Rainbow activities are awesome for learning colors, but we added another learning element by making this a sort by size activity as well!
This one took a little prep work by me. I think you could include a preschooler in part of 
A Rainbow of Circles Necklace
February 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
Sort by Color Button Activity
February 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
A simple sort by color activity for toddlers. This is simplified to make it as easy as it gets for toddlers just learning their colors.
George has been slowly learning his colors. Ever so slowly. Some days it seems like he gets it
Water Activity with Newspaper
February 20, 2013 by 3 Comments
This is one water activity that actually just grosses me out… I have a thing against certain items being wet… bread especially, but paper isn’t much different. The wet newspaper is not something I’d like to touch myself.
But, oh did my
Pick up Blocks! A Fine Motor Activity
February 18, 2013 by 5 Comments
This is a quick block activity to promote fine motor skills for the toddlers that just loves blocks! Add in an everyday item such as your kitchen tongs, and it makes it fun and exciting to just pick up blocks!
Simple Valentine Craft: Make a Vase!
February 8, 2013 by
We are just about Valentine’d out after all this Valentine craftiness that we’ve been doing! But we just had to do a quick bottle craft to make vases to put some flowers in for Valentine’s Day! [ahem... hint hint hubby!]
These vases are
Valentine Letter Learning & Matching Activity
February 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Match up Scrabble letter tiles to candy hearts for a letter learning activity that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day!
The boys have been begging for a water activity lately. And seriously, I am just blank lately!
This is what I came up with… though I
Sensory Activity: Dry Pasta Noodles
January 29, 2013 by 3 Comments
Pasta noodles make for a great sensory activity for toddlers and preschoolers to explore with their sense or touch and even sound.
I set out a tub of macaroni noodles along with several items to play with.
Items to include for this touch and
Valentine Art for Toddlers: Scratch, Roll, Resist
January 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
A Valentine art project for toddlers includes three methods of painting! Pick one, or do all three with your toddler!
Since George keeps wanting to paint hearts, I’ve been trying to come up with different ways to make some Valentine art for toddlers that’s
Valentine Window of Toddler Painted Hearts
January 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
I love it when the kids make something to decorate our windows, and a Valentine window just had to be done!
Since George has been asking non-stop to paint more and more hearts, I dug out some
Match Upper & Lowercase Letters Bracelet
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
Henry matched upper and lowercase letters to make a bracelet for Valentine’s Day using letter beads and Valentine’s Day words.
He often comes home from school with a bracelet that he made. He is always so incredibly proud of it, and wears it
Sponge Art Painting for Valentine’s Day
January 22, 2013 by 2 Comments
After a round of cookie cutter painting, George was still going strong and was in the mood to paint, so we moved onto sponge art for Valentine’s Day!
So simple to do too! Sponge art is
Cookie Cutter Painting for Valentine’s Day
January 21, 2013 by 3 Comments
A simple way to get creative for Valentine’s Day, especially great for toddlers, is with a heart shaped cookie cutter painting activity!
It can get a bit messy, but no messier than any painting activity really!
I grabbed these heart shaped cookie cutters on
Sensory Activity with Corn Meal to Explore
January 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
A simple sensory activity that all kids will enjoy. Corn meal is a wonderful sensory material for kids to explore!
Keeping George busy and entertained while Henry is at school each morning has become interesting. It’s amazing to see how much he has
Snowman Craft from Tin Cans!
January 9, 2013 by 8 Comments
This snowman craft [that's also a wind chime] was so fun. I’ve had this idea in my the entire fall and couldn’t wait to have the time to do it with the boys!
Things started rocky, for sure, but I do love the
Salt Paint for Toddlers: An Icy Winter Scene
January 8, 2013 by 6 Comments
Toddlers will love to make an icy painting scene using salt paint! This sensory activity came about after an epic “Craft Fail” of trying to frost my windows with Epsom Salt. I had an entire box of it leftover and wasn’t sure what
Box Train made from Cardboard Boxes
December 31, 2012 by 6 Comments
A box train got made over the holidays with all the packaging and cardboard boxes!
This year I did almost all [probably 98%!] of my Christmas shopping online, so boxes were in plenty this year.
I didn’t let the boys play with them
Christmas Sparkle Cloud Dough
December 13, 2012 by 6 Comments
Cloud dough is awesome! I can’t believe its taken me this long to make it with the boys!
If you have not made cloud dough yet, it’s a lot like the texture of brown sugar. Crumbly and loose, but can be compacted together
