Mother’s Day – Simple activities with your Toddlers!

Craft: Finger Painting inspired by Lilly

May 21, 2012Jennifer1 CommentArts & Crafts, Mother's Daycanvas, finger paint, spring

Create a fun colorful springtime painting with your kids…yes, you get to paint too! You can do a few steps at a time and let it dry in between if you like. So I saw this Lilly Pulitzer dress at the mall last weekend and loved the pattern, so I thought…let’s try that with finger

Toddler Craft: You are a HOOT! Owl sign or card

May 21, 2012JenniferAnimals, Arts & Crafts, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Dayconstruction paper, Egg crate, owl

I originally posted this for Valentines’ Day, but I think it could be for any day! Have fun making this with your child! All you need is some construction paper, part of an egg crate, some markers and some tape or glue. I started with a large oval shape for the body, then cut out

Craft Activity: Photo Flower

May 4, 2012Jennifer1 CommentArts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Valentine's Dayarts, construction paper, craft, flower, photo, toddler

You can have some fun with your toddler and this activity! Either take some photos or use some you already have. Then print them out and cut out petals from each. Make enough to go around and make a nice pretty flower. Then cut out the stem and leaf from green construction paper and

Send a Photo Card from your phone!

Apr 22, 2012JenniferArts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Valentine's Dayapp, card, iphone

So I found this iPhone / iPad App that lets you send your own customized greeting card right from your iPhone to a loved one’s mailbox — real snail mail not email. You just pick the template, change the words, add your photos, and then address the envelope. Then for a couple bucks you can

Toddler art: Rainbow fabric tree

Apr 16, 2012Jennifer2 CommentsArts & Crafts, Colors, Mother's DayArt, chopstick, fabric, tree

Create some fun and colorful pieces of artwork either on some card stock, poster, or a blank canvas. First find some chopsticks that you might have saved from some Chinese takeout earlier in the week. (Yum!) Break on in half to make two smaller tree trunks and glue to your canvas or paper. ( you

Send a Hug in the Mail

Apr 1, 2012Jennifer12 CommentsArts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Popular, Rainy Daysconstruction paper, hug, mail, toilet paper

Mail a Big Hug! Who wouldn’t love to open up an envelope and get a big hug?! Have your child lie on the floor with arms out to the side. Then get some toilet paper and measure from hand to hand, then tear off. Next trace your toddler’s hands on some colored construction paper

Mother’s Day Paper Towel Tulips

Mar 30, 2012Jennifer1 CommentArts & Crafts, Holiday, Mother's Dayflower, mother's day

(Mother’s Day) Paper towel flower tulips… You’ll have fun with your toddlers making these easy colorful tulips. The perfect craft just in time for Mother’s Day! First, take a few sheets of paper towel and cut out some tulip shapes. Then get some washable markers or a little washable kids’ paint. Then take a plastic

Craft Activities – Crayon Canvas Alphabet Art

Mar 29, 2012Jennifer4 CommentsABCs, Arts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Popularalphabet, canvas, crayon

Quick Canvas art with Crayon! – Have some fun making a cute alphabet canvas piece of art with your toddlers / preschoolers! For this, I just used a small blank canvas from a craft store. I first used a pencil to map out the the letters and then used a permanent marker to write out

Window Hanging to say I love you …

Dec 5, 2011JenniferACTIVITIES, Holiday, Mother's Day

Make a beautiful window hanging for that special person! You’ll need some contact paper, some felt and a few other supplies. First take some colorful felt and cut out some shapes. Then cut a strip of contact paper about 6-8 inches wide. Pull half of the backing off and then let your toddler put the

Mother’s Day Fun Card

Dec 5, 2011JenniferACTIVITIES, Holiday, Mother's Day

Mother’s Day Fun! – Make a poster, or an iron on or a card for Mom. (And if you are the mom, this can be a present to yourself, just be sure that you put it somewhere so that Dad sees it on your special day!). Print out the poster and have your toddler color

Zippy Sponge Painting! (*favorite)

Dec 4, 2011Jennifer6 CommentsArts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Populardaycare, no mess, painting, preschool, resealable plastic bag, zippy

Zippy Sponge Painting What could be better than a contained painting project that will keep your toddler’s hands clean! You’ll need some Gallon size ziplock bags, a sponge, paper, and kids paint. Put the paper in the bag. Then take a moist sponge and cut it into smaller pieces. Press each piece of sponge into

Play Dough Sun Catcher Fun

Dec 4, 2011JenniferACTIVITIES, Arts & Crafts, Mother's Daycontact paper, playdough

Colorful Play Dough Sun Catchers! Brighten your wintry day with some fun sun catchers made with play dough. All you’ll need is some contact paper and some play dough of different colors. Now, cut a small piece of contact paper about 8 inches by 4 inches fold it in half lengthwise to make a crease.

Decorate your own gift bags!

Dec 4, 2011JenniferACTIVITIES, Arts & Crafts, Mother's Day

Gift Bag Makeover! Stock up before you start going to all those birthday parties! If you need a simple colorful non-holiday gift bag then let your toddler help out. Recycle one of those gift bags you received that’s out of season and let your toddler decorate it with paper pieces to make a fun gift

Toddler Mosaic craft activity

Dec 4, 2011JenniferACTIVITIES, Arts & Crafts, Indoor, Mother's Day, Rainy Dayscanvas, felt, gift, mother

Toddler Mosaic! Let your toddlers create a masterpiece with some felt! Cut up some pieces of felt into triangular pieces of all different sizes (about 1-3 inches in length). Then take an artist canvas (photo shows a 16″x20″ stretched canvas) or piece of poster board and let her glue them on! It is a great

Shake and Paint

Dec 4, 2011Jennifer3 CommentsArts & Crafts, Mother's Day, Popular

Shake and Paint! Are you looking for that magic way for your toddler to paint without making a mess and getting paint all over her fingers? Here’s the solution! Take a large empty Oatmeal container and tape a piece of white paper inside. Now take a couple of broken crayons and dip them in some