Name Recognition #7

Tot School/Preschool Activity

Need help recognizing and writing the alphabet? How about your child's name? Here is a perfect activity!

I prewrote the Alphabet (you can write their name) and have the kids paint with Q-Tips each letter.

This is a great activity that is little mess, and it is controlled.

It helps with pencil grip, name recognition, and focusing!

My 2 year old loved this activity as well. There are so many words you could have them paint.

Last name, sight words, spelling words, capitals, lowercases, etc.

Have fun with it and enjoy the quiet focused time with your kiddo! 

Kid Made Ornaments: Reindeers

you need 3 clothes pins, one wooden spool, googly eyes and a red ball or bell.

We used hot glue on the cool setting, but you could use tacky glue or wood glue and be totally fine.

First, paint the wooden objects...

 Then glue them together

 Then hang on the tree!

Ladybug Life Cycle

I went to THIS WEBSTITE to teach the kids about Ladybug anatomy.

It is very kid friendly.

Then we went on to discuss the life cycle of the Ladybug.

Printed THIS PAGE OUT , colored it and then made a real model of it with rocks!

Here!

 We painted Ladybug rocks.

 wrote some labels.

 drew on rocks

 then put it all together.

Crayon Resist Easter Bunting - KIDMADE!

I love crayon resist-anything. I decided to go the extra mile on this one so it would last longer.

My daughter had a friend over so it was time to do a fun art project.

I grabbed some Crayola Oil Crayons and Prang Watercolors.

I am a watercolor fanatic and Prang makes the best ones. 

This isn't a commercial, I truly love Prang better than Crayola when it comes to the Watercolors.

They are thicker and have more options. We used glitter and metallic.

I also grabbed some cardstock, yarn, and some cookie cutters.

First have the kids color with the Pastels/Oil Crayons.

They have such a smooth feel.

Then let them watercolor right over it. The more color, the better. I prefer the randomness.

After it is semi-dry trace some easter cookie cutters!

They can trace and cut if you want, but I wanted it to look more uniform, so I did it.

If I had older kids with me I would have had them do it all themselves.  The plus of me doing it ensured that I got the most out of each paper. :)

After that I added string and cut out with my cricut the easter letters.

There is something about kid-made easter decor. So perfectly cute.

Our little Art friend didn't have enough painted square footage to get a full banner, so we just did her first initial.

from what I am told...she loved it so much, she hardly put it down. :)

Winter Break Activity #3 - ART - Torn Candy Canes

We had some friends over and decided to do our art project with them.  Each kid tore red and white paper and then glued them into candy cane shapes. We did this while my husband was making lunch (it was a snow day)

aaaaaand here they are!

Just something simple and fun and stress free to break up the break.  Another option would be to do finger prints in lieu of torn paper. We had 6 kids here so I stayed away from the paint, but you totally could use paint!

Pumpkin Flash Cards

Pumpkin Theme Activities for Kids.

Cut up paper into card shapes.

Write the number at the bottom and draw the appropriate number of stems.

Then let the kids thumbprint/finger print the corresponding amount of "pumpkins"

Once dry, laminate and use for anything!

We are going to use them for church...on the way, for quiet activities and for counting.

Simple easy and made by your toddler!

Toddler Tip - Easter

Egg Dying Tip -

I am sure you have heard this before but if not...these are your friends if you have toddlers who like to make messes...

Happy Easter and Egg Dying!

Handmade/Kidmade Flowers - Tulips 1

I love tulips, they aren't my favorite flowers but I do love them. I especially love that the previous owners of my house planted over 50 bulbs 6 years ago and ever since we moved in (6 years ago) They keep on keepin on!

So lets learn about Tulips. :)

Now the Prang Watercolors I got at the dollar store and I like them better than Crayola's...I will show you why later...

 Start by painting the entire paper.

 Then let dry.  The colors from the crayola set are in the middle.  MUCH more watery looking.

 Then using a thick card stock (I used index cards cut out a leaf shape.

 Have the kids use this as a pattern to trace.

 Sticking out your tongue is not a requirement! LOL

 Then cut out leaf shapes.

 then glue together.

  It is so very fun.

 Ta Da!

 They all look different and pretty...just like the real thing!

Homemade/Kidmade Flowers - Daffodils 3

Mom or Dad cut an egg carton into cup shapes.

Then paint orange.

Then get all of the other supplies ready.

A Sharpie, Green construction Paper, Yellow Cardstock and tape.

Roll the green paper into tubes and then tape.

Once they are taped cut the tubes into different lengths.

Next, draw a 5 point flower and cut out.

Yes, both kids can cut on the lines! SCORE!

Then glue all the pieces together.  We taped ours and they look CUTE!

Easy fun and cheerful!