
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.
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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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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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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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(Sorry if you saw an unfinished version of this in your rss feed earlier. This is the finished post.)
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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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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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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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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.)
2-3 small [...]
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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:
In a small bowl, [...]
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