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Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts

Winter craft ideas for Kids: How to Make Snow for Pretend Sensory Play in Ice Age and Christmas Village

Make Fake Snow with Wax Paper

This winter craft idea for kids focuses on how to make snow for your Ice Age Dinosaurs. In this DIY, you'll use wax paper. Enjoy!


sensory winter activities for kids how to make fake snow diy for Ice Age Dinosaurs
Ice Age creative play with Dinosaurs, Diego, and
wax paper snow activity for kids.
We've shared many sensory activities for kids, but this winter one is the cat's meow! So, I've been saving a a bag of snow since my Grandmother passed away.  I inherited it with a few pieces of her snow village.  A few years ago, I used store bought snow for my village, as I wasn't ready to use hers or risk losing it around the cats and little ones. This year, I pulled it out and dumped it around my village.  It was as remarkable as I remembered. Enjoy!


And then, it wasn't... 

The cat kept climbing in it spreading it all over the floor. During the holidays, I brushed it under the table to clean up later. Later came, I began carefully picking up the pieces preparing to place them in a baggie for next year, when somehow the glistening bits of fake snow appeared more familiar than I'd ever known. This wasn't fake snow at all.  It was tiny pieces of shredded wax paper!  I made a collage with snowy scenes around my house so you can see how natural it looks.



Make Fake Snow out of Wax Paper.
Make Fake Snow out of Wax Paper.
Ice Age Dinosaurs, Sensory Snow Play.
Ice Age Dinosaurs, Sensory Snow Play.
Make Fake Snow with Wax Paper
Grandma's fake wax paper snow village versus real snow
covered pine trees in the landscape.

Sneaky Grandma, surprising me from the grave. I hadn't realized she was so creative. One year, on my parents twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, she volunteered to get SILVER vases for the table centerpieces.  She brought them just before the guests arrived, and I was astonished to see plastic glasses of some sort wrapped in aluminium foil. Not her crafty-ist moment. It felt a little tacky for what I had planned, but certainly creative. 

And now, the snow.

What an easy project for your snow globes, snowman in a jar, I -spy Christmas ornaments, or just for an ordinary day of creative play with plastic animals or Legos.  We decided to play Ice Age with ours.  I'll save Grandmas, just thinking how she took the time to craft it makes me smile.




So, grab your wax paper.  Do not cut it. Tear it into tiny shreds and store in a Ziploc bag for your kiddos. So easy, so fun and perfect for SENSORY PLAY!  Thanks, Grandma!



What will you pretend?


Recommended Reading:

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books)*

Dinosaurs! by Gail Gibbons*









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Fun, Easy, Preschool Holiday Pattern Activity

Ever wonder what to do with those little erasers your kids get as prizes...

I have to share this pattern activity from Quirky Momma.


It is so creative and educational.  The perfect companion to a creative play day with a holiday theme.
Grab some Santa hats, reindeer ears, elf shoes, make some halos...

Oh what fun!  Read a holiday story and you have the perfect preschool class.

The best part is you can find all of the items at a Dollar Tree.

Easy Christmas Tree Decoration : Kids Popsicle Stick Christmas Crafts

Easy Popsicle Christmas Tree Decoration: Kids Christmas Crafts

Get Crafting! Use popsicle sticks to make these easy puppets or fridge magnets. Make several holiday shapes, and glue them to popsicle sticks. Have the kids design their own stage with an old shoe box and use these as mini-puppets. Go ahead and glue the magnet to the back. The fridge make's the perfect storage keeper to organize all your kids craft projects. Enjoy!


Easy Christmas Tree Decoration : Kids Christmas Crafts
Christmas Tree Puppet or  Magnet or Pin.


Easy Christmas Tree Magnet Decoration : Kids Christmas Crafts
Cool craft for preschool kids.

  Materials:

  Popsicle Stick
  Old Advertiser Fridge Magnets, Cut up or pin back 
  (Michael's or JoAnn's)
  Felt
  Pipe Cleaners
  Hot Glue
  Earring Stickers or Sequins for decorations

 Kids can play on the fridge too. Color a scene on a piece of construction paper. Attach it to the fridge, and move the "puppets" around the scene. Now, that is a fun holiday project for kids!


Recommended Reading:



Bridges: Amazing Structures to Design, Build & Test (Kaleidoscope Kids)*



Loew Cornell 1021254 Woodsies Craft Sticks, 1000-Piece*












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Turkey Snack Cup Kids Craft: Easy Thanksgiving Craft

Make a Snack Cup placeholder Kids Craft for your Thanksgiving Table. 

This easy turkey craft is fun for kids, and they can reuse the cup at snack time. These make fun placeholders for Thanksgiving when you write their name on the "feathers".


Turkey Snack Cup Easy Kids Thanksgiving Turkey Craft
Turkey Placeholder Cup for Thanksgiving Kids' Snacks.

I saw this on the Disney Family Fun Page using feathers. I thought we'd give it a try with Popsicle sticks from the dollar store. We went on a shopping spree with only a few dollars to spend to get supplies. When I saw the sticks, I decided that they would have to do. That's the best advice I give, 'Go with the flow'. We'll recycle and use the sticks in other projects




Supplies:

Leaves or Construction Paper

Hot Glue
Paper Cups
Craft Sticks
Markers
Popcorn








Glue sticks to front of the cup in a fan or tail pattern. Hot Glue works best.





Draw a face and gobbler on the construction paper.


 


Glue to the front of the cup itself or onto another stick.






Amanda, age 2, drew this face by herself!
She told me where to glue each stick.

turkey snack craft idea for kids thanksgiving celebration
Turkey Snack Craft for place setting.

Sam's, 'girl turkey', a thing of beauty.


Make a Turkey Snack Cap for Afterschool.

Fill with popcorn and serve pre-turkey to keep tiny tummys occupied!


Recommended Reading:

Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday Household Items!: Including Crafts for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Every Day of the Year!*

Turkey Cup Craft

T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story*











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