Activities about the alphabet
Several months ago, I dyed rice with my 4 and 2 year olds. We all had a lot of fun. Knowing we were going to make this R is for rabbit craft, I purposely had my kids make some pink rice. My 4 year old daughter asks 100 whys a minute, so she quickly found […]
Now that we are getting closer to the end of our animal alphabet crafts, we are getting to some harder letters. If you have seen any of our other alphabet crafts, you already know that we use craft supplies that start with the letter we are working on. There aren’t many craft supplies that start
My three year old daughter has loved pandas pretty much since she could talk. I don’t fully remember how it started, but I know she wanted to check out all panda books the first time we went to the library. For our P alphabet craft, I wasn’t thinking and we did P is for pig.
My three year old daughter’s favorite animal is a panda. And has been for a couple years. So, for our P alphabet craft we obviously did a P is for pig craft. Whoops. I didn’t even think about it until my daughter was telling Grandma about her recent crafts. She asked why we didn’t do
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What is better than making an O is for owl craft with your child? Making them out of another tasty O, oatmeal cookies. We have been working our way through the alphabet using animals and craft supplies starting with that letter. Most of my alphabet letters that we have made from food have been more
Have you read the book Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch? It was one of my favorites growing up and now my three year old likes it too. There is a line in there, “everyone knows it’s okay to color your fingernails. Even my mother colors her fingernails.” Well that line opened my preschooler’s
Are there any crafts from your childhood that you have been excited to share with your own kids? Two of the things that I have been waiting for my kids to be old enough for are Shrinky Dinks and Model Magic. I have already introduced them to Shrinky Dinks multiple times. This craft was the
An L shaped lion made from lace and leaves. Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But, this L filled craft was actually my favorite alphabet craft so far. My three year old daughter also enjoyed making this L is for lion craft. We have been making all of our alphabet crafts with craft supplies that start with
Does anyone have an extra $4,000 laying around? After making this K is for koala craft, my three year old daughter has decided that koalas are her new favorite animal. So we obviously NEED to go see a real koala. And actually seeing one isn’t good enough. We NEED to go pet a real koala.
Kids in the kitchen doesn’t always turn out great. It seems like every time you try to multitask you get less done. My kids somehow manage to create more work for me if I ever don’t pay 100% attention to them. That is what happened with my three year old daughter’s J is for jellyfish
