If you need a boredom buster, these do-it-yourself clips made from cardboard will keep boys and girls happily busy. I cut out shapes from cardboard found in the recycling bin at the home where I work and provided plenty of paint, markers, and glitter glue pens for the children to decorate the shapes to make […]
Origami Butterflies
August 28, 2024 1 Comment
A girl I babysit on the weekends loved making these origami butterflies I found for free on the itsalwaysautumn web site. I simply printed the two templates and allowed her to color them in with her favorite markers. The instructions on how to fold the butterflies is available on the itsalwaysautumn web site. You Will […]
Tulip® Tie-Dye Shirts
August 14, 2024 Leave a Comment
Kids love tie-dying shirts each summer. I used the Tulip® Block Party One-Step Tie-Dye® Kit with the kids to make these shirts. Stocked with 8 must-have shades of One-Step Dye (128 ounces) in a bright rainbow palette: 8 (16-oz.) XL dye bottles (yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, turquoise, and green), plus gloves, rubber bands, […]
Animal Clothespin Puppets
August 7, 2024 Leave a Comment
Here’s a quick and easy project to make with the kids in your care. Simply print the animal templates onto heavyweight paper and cut them out. Attach the top and bottom of the heads to clothespins to make puppets that can open their mouths. You Will Need: Puppet TemplatesPrinterHeavyweight PaperScissorClothespinsHot Glue What to Do: 1. […]
“Coyotes All Around” to Teach Rounding Numbers and Coyote Craft
July 31, 2024 Leave a Comment
“Coyotes All Around” by Stuart J. Murphy is perfect for teaching rounding numbers to first, second, and third graders. Clever Coyote thinks it’s time for lunch — and also time to show her friends how, with some simple rounding, she can add up numbers in her head. If only she were as good at hunting […]
Painting Sea Shells
July 24, 2024 Leave a Comment
I allow children in my care to collect a few shells every summer at the beach and take them home to paint them. If you can’t visit the beach you can buy shells online. Older children can also use pencils and Sharpie markers to help decorate sea shells. Kids can make pendants and hair clips […]
Kool-Aid Play Dough
July 17, 2024 Leave a Comment
The children in my care love making homemade play dough and this week we made this great scented Kool-Aid play dough from the Hoosier Homemade web site. Also be sure to try out making other homemade play dough recipes including: Jell-O play dough, frosting play dough, edible peanut butter play dough, cream of tartar play […]
Black Glue and Water Color Painting
July 10, 2024 1 Comment
Just mix white or clear glue with black acrylic paint or buy black glue paint to make fun water coloring paintings with the kids. Trace the templates we used of a rose, a butterfly, or a rainbow with black glue or make your own drawing. Then have the kids use water color to finish the […]
Chalk and Pastel Fourth of July Fireworks
July 3, 2024 Leave a Comment
I had planned to just use red, white, and blue sidewalk chalk to have the kids make Fourth of July fireworks on black paper while reading, “The Night Before the Fourth of July” by Amy Wummer, “Fireworks and Freedom” by Educational Parade, and “Fireworks” by Lori Haskins Houran. But I allowed them to let their […]
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