A Mom making a Difference through Grace
I ve always wanted to make something interactive for my children to understand the nativity story. I free handed all the drawing from some leftover paint from my sons painting. Needed: Cerealbox cardboard Hard cardboard from packages for book Black craft paper White printer paper Brown craft paper Paint Popsicle sticks Ribbons Glue How to: Paint the characters on the
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Quiet books have recently become one of my favorites. They engage my son quiet nicely. I m a no sew person so my books are all glued. I prefer to keep my book as pages so we can pull out only the one we need Needed Felt beige,black,red,blue,green,yellow ,orange Craft glue Scissors Marker Procedure: Cut out the man and woman
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Needed: White Cardstock Markers Plastic fish bowl Jewels Plastic/foam shapes Muffin tray To make the Color Grouping Cards: 1.Make a place card using cardstock for each color.And place it in the muffin tray 2.You’re all set to play To make the Shape Grouping Cards: 1.Make a place card using cardstock for each shape.And place it in the muffin tray 2.You’re
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Its amazing the things you can do with household stuff.And we love the Tape. These are some fun stuff to do on rainy days or when u live in apartments are in short of space. Roads and runways: A good activity to learn transportation. so break out your trains cars bikes and planes. Hopscotch: Fun counting and following directives for
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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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This is my 100th post @ the GIM.com.Excited!All praise and glory to god.Came across this simple idea.It was a good hit with my little one.We had a fun day being all covered with powdered dough 🙂 Needed: 6 cups All purpose flour 3/4 cup oilSmall bowls to make molds Mix the two ingredients well.Until the dough forms a solid shape
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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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I have to say this one truly turned out very well.And was a hit ! Ingredients: 2 cups flour2 cups warm water3/4 cup salt2 Tablespoons vegetable oil1 Tablespoon cream of tartar (optional for improved elasticity)Liquid food coloring3-4 drops of Vanilla extract(I didn’t want too much of sweet smelling dough,it only tempts the little ones) 1.Add everything together in a pan(I
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16 Months: Needed:Acrylic paintGerber CapsButton MagnetsCookie Baking SheetCardstock (To make the Color Coded Sheet) My son has been fascinated with magnets.So this inspired me to make this toy. I used the leftover caps from his snack,i always thought they were so cute and they’d make a good candidate for game pieces. (DISCLAIMER: This blog is not for profit. Image used
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17 Months: Needed:CardstockAcrylic PaintCraft SticksVelcro circlesFelt circles My little boy is still too young for this activity but we are a work in progress on this activity. I drew a Large Rectangle,Square,Diamond and Triangle on the cardstock paper.Color Coded the Craft sticks with regards to the color of their shape.Glued velcro circles to one end of the stick and felt
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