SPRING is here! I know this because when I step outside all I see is yellow. Pollen is everywhere and there is no escaping it. I look forward to being able to breathe again when the pollen clears up. Luckily spring does not only bring pollen with it but Easter too...and it is coming up fast! I love gathering some craft supplies and creating holiday crafts with my kids. So with Easter approaching it was time to make some cute Easter Bunny … [Read more...]
50+ Ways to Play Learn & Craft with Plastic Eggs
Plastic Easter eggs can be used for more than just hiding on Easter morning. We found more than 50 fun ways to play, learn and craft with plastic eggs! I'm sure you don't have the time try to all of these so I broke the activities into sections so you could quickly find an idea that will work for you! Egg Reading Activities Word Chunk Egg Spinners from Coffee Cups and Crayons Making Words Egg Hunt from Hands on : as we grow Make Your Name … [Read more...]
Peeps Easter Science Experiments for Kids
We love science experiments for kids, especially when they involve candy! We've done a bunch of candy science experiments, like our conversation heart one, and it never gets old. With Easter coming Peeps are everywhere so we decided to torture do some Easter science experiments with them. Peeps Easter Science Experiments for Kids We decided to see what would happen when we added water, heat and coldness to them. And the results were pretty … [Read more...]
Bunny Paper Plate Puppet Craft
This paper plate bunny puppet is such a fun and easy preschool craft! Kids can use the puppet while they are singing Easter songs, retelling stories or just playing pretend. Paper Plate Bunny Craft Supplies: white paper plate free printable bunny ear template pink tissue paper (or whatever color or kind of paper you have on hand) popsicle stick googly eyes silver Sharpie scrap of pink paper cotton ball It seems like a long … [Read more...]
How to Make a Rubber Egg Science Experiment
Have you done the rubber egg science experiment before? It is such a fun one for kids! You only need a couple supplies to make a rubber egg and the results are so impressive. Rubber Egg Experiment Supplies: cup egg vinegar notebooks to record experiment Ask the kids to predict what they think will happen if you leave an egg in vinegar and have them record their thoughts in the notebooks. We put the egg in a cup and covered it … [Read more...]
Plastic Egg Mini Planting Pots
Spring is here and we have been doing a lot of planting lately. The kids love to see their plants growing so I wasn't surprised when they decided to turn plastic eggs into little seed pots. DIY Plastic Egg Planters plastic Easter eggs hot glue soil seeds We were so excited to hear that Tinkerlab is starting up her Creative Challenges again. This month's theme is eggs and kids are invited to create, make and invent using eggs. I … [Read more...]
Easy Easter Egg Rice Krispies Pops
My kids love to cook with me in the kitchen after school. Today though we were short on time so we made these semi-homemade Easter Egg Rice Krispies Treat Pops. They are a super easy Easter snack for kids! Rice Krispies Easter Egg Pops: Kellogg's Rice Krispies Original Treats (affiliate link) Icing Writing Tubes Spring Colored Sprinkles Lollipop Sticks Knife or Kitchen Scissors They sell the prepacked Rice Krispies Treats at our … [Read more...]
Egg Number Identification and Counting Game
Playing with numbers is a lot of fun for preschoolers! We set up a simple move and learn game to practice number identification and counting with some of our many plastic eggs. Egg Number Game Supplies: plastic eggs bucket or basket cards with the numbers you want to practice on them We have started to pull out our Easter decorations and the kids were excited to get to play with the plastic eggs again. I added a little learning to … [Read more...]
