Construction paper sun catcher is one of the favorites of my elder daughter. This is the first time my toddler did this activity. She enjoyed too! Materials needed : 1. Construction paper 2. Oil – Any oil will work – Baby oil, cooking oil – We used Olive oil 3. Brush or cotton balls or …
My seven years created alphabets cards by sticking felt alphabet sticker in the index cards 3-4 months back. She still believes that her sister learnt to identify uppercase by her cards. It was very difficult to store the cards as they were bulky because of felt letters. On a rainy day, when we were thinking …
We did this beautiful poppy flowers painting with water balloons and acrylic paint. We had done painting with regular balloons earlier. That was the only reason we chose water balloon this time. Definitely water balloons gave us a different experience. Materials Needed : 1. Water balloons 2. Acrylic paint – red and orange 3. White …
I was planning for a long time to let my toddler create contact paper sun catcher. Since we are doing Easter activities as of now, I cut out an egg shape from the contact paper to decorate with tissue paper. It suddenly struck me to use the uncut portion of the contact paper as a …
Whenever possible, I want to involve both my toddler and my 2nd grader together in activities. It is usually very difficult because of their age difference. I thought egg decoration with tissue paper and stickers can be done by both. My first daughter was able to complete her activity but toddler needed her big sister’s …
Hi Everyone, We did the classic printing technique. Some techniques are enjoyable from toddlers to adults and surely printing is one of them. I thought my seven year old may not be interested in printing. I was wrong! In fact she added her own style to the process. Materials Needed: 1. Potato 2. Tempera …
Hi Everyone, My toddler initiated a simple and fun game by asking me “which one do you want?”. She was holding hair rubber bands in both of her hands. I pointed out and asked,” Can I have this one, please?”. She smiled and gave the bands from that hand to me. I said, ‘Thank you”. …
Hi Everyone,Stringing beads is a fine motor skill activity. Being a young toddler (25 months), my daughter is not yet ready for small beads. Already I have introduced beads to her by cutting kitchen towel roll into pieces and stringing them to a dowel. I thought string beads to thread will be an extension to …
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Hi Everyone, We had created inkbolt art when my 7 year old daughter was 2 year old! Recently we created Shamrocks using the same technique. She is learning about symmetry at school and hence it is a perfect activity. Material needed : 1. Paper – we used printer paper 2. Paint 3. Paint Brush …
Hi Everyone, We are so ready to welcome Spring. Though the winter was not bad in California this year, we are looking forward to Spring and started working our ways to welcome it. As a first step we decorated our window with these beautiful bright colored flowers, lady bugs, butterflies and tulips. Materials 1. …