Crafty Kids at Home
Challenge your kids to make a St Patrick’s Day themed collage to decorate your walls in March. We love to sit down together to work on art projects for our walls. We are busy preparing for St Patrick’s Day this month and have been busy making lots of different decorations to hang up at home … Read more
Practice pre-writing skills in our Rainbow Rice Sensory Tray. Stimulate your pre-schoolers sense of touch, sight and sound, as they work they work on strengthening their fine motor skills in this sensory based learning activity. Supplies Rainbow Rice (see below) Gold Coins Shamrock Confetti Selection of Mark Making Tools – popsicle sticks, paintbrushes, play dough … Read more
Enjoy watching your child’s imagination come to life when they create their own Piet Mondrian Bookmarks. The ideal kid-made DIY gift for family and friends. Turning your child’s art into a gift for a loved one is a really special way to show somebody how much you mean to them. Grandparents living overseas in particular … Read more
Cheer up a rainy afternoon with a colourful Spring Rainbow Activity. Lots of fun ideas for making and painting rainbows suitable for kids of all ages to enjoy. There is something magical about rainbows. They really capture young imaginations and cheer up a wet and rainy day. How many times have you chased the end … Read more
Are you looking to liven up your literacy learning? Add a fun St Patrick’s Day twist to your CVC word building in March. Perfect for kids in Kindergarten. My daughters Kindergarten class are flying through their letter sounds now and are well over half way through the alphabet. They are starting to blend these sounds … Read more
Have fun (and get messy) exploring all of your senses with these St Patty’s Day Sensory Plays for kids (and adults!) to enjoy. There’s nothing lie a spot of sensory play to calm down cranky kids or just while away an afternoon stuck indoors. Why not add a fun St Patrick’s Day twist to your … Read more
Get ready for Dr Seuss Day on March 2nd with this sensory based literacy activity perfect for Kindergarten aged kids. Use the Cat in the Hat to help build and decode CVC Words. It’s all about building and decoding CVC Words (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant) for my daughters Kindergarten homework this term. To help make this a bit … Read more
We were so excited to learn about the newly discovered classic Dr Seuss story, What Pet Should I Get? We just had to come up with a fun preschool craft to do after reading the story, so we made our very own paper plate pets (they are so much easier to look after than the real thing). This post … Read more
Did you know that it is Dr. Seuss day on the 2nd of March? Dr. Seuss was such a great inspiration: writing fun books so kids would fall in love with reading. It is no wonder there is a special day(some make it a week) set aside for Dr. Seuss inspired activities! Here are 25+ … Read more
Add a fun new twist to a classic St Patrick’s Day Kids Craft. Make a Bubble Wrap Shamrock Man. It’s time to kiss goodbye to our Valentine’s Hearts and say hello to some Shamrocks, Leprechauns and Rainbows. St Patrick’s Day wasn’t a festival we paid much attention too, until me moved our family over to … Read more