My kids love making homemade valentines and love painting with cars so it's easy to see why these "You're a wheel-y great friend!" valentines are such a hit! We first made them when my son was two for all of his friends and since then we've made them as valentines, thank you cards, birthday cards...pretty much anything you can think of! My three year old is very excited to get to make valentines to pass out to her friends this year and these are … [Read more...]
Alphabet Activities for Preschool: Heart Puzzles
Today I am teaming up with +Jamie Reimer from hands on: as we grow and +Jackie Higgins from Ready Set Read for a Valentine's Day for Kids Google Plus Hangout! We'll be sharing Valentine's Day themed letter activities for preschoolers--it will be so much fun! It will air LIVE both here and on my G+ profile page at 3pm EST today. But no worries if you miss it--you can check back to either place anytime you want to watch the video! As you can see … [Read more...]
Valentines for Kids: I’m Stuck on You Printable
Do you make your own valentines? Download cute printable ones? Buy them at the store? My kids like to make their own valentine cards and like to make holiday decorations. So today we combined the two with some window cling valentines for kids! The first thing we did was make the window cling hearts. Yep, those colorful glittery hearts are actually homemade window clings. You can read all of the directions in my Make Your Own Heart Window … [Read more...]
Kindness Challenge: Love the Environment
Today is the first day of Toddler Approved's 100 Acts of Kindness Project! We are doing 52 Weeks of Kindness this year and are super excited to spend the next 4 weeks participating in the Kindness Project. It's a fantastic family activity and I was thrilled when Kristina asked me if I wanted to give the first challenge! Week 1 Challenge: Show some love to your environment! This week we are challenging you to perform an act of kindness that helps … [Read more...]
Making Homemade Valentines!
Do you make or buy valentines? We are homemade valentine makers around here! This year the kids went all out and worked very hard to create special gifts for their friends. My 3 1/2 year old loves superheroes, especially Batman, and picked out these cool superhero lollipops from Little Bit Funky! The idea is ingenious and was a huge hit. If you have a little one who likes superheroes you have got to see how easy she has made it for everyone to … [Read more...]
Red Hot Play Dough Recipe
This week we were inspired by all of the Valentine's Day candy in Target to come up with a new play dough recipe and science experiment - Red Hot Play Dough! Here's what we used: 2 cups of flour 1 cup of salt 1 cup of cornstarch 1/4 cup of cream of tartar 2 cups of hot water 2 teaspoons of oil 1 box of Red Hots candy (We used our crock pot play dough recipe, even though the consistency isn't as good, because we needed … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Heart Window Clings
Window clings have been holiday decoration staples for as long as I can remember. And while not all of the ones you can find in the stores these days may catch your eye, homemade ones sure will! Last week the kids and I grabbed some puffy fabric paint and some glitter and DIY'd some in no time at all. To make the heart window clings you need fabric paint, wax paper or tin foil and any add-in you want such as glitter or sequins. Squeeze the paint … [Read more...]