A Mom making a Difference through Grace
All learning concepts for 2’s and 3’s
Yet another easy breezy craft. One of the easiest first words according to speech pathologists is the word ‘Ball’. Needed: Paper Plate Any printed Sheet(cut into triangles to make the ball) Any printed Sheet(cut into lines make it like a beach ball ) – optional Alphabet Sticker B Instructions: 1.We glued the the Triangles to the Plate to form a Ball 2.Glued
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We begin with the easy A for Apple :).Easy craft for the mommy who makes the preliminary work and the child who puts the work together. Alternate teaching: Count the Apples 🙂 Needed: Green Paper(Tree top) Yellow construction Paper(Tree Bark) Red Paper(for Apple) Alphabet Sticker Instructions: 1.I already had the tree ready, Gluing The Green Tree top to the Yellow Bark. 2.Dash and me Stuck
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We did this for the weird animals VBS.I selected a craft Dash could also be a part of. One of the best activities for younger toddlers is anything involving gluing. Needed: Color Paper for the insect body(Green) Cardboard(I used from a cereal box,I love hoarding these,they always come in handy) Small bits of color paper(they don’t have to be perfect
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This was one fun summer activity we did. Needed: 1.Water 2.Food Color(I used Green,blue,red,Yellow) 3.Ice cube tray How To: 1.Make Colored Ice cubes with the above ingredients. 2.Get out a chart paper and enjoy painting. 3.Once Dash got bored.Got out some bottles with warm water and allowed him to make slush and play with it.
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I’ve always been in love with wooden alphabet blocks,but I thought they were way too pricey. So when I saw some cheap foam blocks on sale. I thought I’d make my own alphabet Blocks Needed: Cardboard from Cereal boxes Black Foam (to make the board) Foam Squares Foam Alphabet stickers. Everything less than a dollar.Check out Dollar section of Target. Procedure: Cut
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Inspired from Eric Carle’s ‘The very Hungry Caterpillar’ Needed: Cardstock(I used Yellow) Bits of Black Pipe Cleaner (to Make the antennae) Bits of Tissue Paper to make the butterfly(I had many leftover from Dash’s birthday gifts),I used Red,Blue and Yellow Procedure: 1.Cut the Shape of a Butterfly. 2.Glue the Pipe Cleaners as antennae. 3.Cut the Tissue Papers into Rectangles. 4.Dash
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We did this for the weird animals VBS.I selected a craft Dash could also be a part of. Needed: Color Printer/Construction Paper(Red) 3 Pipe Cleaner(Red) Paper Plate Bottle Caps(for eyes) 1.Painted the bottle caps black for the eyes. 2.Painted the paper plate in Red,you can also get ready made Red Plates. 3.Punch 3 holes on the left side,punch 3 holes on
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Thought Ill post a few summer activities before summer ends 🙂 My friend Mathy suggested Water beads and I thought this would be great idea to build an ocean sensory box. Needed: Blue Water Beads Blue Pebbles Blue Food Color Sea Creatures Procedure: I soaked the water beads for 12 hours,to grow them really big. Add All Of them in
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Inspired by Eric Carle’s – “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Needed: Cardboard(For the cereal box) Pom Poms 1 Black Pipe Cleaner (To make the antenae) Googly eyes Green Paper 1.Cut the Green Paper and Cardboard in the shape of a leaf and glue them together. 2.Glue bits of pipe cleaner to one of the Pom Poms.This will be the caterpillars head.
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We did this for the weird animals VBS.I selected a craft Dash could also be a part of. Needed: Color Printer/Construction Paper(Green) Paper Plate Googly Eye. 1.Painted the paper plate in Green,you can also get ready made Green Plates. 2.Dash got to glue the flippers and the head. 3.Add the Googly eye and a smile.4.Add bits of green paper for the
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