Kids love doing craft projects during the holidays! Even those that don't normally want to do crafts enjoy making ornaments and holiday decorations. Here are 13 fun Christmas crafts projects to make with your kids after school. Many of them would also make great homemade gifts! Christmas Crafts to Make: Paper Snowflake Crafts from waddlee-ah-chaa Bird Food Ornament Crafts from Coffee Cups and Crayons Felt Christmas Tree Pin from Buggy … [Read more...]
Sight Word Snowball Fight Activity for Kids!
Make sight word practice fun by turning it into an indoor snowball fight! This has to be one of our most fun move and learn activities yet! Sight Word Snowball Fight Instructions: Write the sight words you want to practice on different sheets of scrap paper. Choose a mix of known and new words to keep it fun. Scrunch up the paper into "snowballs". Divide the kids into two teams. We played boy vs girls. Throw the paper snowballs at … [Read more...]
24 Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for Kids
Last year we tried something new and did 24 Random Acts of Christmas Kindness as our advent calendar! It was such a wonderful experience that we are doing it again this year and I encourage you to join in too. It's much easier than you think! We brainstormed kindness ideas before December and then chose the ones that best fit into our week that week. I am a firm believer that small intentional acts of kindness {and really good coffee!} can change … [Read more...]
Number Identification Life Size Math Board Game
We came up with a simple way to practice number identification--a life size board game! It's perfect for preschoolers who are working on recognizing those higher numbers. Math Board Game Supplies: paper plates markers large die I wrote the numbers 1-30 on paper plates with a marker to serve as the board game squares. We used the die we had made from a box for our Colorlicious Game. You can tape a square shaped cardboard box shut to … [Read more...]
How to Make Rainbow Loom Bracelets By Hand
Are your kids Rainbow Loom crazy? My oldest got a Rainbow Loom last year for Christmas and has been a bracelet making machine ever since! Once my 5 year old hit kindergarten he wanted a Rainbow Loom too. His sister let him practice on hers, but that left only one for everyone to use. Instead of sitting around doing nothing they figured out how to make bracelets without the loom and only their hands. The only supplies you need to make Rainbow … [Read more...]
Turkey Color Hunt and Math Pattern Activity
We went on a turkey feather color hunt to Move and Learn about colors and patterns! This one was super easy to set up and the kids can keep playing with it all month long. Color Hunt Activity: construction paper feathers in a variety of colors kids who are ready to move I cut a bunch of paper feathers out of construction paper and scattered them all over the yard. Then the kids ran around and collected them (like a bunch of turkeys who … [Read more...]
10 Hands On Science Experiments for Kids
My kids love to do hands on science experiments at home! There is something so empowering about causing a reaction in an experiment or suddenly grasping a science concept. It gives kids confidence as a learner and is just plain fun! 1. Air Pressure Experiment: Make it easy for kids to see how air pressure works with this fun activity from Kids Activities Blog. 2. Floating Egg Science Experiment: Fantastic Fun and Learning experimented … [Read more...]
Teach Kids to Follow Directions with Relay Races!
Kids need to learn how to follow directions just like they learn to do anything else--by practicing! A fun way to practice following directions is by turning it into a game or activity. We decided to turn relay races into an indoor following directions activity! Following Directions Activity To set up the activity I gathered a bunch of random items from the house and divided the kids into two lines. They had to walk across … [Read more...]
