20+ WEATHER theme learning shelf and activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Check out the fun activities here...
Here’s a fun and adorable toilet paper roll craft for kids! Make the cutest dogs out of toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, or anything similar. You can even purchase cardboard tubes at Hobby Lobby if you prefer to do that. Beyond the cardboard tubes, you’ll just need a few basic craft supplies that you […]
Looking for nature crafts? I have a list of 25 beautiful nature crafts to do indoors or outdoors with your kids!
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7 Bold plus Bright Colors on Heavyweight Paper: Great value from the playroom to the classroom. Every sheet is 9x12 inches. You’ll get 100 sheets of white, 90 each of light blue and yellow, 80 each of bright green, hot pink, bright purple and yellow-orange paper. Simply put, there’s more of the colors you use and less of the ones you don’t and that means less waste and more creativity. Teacher Loved & Parent Approved: Every Textured Sheet of paper cuts and folds without risk of unwanted cracks and tears. The ultimate paper for all your arts and crafts at home and school. Arts and crafts projects deserve color and quality you can count on like these. We put kids first: At Colorations so every batch of heavyweight construction paper is perfect for stockpiling crafts supplies for a rainy day, school project or the next kids party at your house. Durable, affordable and the best choice for parents & teachers everywhere. Colored Paper for Every Age & Craft Activity: Encourage kids to get creative with construction paper that can be used with everything: markers, crayons, colored pencils, chalk or paint. Take projects to a whole new level with paper that begs to be colored and drawn on any time. BONUS: It's chemical free paper to keep kids safe. Creatively Inspire Kids, Parents & Teachers: Join the Colorations family, our aim is to encourage consistent, clean, safe and cognitively stimulating play. We make arts and crafts supplies that create experiences. If your own experience with us is less than perfect, reach out and we'll immediately be in touch to make it right.
Laura @inspiremyplay Founder of @inspiremyplay, Early Years teacher for 11 years and mummy to three gorgeous girls. I'm passionate about the benefits of play in early childhood. Oobleck is a mixture of cornflour and water that can act as both a solid and a liquid when combined together. It’s a great sensory base and we're going to teach you how to make a version that looks like concrete for a small world construction site. It's an easy process and kids love it! What is Oobleck? In case you're new to oobleck it’s a non-Newtonian fluid, meaning it is neither a liquid nor a solid. It may appear to be a solid or a liquid at times, but it behaves differently from a typical solid or liquid. Making oobleck is an excellent science activity for kids to demonstrate how pressure may alter the properties of certain materials. To test the difference pressure makes to oobleck apply some pressure with a spoon to the oobleck you make. This will press the cornflour particles more closely together and increase its viscosity and you should be able to mould the oobleck into a ball with your hands. If you release the pressure or dip your spoon slowly into the mixture, it will behave more like water as the particles have more time to move out of the way. A Step-by-Step Guide to make Concrete Oobleck This has got to be one of our favourite ways to play with oobleck! The girls always have a blast with this, especially with our mini-bricks that they love sticking together with the 'concrete'. Click the link below to be able to buy the bricks and other resources we used for this set up: Buy construction play resources (UK) Buy construction play resources (US) To make Oobleck you will need: Cornflour (also known as Cornstarch) Water Food colouring (this is optional - for our ‘concrete’ oobleck we added black food colouring) Add 2 or 3 cups of cornflour to a tray. Add the same amount of water, coloured with a few drops of black food colouring or add the food colouring straight to the tray. Mix it altogether - this takes a little bit of effort at first but as it mixes it becomes easier! Helpful Tips You may need to experiment to get the consistency just right. If its a bit too runny when you pick it up from your tray and it doesn’t form a solid, just add a little more cornflour. If it’s a little too solid and doesn’t drip like a liquid add a little more water. Oobleck is great fun but it can get quite messy so be prepared, either with a sheet under your tray or take it outside. Once you've finished playing pop the lid on the PlayTRAY if you would like to extend the life of oobleck for a bit longer. Without the lid on oobleck will dry out after a day or two. Don't throw it away though as it's great fun to then give the kids spoons to break it into pieces! Its like having a whole new play set up to enjoy! Get your FREE ebook For more simple DIY recipes & ideas for sensory play at home download your Beginner's Guide to Sensory Play by subscribing to Inspire My Play today. Get Yours Now
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20+ WEATHER theme learning shelf and activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Check out the fun activities here...
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When the kids were little we spent many summer days at the park. Sticks and twigs were gathered and used as inspiration for games of fantasy (and, at one point, a child ran with a stick -- straight into a tree, resulting in the inevitable summer trip to the ER). Occasionally, little twigs found their way into craft projects, typical stuff, like snowman arms, stars, and wreaths. Spring windstorms have brought down lots of twigs in our neighborhood this year, and I thought it would be fun to see what other creatives have been doing with twigs. Here are a few of my favorite twig projects: Glue twigs together to form stars, then randomly wrap them with colored string and tie the stars into a pretty garland! Gather mossy twigs, and use to frame a sepia toned photograph, for a "campy" look. PHOTO CREDIT: CHARLES SCHILLER Use long twigs to create a striking starburst wreath, like this one from The Painted Hive. I am loving this Himmeli style mobile! whimsical geometric mobile by LA-based artist, Kim Baise I'm pretty sure you're never too old to make fairy furniture! These little twig raft sailboats would be simple enough to do with your kids, and cute enough for a summer mantel. Trim a few dozen twigs to equal length, and wire them together to form a pretty fruit bowl, like this one from What I Made. I found this darling coat rack idea at Garden Therapy. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best! I love this sweet simple heart from MooGoo. This twig birdcage, from Running With Scissors is just TOO CUTE! I hope you found something here to inspire you to look to nature for some of your craft supplies this summer!
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Paper crafts are an easy way to create something new. What if you can make a simple paper flower into a 3D flower just by folding it a few more times? Today we bring some of the amazing and super easy DIY 3D papercraft ideas for the kids. All these things are very easy to […]
