Princess Tiaras

This activity is for all the little girls :) This is just another fun and easy activity to have your little one use their creativity. 

Here is what you will need:

The tiara: I found the printable of the tiara at family.com and put it under the printable section for you to print off

Scissors

A glue stick

And lastly jewels to glue on 

My tiaras were printed on pink card stock   You could also print it on white and have your little ones color the tiara as well. That's where their creativity comes in. I hope you and little one enjoy this craft

Finished Product!!!!

Paper Plate Animal Craft

So one of my trips to the Dollar Store I came across these Paper Plate Craft Kits. I bought them just because they looked fun and knew my girls would enjoy them. I took them home and placed them aside for a good time to do it. One night after bath my girls wanted something to do so I pulled out this craft. I had 2 different versions that make different animals. They had fun doing this all by themselves. Thought I'd share this EASY and CHEAP activity for your little ones!!!

Dinosaur excavation!

This activity was SO fun!! We found a kit at TJ max that was called the Dinosaurs Excavation and after Rylee played with it I decided this would be a perfect fun homemade activity for kids!

All you will need to make this kit is Plaster of Paris, some Dinosaurs and some chiseling equipment around the house. You can find packets of Dinosaurs at All A Dollar:)

Making Plaster of Paris is super easy!

* 3 cups of flour 

* 2 cups of water

Put the flour in a large size bowl and whisk the flour to allow air throughout it and then slowly stir in your 2 cups of water.

After you have made your plaster put it into whatever shape of mold you would like and place the dinosaurs in the plaster. Let it harden and when it is done let your kids go to town! I its messy but so much fun and entertaining. I was even entertained when I was helping! Hope you enjoy this super easy and fun activity! Give us feed back on how it worked for you:)

Sorting, Counting and Graphing Gummy Bears

So I am sick in bed with a cold and decided to post one of the 2 activities I have needed to post for awhile now. This was an activity that my daughters did at school and I thought I would recreate and share.

                              What you will need:

•  A baggy full of gummy bears.
• I had about 15 or 16 in each bag making sure there were multiples of each color

• Sorting Gummy Bears Printable
• Found under printables tab

• Gummy Bear Graphing Printable
• Found under printables tab

• Crayons, Colored pencils, or Markers
• Red,Orange,Yellow,Green,Blue

Have the printables,the baggy of gummy bears and the crayons out on the table. You can read the instructions on top of the pages to the child or go through step by step with them. Have them color the bears the correct color, have them sort the bears then can count and write the number in the box and then can go on to graph. (For graphing the white the child could use a regular pencil, or whatever they choose for the white)

I love that this activity hits so many different subjects for kids. Colors, counting, writing numbers, graphing and all with gummy bears which is fun for them. Hope you all enjoy this activity as much as my girls did!

Homemade finger paints

Get ready for some messy fun! I found this recipe for homemade finger paints on Pinterest and was so excited about it! It's once again another easy super fun projects to do with the little ones. Of course it can get messy, but who doesn't like a fun messy project?! Here is what you will need......

3 tbs sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup corn starch

2 cups water

food coloring

Mix together all the ingredients into a saucepan and warm up the liquid till it thickens up. I continued to add more corn starch and water little by little to get the consistency that I preferred. After it has hit the consistency that you prefer pour into jars/containers that you would like to store them in and put your colors of choice in each container. I let Rylee choose which one she wanted:)

AND...............Vua-Lah!!

You have a fun colorful activity for your children:)

Warning:Make sure it has cooled down before you allow your children to play in it.

Rylee loved it!! By the end of her playing her hand was covered and there were hand prints all over the paper! Hope you guys enjoy this homemade finger paints and don't get too messy ;)







B, b Here is a B song!

Here is another fun song Rylee's teacher sent home with her today!

"B,b Here is a B"
Sing the song with the tune of "Skip To My Lou"

B,b here is a B
B,b here is a B
B,b here is a B
Here is a B for me

B, b her is a book
B, b her is a book
B, b her is a book
Here is a book for me

B, b her is a ball
B, b her is a ball
B, b her is a ball
Here is a ball for me

B, b her is a bed
B, b her is a bed
B, b her is a bed
Here is a bed for me

You can continue to sing this song with different B words. Helps them learn and under stand their letter B:) Rylee's teacher is too cute and always has fun songs or activities for them to do!

Homemade play dough

I have always wanted to make homemade play dough! It seems like it has become very popular to do and is very inexpensive. Most of the ingredients are just in your cupboards at home!

Ingredients and measurements
2 cups flour
2 cups warm water
1 cup salt
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon cream of tartar


Combine all the ingredients in a medium size pan and cook on medium heat untill ingredients start to seperate from the sides and become a solid ball.

After it is cooked take it out of the pan and knead it a little bit then seperate into how ever many colors you would like to make.

A few drops of food coloring and a bit of kneading you will soon have your colored play dough!!

