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Happy Fine Motor Friday! Today’s Preschool Fine Motor Activities were SUPER fun! We’ve done contact paper fine motor skills activities before- but never like this! My daughter wanted to play dress up one day and asked to wear a white dress like a fairy she had seen that day. We don’t have a white dresses…
With the Back to School season starting I’ve got my mind set on some themes I’d like to work on with the kids. As you might be able to tell from my 30 Back to School Crafts post last week, I’ve got apples on the brain! So today I’ve got Apple Themed Fine Motor Skills…
Happy Fine Motor Fridays! Today’s super simple fine motor activity might look like the top two items on your back to school list, which is one of the reasons I love it- they are everyday materials! So. You give pencils and erasers to an elementary school aged kid and clearly they’re school supplies meant to…
It seems like summer just started but it is already time to start thinking about back to school! Today I have a super fun Back to School Craft for you with this easy Pool Noodle Pencil! I think this would be a pretty funny teacher gift or a fun craft for a back to school…
Happy Fine Motor Friday! We are back with the usual suspects this week with an A is for Apple Craft using a simple CUT-punch-PASTE method. This is a super simple craft that incorporates cutting practice, paper punches, gluing and drawing to encourage fine motor skills practice. A is for Apple Craft Materials: Red and green…
Welcome back to Fine Motor Friday! Today I have free printable Play Dough “Pinch Challenge” Mats that make great fine motor activities for pinch strength! Partner affiliate links to products we recommend are used in this post. I was out to dinner with a couple fellow mom recently and one of them mentioned that much…
You heard that right- today I have some SUPER COOL Dinosaur Crafts to share with you and they are called Snappets! You might remember that we recently participated in Dinosaur Week with our DIY Dinosaur Hat, Easy Dinosaur Stilts and Ice Cream Dinosaur Excavation. Today’s dinosaur craft is a little different. Let me tell you…
It is time for another Fine Motor Friday! Today’s simple fine motor skills activity is all about learning colors for toddlers. Mister 1 noticed Miss 4’s Frozen Fractals sticky collage on the window the other day and I thought he might like to stick some torn paper onto it. He went crazy for it so…
Welcome to the Hop for Hope! This post about ways to paint without paintbrushes highlights the lovely ideas of Heather from Crayon Box Chronicles who is spending time with her brand new baby, Savannah Hope, as she fights for her life. Check out their story on their Prayers for Savannah Hope Facebook Page! Heather shares so…
Today I am participating the in the ABCs of Nature Blog Hop hosted by School Time Snippets! The letter I chose was F for Flowers. My preschooler loves flowers- loves looking at them, picking them in our back yard, smelling them and asking to buy them at the store. We have in the past played…
Today is the first post in a three week collaborative series all about ways to keep your kids learning over the summer! Today’s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Activity is my contribution for week one- Learning at Home! (Note: This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.)…
Welcome back to Fine Motor Fridays! Today’s fine motor activities all feature one common ingredient: SLIME! We are not frequent messy play people, as you could tell by our first messy playdate and our basic rice sensory play day. But slime was actually quite a hit with my daughter so during little brother’s nap time we mixed…
It’s the last day of LEGO Week over at Toddler Approved! If you’ve missed our other LEGO ideas, we shared a DIY Removable LEGO Wall and a LEGO Camping Lantern on previous days. We also shared our ULTIMATE PVC Play Table in a Bag which would be great to use with LEGO! Today I’m sharing…
Happy Fine Motor Friday! Today’s DIY Toy is the Ultimate PVC Play Table in a Bag! Playing trains, building with LEGO, lining up roads and driving cars- these are all great playful ways to help kids develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills! I call this the ULTIMATE play table because you can use it…
We are following up our DIY Lego Wall post with a collection of DIY LEGO Birthday Card tutorials– all for the Toddler Approved LEGO Week! If you have a LEGO Lover in your family or circle of friends, you should keep these in mind for their next birthday party. They would all be cool to…
This week for Fine Motor Fridays we have another Disney Frozen Craft for you to go along with our Jointed Frozen Olaf and our Frozen Inspired Chill Out Jar. Make sure you stick around at the end of this post to see what the other Fine Motor Fridays gals have been up to this week!…
So it is official. We are obsessed with Disney’s Frozen at the Lalymom house. So today I have a Disney’s Frozen Inspired Craft- the first of a few! We have made some fun I-Spy bottles in the past and I’ve seen relaxation bottles and calm down jars around the internet so I thought it would be…
We are back for Fine Motor Fridays! This week we did some fun writing activities for kids on our super easy outdoor writing center! (This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.) The other night LalyDad and I were talking about how Miss Three (almost four!) has…
If you are looking for fun preschool activities then look no further! You will love the collaborative Three to Five: Playful Preschool eBook! Organized by the wonderful Cathy James of Nurturestore, this eBook is an amazing resource for parents, caretakers and educators alike, full of inspiring photos, step by step tutorials and awesome printables! I’m so…
Today’s post offers a fun, free DIY project that allows for a wide range of ABC Letter activities for kids. These free printable alphabet cards are so versatile and can be used with babies, toddlers, preschoolers- even school aged kids! I have been planning these cards for months and as I was starting to thinking…
