A Mom making a Difference through Grace
With Fall here,theres an abundance of fallen leaves. So what better way to utilize them than to make Leaf Prints.Inexpensive materials to make an easy craft Needed: Leaves Glue, 2 Sheets of Paper Paint Instructions: 1.Glue the leaves onto one Paper.Allow them to dry 30 minutes. 2.Now you and your toddler can paint them. 3.Place the other sheet over the
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My little one enjoyed this craft thoroughly.He kept imitating the cat sound Meow 🙂 Needed: 1 Paper Plate 1 Pom Pom for the Nose 2 Googly Eyes 2 Yellow circles for the Eyes 9-10 Small White Felt circle for the Spots White felt to make the Mouth. Instructions: 1.Paint the paper plate Black. 2.Cut the a crescent out of the Plate to
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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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Inspired by the Itsy Bitsy Spider Needed: 2 Big Pom Poms 1 Pipe cleaner Black(cut into 8 parts to make the spiders legs) Googly Eyes -2 Instructions: 1.I glued the legs to the Body before I gave it to Dash. 2.He helped Glue the eyes and the head to the body. 3.Optionally you can glue a string to the body of the
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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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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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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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This Craft was inspired from Byron Bartons “Ships”,which we’ve been reading all week. Required:Craft sticks 2,Paper Plates 2 You need one Paper Plate to make the sea. Another Plate to make the boat bottom,sails and windows.Glue the sails to the craft sticks My little one helped to color the boat with crayons.And glued all the pieces together.
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