Play dough is awesome! You can use it for fun or fun learning purposes and it will keep your children entertained for hours! (At least it does for my child)

Super easy! Hope you all enjoy!!!:)

Songs

My little girl just started Preschool and it has been so fun to see what she comes home with and what she has learned. Her teacher, Mrs. King will send home the lyrics of some of the songs they have learned in class so I thought why not share these fun songs with all of you. Honestly I never would have thought songs could keep kids busy for such a long time! Rylee and I can sing songs for hours and both of us are very entertained. I will post a song everytime her teacher sends her home with one!

Apple Finger play
Five little apples lying on the floor.
I'll roll one away, and that makes four.
(Make rolling motion with arms)

Four little apples hanging on a tree.
I'll pick one off, and that leaves three,
(Pick an imaginary apple)

Three little apples, I know what to do!
I'll put one in my pocket, and that leaves two.
(Pretend to put apples in your pocket)

Two little apples sitting in the sun.
I'll pick one up and that leaves one.
(Pretend to pick up an apple off the floor)

One little apple waiting in my lunch.
I'll eat it up with a crunch, crunch, crunch.
(pretend to take a big bite!)


Exercise song
I exercise it's good for me
It makes me strong as you can see
I exercise it's good for me
It makes me strong as you can see

I touch my knees, I touch my toes
I reach up high, so I will grow
I touch my knees, I touch my toes
I reach up high, so I will grow!

I move my legs, I run in place
I keep a smile right on my face
I move my legs, I run in place
I keep a smile right on my face!

I move my arms, around and round
I think I might fly off the ground
I move my arms, around and round
I think I might fly off the ground

I'm nearly done, I have to hustle
But not before, I show my muscle
I'm nearly done, I have to hustle
But not before, I show my muscle.

Pom Pom Magnet Activity

When I found this activity on a few other blogs I got so excited about it. This activity is great for a Fine Motor activity for your child. With the printables we have children play with color, patterns, numbers and have fun in the process.

What you will need:

• Package of multi-colored pom poms

• Magnets (I used magnet strips cut into pieces, there are some already circle magnets you can use as well)
• Lamination paper (many different kinds out there)
•  Glue Gun if needed
•  Cookie Sheet
• Printables (from our Printables tab named "Pom Pom Magnet Activity, Rainbow Pompom Template and Dot Numbers")

1st thing I did was print out the pictures and laminate them with the lamination paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby. If you dont have a Laminator buying sheets can get expensive. The pack I got was 10 single sided pages that I put 2 one on each side to laminate the page completely. I also instead of having multiple pages laminated 2 pages per sheet so that it can be turned around and used twice.

2nd thing I did was cut the magnets and adhere to the pom poms. My magnets had adhesive but I quickly figured out a little dap from a glue gun made the magnet much more secure on the pom pom. (This was the part of the project that took the most time)

3rd I grabbed some red spray paint that I already had in the garage and spray painted the cookie sheet to make it fun looking as children put their different pictures on it to do their activity. I let it dry over night to make sure there was no wet paint on the cookie sheet to get on our newly made printables.

NOW YOU ARE READY TO PLAY!

**** Side note these printables can also work great with dot paints if your child feels the urge to paint one day!!

Lastly these are the two awesome blogs where I got the printables and the great ideas from!!

http://havingfunatchelleshouse.blogspot.com
http://sewfantastic.blogspot.ca/2012/05/rainy-day-fun.html

Hope your child enjoys this activity!

Read a book, do a craft

This is such a creative idea for little ones! It makes reading so much more fun when you know you get to craft something to go with the book. Not only that, now the next time you and your little one read that book you will have a fun little prop to go with it. My daughter and I decided to read the book, Horton Hatches the Egg and then make an elephant mask out of a paper plate. Rylee doesn't like to color much, but as soon as I handed her the paint for the plate she was all for it. After it was all done she kept saying, "This elephant is so cool!" It was a fun project and we will definitely be making more fun crafts to go with her books.

If you decide to make the elephant I have put the cut outs in our printable tab so feel free to use those. The elephant would work great with the book, Horton Hears a Who and of course any other book you have that has an elephant :)

Items you will need to make the elephant...

*Paper plate

*Grey paint

*Popsicle stick

*Extra paper to make the ears

*Elephant Printable (or your own elephant design)

Hope you and your children enjoy this fun and exciting craft! 

ABC and 123 Binders

Yay for our first activity!! I actually made this activity a couple weeks ago and was so excited to blog about it. I will just say ahead of time I get most of my ideas off of Pinterest, but who doesn't now days anyway? When I saw this I thought it was perfect for Rylee! She is finally at that age where she is learning to write her ABC's and 123's. These binders are perfect for quiet time also! Hand them over to your kids and let them go to town. They can either practice tracing the letters and numbers or copy them right next to it with a dry erase marker. This project took little time and little effort to make and so far Rylee loves it and I hope your kids do also!

All you will need is...
*2 three ring binders
*sheet protectors
*dry erase markers.
Then you will find all the print-outs in our Printables tab (Alphabet Template, Numbers Template)
 I hope all of you find this a great way to help with teaching your children how write their letters and numbers. Feel free to email us if you have any questions! Thanks for reading:)