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Frozen Olaf Cup Craft for Kids

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Frozen Olaf Cup Craft for Kids

      We didn't see Frozen when it was in the movie theater last winter. JDaniel was introduced to Frozen Olaf while watching in on DVD at a friend's house recently. He was definitely JDaniel's favorite character from the movie. I decided it would be fun to make Frozen Olaf at home and we hunted through our craft supplies and under the kitchen Continue Reading

Kids Activities- Gold Coin Vowel Sound Drop

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Kids Activities- Gold Coin Vowel Sound Drop

Working on the different sounds vowels helps children who are learning to read master the sounds. Interacting with vowels sounds in  fun pirate themed kids activities helps children identify words that they know that contain each of the vowel sounds. It also helps to reinforce the vowels sounds children already in their auditory memory. This is Continue Reading

Fine Motor Activity- Fold and Thread Necklace

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Fine Motor Activity Fold and Thread Necklace

Children of various ages benefit from working on fine motor skills. This fine motor activity actually creates the opportunity for children to work a several fine motor skills. I have called this fine motor activity Fold and Thread Necklace, but there are really several other skills that children will work on while creating the necklace. I will tell Continue Reading

Playdough Recipes for Fun (The Sunday Showcase)

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Playdough Recipes for Fun

  Making your own playdough is super easy when you use the playdough recipes I am featuring on The Sunday Showcase today. The posts I am sharing  include playdough recipes and activities that you can do with your home playdough. We make playdough often at my house. It is a great indoor activity on rainy days, high pollen days, or days when your Continue Reading

Kids Fun- Fine Motor Weaving

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Fine Motor Weaving Activity

There are so many skills and concepts that kids work on while fine motor weaving. Kids don't necessarily realize that when they are weaving. Kids fun activities don't have to feel like work. They can just feel like creating. Open Ended Kids Fun A simple dish drainer and some colored ribbon were all that we used for this kids fun fine motor Continue Reading

American Flag Craft for Kids

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American Flag Craft for Kids

Using a few simple craft materials you can create an American flag  craft mobile that can twist in the breeze or decorate your child's room. It is super easy! We made this mobile two years ago for a guest post on the blog Not Just Cute. I thought you would love to see it! A flag mobile like this one would be great to  hang up on Flag Day, Continue Reading

Preschool Activities (The Sunday Showcase)

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Preschool Activities Featured on The Sunday Showcase

As I browsed through last week's The Sunday Showcase link up, I noticed a number of fabulous preschool activities.  I have selected a number of them to feature this week. If you don't find yours included and you think I need to focus my eyeballs onto it, please leave a comment below. I will head over and check it Continue Reading

Lunch Ideas With LEGO

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Lunch Ideas LEGO

  Lunch Ideas with a kid friendly theme like LEGO are lots of fun. Kids love to help create and/or enjoy meals that feature their interests and hobbies. Right now JDaniel loves building with Duplos and LEGO so, I created a simple lunch for him featuring Duplo blocks. It didn't take very long to put together and it featured foods he really enjoys. Continue Reading

Children’s Books with a LEGO Theme

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children's books about LEGO

  If you are looking for children's books with a LEGO theme that you can read, build along with or just explore. This is is children's book round up for you. These books would make great gifts for the LEGO lover in your life.   Fictional Children's Books Daniel Lipkowitz: Lego Play Book : Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life Continue Reading

Kid Friendly Recipes- Brown Cow Float and More

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  Have you ever had a brown cow? How about a spotted cow? They are really easy and fun drinks to make using these kid friendly recipes. Each recipe calls for three ingredients. Children who can pour, stir and scoop on their own or with help a little help. They will able to create these fun drinks in less than two shakes of a cow's tail. Continue Reading

Math Games for Kids- LEGO Count and Move

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Math Games for Kids- LEGO Count and Move

  LEGO Duplos are easy for children young and old to pick up. Picking up a LEGO Duplo brick and an action card along with moving are all you really have to do during this game.( Well, for the basic version of this series of math games for kids.) The basic version can be changed and added on to for older children or for children that like Continue Reading

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