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Hello and happy Friday! For today’s Fine Motor Fridays activity we tried some fun writing activities using a salt tray. I even created a free printable to use with it! Quick note- affiliate links are used in this post. Lately my preschooler has had a favorite new activity. She likes to grab a marker and piece…
Welcome back for a VERY special Fine Motor Fridays! Not only are we sharing new fine motor activities with you today but we are kicking off a great giveaway for ANYONE interested in Fine Motor Skills! So Check out these fun ways to reuse your coffee sleeves and then stick around at the bottom for the giveaway!…
The holidays are coming so today I have a great two-fer for you. First 12 Taste Safe Sensory Play Ideas for Kids with a Christmas Theme! The second is the Ultimate Christmas Guide from the Kid Blogger Network that includes a HUUUGE Cash Giveaway! Sweet Smell of Christmas Cloud Dough from Lalymom Gingerbread Bath Paints…
Today’s cloud dough recipe, just like our glowing taste safe cloud dough, is great because not only is it taste safe for babies and toddlers but it pairs perfectly with a Christmas book so it is fun for preschoolers too! Quick note- affiliate links are used in this post! We recently read the book The Sweet Smell…
Today we are kicking off some fun activities inspired by a children’s Christmas books with a Christmas Play Dough Recipe. Just a note, affiliate links are used in this post. Every since joining the Virtual Book Club for Kids group we have had SO much fun with book extension ideas. Today’s activity is a taste…
I don’t know about where you live, but it’s getting pretty cold here and everyone I know is busy planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today I am sharing some fun printable Christmas Activities for Kids as part of the Busy Bag Blog Hop, so if you are a big fan of busy bags, be sure…
So we are kind of enamored with Pete the Cat around here. In case you couldn’t tell… since we shared three Pete the Cat Buttons Activities last week. I can’t help it. We get on a theme and I just keep going with it. (Quick note, this post includes affiliate links. Cool. Let’s go play!) Like I said…
If you are looking for gifts to get kids moving, then you came to the right place! I’ve got an awesome gift guide for you this year that offers tons of gifts for kids who need to burn off some energy! Last year we joined a huge group of bloggers to bring you the 2013…
Welcome back for another month of Virtual Book Club for Kids! Today I have three super fun Pete the Cat Activities, inspired by the super fun books of Eric Litwin, and I’m joining an awesome team of bloggers so be sure to check out all the fin ideas at the bottom of the post! Oh-…
Did you know this week is World Nursery Rhyme Week? Fun right? We have had fun in our house with our book related activities and nursery rhymes fall in that group for us, since we most often read rather than sing our nursery rhymes. Today I have another DIY Toy to go with a nursery…
Today is a very exciting day here! I’m sharing the news of an awesome new eBook that just landed in the Lalymom Shop that offers 40 SUPER FUN Math & Science Activities for Kids! Along with a fabulous group of educators, moms and bloggers, I’m proud to announce the arrival of Fizz, Pop, Bang! Playful Math and…
Welcome to a very special edition of Fine Motor Fridays! Today’s fine motor skills activity not only comes with a free printable that goes along with a beloved children’s song- but it comes with a HUGE announcement! Today is the launch of our brand new book called 99 Fine Motor Ideas for Ages 1 to…
Woohoo! The Weekend is here! We are back for another Fine Motor Friday!! Today’s Fine Motor Halloween Crafts use a clever recycled material to practice some sewing skills. So how simple is this, right?! The super cool part to me was the material we snagged from the grocery store for FREE to sew on! I…
We went a little glow crazy at our house this week. It’s been different…and…FUN! This glowing taste-safe oobleck is one of three play recipes that came out of a few days of experimenting! If you are wondering how I went from Mess-Averse Mom to Mess-Accepting Mom, here is the story! The creator of Powerful Mothering,…
Here is something you don’t see from me every day- messy play! These three ingredient, glowing taste-safe bath paints were super cool to make and play with…not to mention super easy! Here is the quick back story that converted me from Mess-Averse to Mess-Accepting Mom! My friend Nicolette over at Powerful Mothering is part of…
Get ready to GLOW, people! This week was veeery glowy at our house! Today we took a familiar recipe, borax slime, and learned how to make slime that GLOWS with two ingredients! As an extra bonus, it’s glittery too! AWESOME! Oh- quick note- affiliate links are used in this post, just FYI. We made our…
TGIF and welcome back to another Fine Motor Friday! Today’s Halloween activity was fun for my preschooler AND my toddler. We did these fun and easy ghost crafts the other day and had a blast! Quick note: this post includes affiliate links, which means if you buy anything via those links, my site receives a…
Welcome back to the Virtual Book Club for kids! This month’s book crafts for kids are inspired by Julia Donaldson books. I chose Stick Man, which my kids have just loved! I wanted to mention that I do include affiliate links in this post, which means that if you buys something via these links my…
My four year old daughter is all about pretend play these days so when I decided to join a Busy Bags Blog hop hosted by Playdough to Plato, I knew I had to create some pretend play busy bags for preschoolers! These three busy bags were a HUGE hit. My daughter really loves the idea…
Happy Fine Motor Friday, you guys!! I’m SO excited today!! Can you believe that one year ago this week, we started the Fine Motor Fridays series?! I cannot tell you what has been the most fun part of this group- doing all these activities with our kids or getting to know one another through blogging!…
