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This is a great craft for Kindergarten aged kids.  You can create it with kids younger as well, although they might
have some difficulty with the amount of coloring required.  This activity is great for fine motor development and reinforcing
their pinch grasp as they work.

Supplies:

• Crayons-Bright colors, like blue, red etc
• Construction paper
• Black Crayon

Steps:

• Color every inch of the piece of paper, for younger kids cut the paper smaller, so there is not as much to color
• Color over the bright colors with black crayon, color the entire thing
• Take a toothpick(rounded kind is best, for safety-but make sure to keep an eye on them while they work) and let them
• Draw a picture by scraping away the black crayon.

Enjoy!

Monster Puppet

Here is a fun and easy Craft to create!!  Make a bunch and you can have a puppet show!  My son who is 6 loved playing with this!!

Supplies

• Paper Plate
• Card Stock Paper/or another paper Plate
• Stapler
• Scissors
• Crayons
• Styrofoam peanuts (or cotton balls would work too)

Steps

1. Color and Decorate Plate
2. Fold Plate in half
3. Cut Four strips of cardstock -roughly four inches long, one inch wide
4. Staple 2 to make handles on bottom and top of crease on plate
5. Fold about one inch back on each of the two remaining strips and glue to plate-for eyes(see picture)
6. Draw eyes on top of the two strips.
7. Cut Peanuts in half and glue around edge of plate to make teeth

Put hand through handles and you have your puppet!!  Make a few more and create a show!

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Need some inspiration?  Try these fun ideas:

• Recycled Watering Can
• Caterpillar Craft
• Bird House

Watering Can

Today is the second day of our Earth Day Activities series.  My kids love to help me water the Garden so we are always using watering cans.  There little ones are always running out of water to quickly.  This Watering Can will keep them watering for at least a few minutes before needing more water!  I was inspired to do this for Earth Day after seeing it at Kaboose .

Supplies:

• Plastic Bottle – Well Rinsed- you can use a 1/2 gallon or Gallon Bottle
• Paint, Stickers- What ever you want to decorate your watering cans
• Clear Acrilic spray (for the adults)
• Nail and hammer

Steps:

1. Wash out plastic bottle
2. Peel off any stickers
3. Paint or decorate
4. Let Dry
5. When Dry Spray with (adult) clear acrilyic paint
6. Poke holes in cap with nail and hammer (adult)

Enjoy Watering your garden with your child!!

Here is another of my Fun Activities for Toddlers !  This shaving creme craft will bring lots of joy, giggles and fun!!  My kids love doing this!!  It’s messy-but a fun and easy activity !  It can be done with kids old enough that they won’t eat it!  You know your child and if they will put it in their mouth.  My kids by 2 were fine with this type of activity.  This activity is really good for kids 2-7 (some kids older would like it too!).

Kids love to get their hands messy and feel fun textures!!  They also learn by doing things in different types of mediums!! This is a fun activity that let’s kids practice their letters while enjoying getting to play in shaving creme!!

Supplies:

• Some type of board, cardboard, chalkboard, white board (plastic plate works too!)
• Shaving Creme
• Smock, Apron
• Wipes or paper towels

Steps:

1. Put Smock or Apron on your child
2. Put a little bit of shaving creme on your board
3. Let your child spread it all out- They will love this!!
4. Show them how they can draw a letter in it with their pointer finger
5. Then erase it by wiping your hand over it
6. Let them try
7. They can do letters or draw shapes what ever you want
8. Be there to show them how to draw a letter or shape and they can try it next.  You can also help move their hand as they get the feel for it.

Depending on the age of your child you can help them write words, letters, shapes.  They can make pictures or whatever they want.  At the end you can even have them help you clean up the boards in the sink.  Have fun!!  Keep on the look out for more fun activities for toddlers!!

It’s Spring!! Hurray!! I already hear all the birds starting to sing and I love it!!  In honor of the warmer Spring weather we made a Bird house for our Fine Feathered Friends!!

While doing this craft, you might want to ready one of the following books with your child, depending on their age… Backyard Birdwatching for kids or Are you my mother?  The Backyard Birdwatching book is fun because you can ready about the birds and how you can attract them to your back yard and your bird house.   Are you my mother? is a great book about a young bird looking for his mother.

This craft is so much fun and you can enjoy it all spring and summer!

Supplies

• Wood, Paintable bird house- I found mine at the dollar store!! But craft stores like Michaels or AC Moore carry them too!
• Washable Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Clear Polyurethane

Steps

1. Get creative-Paint the birdhouse however you like!
2. Let it dry
3. Then (parents you will want to do this NOT your kids) once dry put a coat of polyurethane on it.
4. Let it dry
5. Then find a nice place outside to put it!

Enjoy your birdhouse!! I’d love to hear about your experience making this craft and to see pictures too!!