Children are dazzled with butterflies and their vibrant beauty. After reading children’s books about butterflies, (see below), I used cardboard rolls, punched out cardstock paper, and craft supplies to make butterflies with the children in my care. Also check out how to make origami butterflies, handheld butterfly sun catchers, butterflies out of coffee filters, cardboard […]
Patriotic Star Sun Catcher
May 21, 2025 Leave a Comment
The little ones on your care will love making and displaying these patriotic sun catchers for Memorial Day and summer holidays. Be sure to share children’s books about the holiday with the little ones too: “Memorial Day” by Emma Carlson Berne, “Why do We Celebrate Memorial Day” by Kirsten Lake, and “A Day for Rememberin’” […]
Homemade Sensory Spaghetti Sorting
May 14, 2025 Leave a Comment
Use a little oil to help food coloring stick to pasta and make the it ideal slippery sensory spaghetti for toddlers and preschoolers. Use your imagination to include toys for sorting colors for preschoolers. You Will Need: Sensory Tray or Sectioned Tray Primary Colored Plastic CupsPasta Pot Spaghetti, Oil, SaltFood Coloring ColanderFine Motor Toys Gallon Ziploc Bags What […]
Homemade Bath Salts for Mother’s Day Gift
May 7, 2025 Leave a Comment
This is a relaxing Mother’s Day gift, you can simply make with the children in your care. Choose the mother’s favorite color and essential oil to make this lovely gift. We layered unscented and uncolored bath salts with yellow colored bath salts with lemon essential oil in a mason jar. You Will Need: 3/4 Cup […]
“Scribble Stones Art Guide” and Painting Stones
April 30, 2025 Leave a Comment
“Scribble Stones Art Guide” by Diane Alber is a fun 75-page craft book that gives step-by-step illustrated directions for decorating Scribble Stones. The guide is intended to teach fun techniques and tips to help spark creativity in children. The “Scribble Stones Art Guide” includes beginner to more advanced techniques to decorate stones. It teaches how […]
Easter Sensory Tray
April 9, 2025 Leave a Comment
Kids love sensory trays because they provide a fun and engaging way to explore different textures and sights through hands-on play, stimulating multiple senses at once. I loved creating this Easter-inspired sensory tray theme for a toddler in my care. Although I could have easily purchased colored sensory rice, the little one in my care […]
“Spring is Here” by Heidi Pross Gray and Spring Blossom Crafts
March 19, 2025 Leave a Comment
It’s finally spring this week in my neck of the woods and the children I care for have enjoyed finding the new blossoms of yellow forsythia, pink cherry trees, and white apricot trees in the neighborhood. After reading, “Spring is Here” by Heidi Pross Gray help the children in your care make their own spring […]
Make a Leprechaun Trap and Read “How to Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam Wallace
March 12, 2025 Leave a Comment
Read “How to Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam Wallace and make a leprechaun trap with the children in your care. Irish folklore describes leprechaun as little fairies. Legend says they keep pots of gold at the ends of rainbows. Every Saint Patrick’s Day my Nanny Kids and I make leprechaun traps along with thousands of […]
Pot of Gold Slime for Saint Patrick’s Day
March 5, 2025 Leave a Comment
Homemade slime is a fun project that gives kids hours of fun. Clear glue gives this slime a really pretty translucent color that goes great with the green and gold colors for Saint Patrick’s Day. You Will Need: 1 5oz Bottle of Clear Glue 1/2 Cup Water (separated into 1/4 cup for each batch) 1/2 Cup […]
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