Here’s a great spring craft to help little ones begin to understand a plant. Be sure to follow up by planting something real to further the lesson. :) And yes, we are still wearing our pirate costume most of our waking hours. :D Preschool Project of the Week: Parts of a Plant Preschool skills: fine motor, basic science Supplies: White, …
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Here’s our weekly craft from MomonDealz! May 5th is Cinco de Mayo – make a sombrero to celebrate! How To Make a Sombrero Materials: Newspaper Masking Tape Paint String Pom Pom Balls (or other desired decor) Directions: 1. Stack 2 sheets of newspaper and lay them on your child’s head or a small bowl. 2. Using masking tape, tape around to create the top of the …
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Here’s another great kid’s craft that Momondealz has cooked up for us. It’s great for teaching little ones that things we generally throw out can be reused to make other things! Newspaper Art Materials: Cereal Box Newspaper Mod Podge Paint Directions: 1. Grab those leftover newspapers and allow your child to rip or cut it into pieces. 2. Cover the empty cereal box in …
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April 13th was National Scrabble Day! MomOnDealz’s has a couple great crafts for us using Scrabble pieces! I found a Scrabble game at the thrift store for $1 so be sure to look around for a cheap way to get some pieces. Scrabble Crafts: #1. Scrabble Coasters Materials: Scrabble Letters Cork Board Mod Podge Scissors Directions: 1. Decide how many scrabble pieces wide you …
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This is one of my favorite projects! The first thing you need to do is to make the egg carton caterpillar from last week. Preschool Project of the Week: Caterpillar to Butterfly Metamorphosis Supplies: Egg Carton Caterpillar White Cardstock Paint & Brush Hot Glue Empty Pringles Can (the tall ones) Brown construction paper OR brown spray paint The key to this is the element …
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Spring is kind of like Christmas, there are more crafts you can do that you can shake a stick at. Bug and I spent a nice afternoon outside making caterpillars! The nice things about these crafts is that you probably already have everything you need on hand to make at least one of them! Popsicle Stick …
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Here’s this week’s frugal craft from MomonDealz! Check out Momondealz’s Kids Frugal Fun page. Nature Art Materials: Cardstock Mod Podge Sticks, Rocks, Flowers, Grass, other Nature Items Directions: 1. Take a walk with your child and look for items in nature that could be used to create art. Help your child identify certain things and which are appropriate to take as …
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Each week Mom On Dealz brings us a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. Since St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend, here’s a craft utilizing pictures from the holiday. But this craft can easily be altered to be for any holiday (check out the educational activities at the bottom for ideas)! If you’ve missed …
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Each week, Mom on Dealz provides us with a fun kids craft that is educational and frugal! In case you didn’t notice all the Suess-y things going on last week, March 2nd was Dr. Suess’s birthday! Even though that is past us, it doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with Dr. Suess!! (Who doesn’t love …
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Here’s a great way to work on spelling (or basic math) with little more than a pen and a stack of post it notes! Preschool Project of the Week – Post It Note Spelling (or Math) Preschool Skills: Letter recognition, letter sounds, sight word recognition Does it really need any explanation? :D With the restickable adhesive on the post …
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Here is another transportation craft carrying on our theme from last week. This one is a fun project that helps with several skills and concepts! And it’s another great use for all those free magazines you get because you’ll need pictures cut out from magazines. Preschool Project of the Week – Land/Air/Sea Transportation Chart Preschool Skills: fine …
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We got this deal last time it came around and Bug has LOVED this little magazine! Right now, Mamasource is offering a one year (6 issue) subscription to National Geographic Little Kids magazine for $10, PLUS you can get an extra $2.00 off when you use code NATGEOLK2 at check out! Today (2/28) is the last day …
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