Monthly Archives: September 2012
Ice Cube Painting ~ Cool Art Technique for a Warm Day
Spend a sunny fall day making paintings outside – with ICE PAINT! This slippery hands-on way of painting can lead to some really cool results. You’ll need liquid watercolors an ice tray or muffin tin watercolor paper (or similar, heavyweight paper) The day before Fill your ice tray with water. If you use […]
Fall Decorations: How to make an autumn leaf garland
I absolutely love the fall, but I noticed recently that I don’t have as many decorations for the season as I’d like to have. I had several bags of fake leaves I purchased recently from the Dollar Store hoping to make a wreath for the door, but I opted to make one with flowers instead. […]
Birthday Coloring Page
Do you know anyone with a birthday coming up? Have your coloring chefs make a personalized cake in their favorite colors – and be sure to add the right number of candles! Click here for your printable Birthday Cake!
How to Make Cornstarch Play Dough
Play dough and clay are great sensory and fine motor tools that preschoolers love to play with. But what if you don’t have any on hand or the dough or clay you have is all dried out? How about making this simple, non-toxic 3-ingredient recipe for play dough using common items from your kitchen? Here’s what you’ll […]
Oil Pastel & Watercolor Resist Painting
Try mixing art supplies in this creative painting project. Oil pastels are used to “resist” watercolor paint (a great lesson in “oil and water” repelling!). Have your child draw (or scribble?) a design using oil pastels, and use a watercolor wash on top of proper watercolor paper. You’ll need a set of oil pastels, available […]
How to Make this Color Matching Game for your Preschooler
My 3-year-old daughter has recently gone from scribbling to making more coherent markings. In order to help strengthen her growing writing abilities, I’ve been looking for fun activities to help with her fine motor skills. When I came across this picture on Pinterest, I really liked the idea of using clothes pins. While the link […]
DIY Gallery Wall
There’s no better way to show you’re proud of your children’s work than putting it on display! Follow these super easy instructions and make a do-it-yourself gallery wall. Of course, you could get some nice wall art (similar to the ones at companies providing cheap photo canvas prints uk), but sometimes, nothing beats a DIY […]
How to Make Monkey Bread ~ recipe to do with your kids
Kids love to cook and make great little assistants in the kitchen, but why not give them a recipe they can (almost) do independently? The Pioneer Woman has an easy and delicious monkey bread recipe on her blog using refrigerated biscuits. With a few simple ingredients, kids can (almost) make this tasty treat independently. Here […]
Once in a Blue (or Purple!) Moon: How to Make Moon Paint
Mix up a batch of thick gooey paint, and see what kind of moons you can come up with! I first saw this idea over on I Heart Crafty Things, but we decided it would be fun to try and make some different colored moons! For this project we used 12×12” black cardstock (from […]
Our New Preschool Activity Contributors!
You’ve probably noticed some really cool new preschool activities and projects being posted recently by the mysterious Vicki and Susan. :) Well, here they are our newest contributors: Susan Vicki
3 Number Activities Using Grocery Flyers
Since grocery stores mail out flyers every week (or at least have them available inside the store), I usually end up with a stack of (free) flyers by the end of the week. Why not re-purpose them for educational activities involving numbers? Posted below are 3 different activities that are easily adaptable to fit […]
Watch it Grow: How to Take Stem Cuttings to Multiply Your Plants
Here’s a fun, long term project that will have kids excited about plants! There’s a certain pride that comes with a green thumb – share this delight with your kids as you watch a plant regenerate! One thing to bear in mind, if your houseplants are not properly looked after they may start having fungus […]
How to Draw Your Hand in 3D with Simple Optical Illusions
The internet is a brilliant tool when you need to find an activity or project for your kid(s). By simply entering a few choice words, thousands of ideas appear in seconds, like this project on the blog Come Together Kids: 3D hands. The results in the pictures looked amazing (not to mention actually looking 3 dimensional), […]
Bubble Wrap City Artwork
If you and your family shop online, there’s a good chance you have some bubble wrap around the house. It always feels a shame to throw it out! Instead, use leftover packing materials to make a great city skyline! Making this skyline is a great way to recycle some bubble wrap, learn the very […]