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Fingerprint Animal Note Cards

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this idea for cute fingerprint animals in Family Fun magazine and also on Teach Mama and paint cut paste.

Material:

Washable ink pad.
About 10 Note cards or pieces of sturdy paper.
Damp towel for wiping ink off fingers, hands, arms and everywhere else.
Fine point black marker.
A pencil with an eraser.
A [...]

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Rubbing Plates

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: A couple of months ago, we tried to make our own rubbing plates out of hot glue and cardboard, but they did not work very well.  When I saw a set of Roylco ready-made rubbing plates at Hobby Lobby, I thought we would give them a [...]

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Sidewalk Water Painting

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This is a very fun and easy outdoor activity that I saw on the excellent Teach Mama blog.

Material:

Pleasant weather.
An old paintbrush.
Bowl of water.
Concrete, wood, rocks or any other object that can be “painted” with water.

Procedure:

Bring your materials and your tot outside.
Wet the paintbrush and show your tot [...]

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Father's Day Card

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Sweet Pea is 37 months old.

From: The Crafty Crow featured a cute Father’s Day card from No Time for Flashcards and I decided to do something similar for Sweet Pea’s Grandpa.

Material:

A white piece of paper or card stock.
A blank card or colored card stock cut and folded into a card shape.
Masking tape or adhesive [...]

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Take 2 - Design-A-Mug: Worst Gift Ever

(Sorry if you saw an unfinished version of this in your rss feed earlier.  This is the finished post.)

From:

I found this cute “Design-A-Mug” kit at Micheal’s and thought it would make a great Father’s Day craft for Sweet Pea.

Materials:

Design-A-Mug kit which contains a mug and several “permanent” markers.

Observations:

I had grand ideas [...]

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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.

From: I thought these Doodle Rubbings on This Little Project looked really fun.

Material:

Pencil.
Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks.
Several pieces of cardboard. (I just cut up an old Pampers box.)
Paper.
Crayons.
Tape.

Procedure:

Use a pencil to lightly draw shapes (square, heart, circle, etc) on the cardboard.
Draw over the shapes with a hot [...]

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Mother's Day - Clay Bead Necklace

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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.

From: I was planning on having Sweet Pea make clay votive holders for Mother’s Day gifts, but the Crayola Air Dry Clay I was going to use specifically says, “Do not mold into candle holders or other like items for use around flame.”  So we went to Micheal’s [...]

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Contact Paper Collage

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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.

From: I saw this really fun contact paper collage at What Do We Do All Day?

Material:

Contact paper.
Scissors.
Masking (or other removable) tape.
Several bowls or baskets
Different types of materials appropriate for sticking on a collage.  (We used scraps of paper, pom poms, wooden shapes and ribbon.

Procedure:

Find an empty wall or door [...]

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Rainbow Toast

Sweet Pea is 33 months old.

From: I found this really fun idea at Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds.  I had never seen something like this before and couldn’t wait to try it.

Material:

Several slices of bread.
Milk.
Food Coloring (I highly recommend the gel type instead of the liquid drops that are shown in the picture.)
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Sugar Chalk

Sweet Pea is 34 months old.

From: I found this activity in MaryAnn Kohl‘s great book, Preschool Art.

Material:

1/3 cup sugar.
1 cup water.
Whisk or spoon.
Chalk (We had a great time with regular white chalk, but colored sidewalk chalk might be even more exciting).
Bowl.
Dark colored paper (black or red worked best for us).

Procedure:

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