple catapult that created hours of endless fun. When I say simple – I mean simple. We took some of the wooden spoons from the...
View ArticlePaper Plate Snowman
I absolutely love these snowmen. I love anything that involves the hands of my kiddos, and they love it to – Riley especially, he loves having his hands traced. He’d be happy doing that all day long....
View ArticlePipe Cleaner Pokes
I made this busy activity for Riley for our road trip vacation to Las Vegas. We were going to be on the road for 9+ hours and though we were breaking it up into 2 days and making stops along the way, I...
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