Crafts: Recycled Items
Top Five Preschooler Crafts made from Household Items
April 14, 2009
Does your preschooler collect sticks and rocks? Or consider empty containers, bottle caps, buttons, and the like, as treasures? Actually, I know that’s a redundant question because I haven’t met a kid yet that doesn’t have a collection of found treasures. Since I am raising one of these burgeoning pack-rats, I’ve had to find a way to use all these treasures, or at least find a way to store them so they aren’t underfoot. For this, I turn to craft time.
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Year of the Ox
January 22, 2009
This coming Monday, January 26th rings in the Chinese New Year, and this is the Year of the Ox. The Ox symbolizes prosperity through hard work. Hey, let's hear it for prosperity (always good) and a little hard work never hurts (too much). Booyah! Anyhow, on that day, my daughter and her classmates will be celebrating the Lunar New Year and I'm looking forward to hearing all about her Read more...
Crafty preschoolers: make your own book
November 06, 2008
When Gigi was about eighteen months old, I signed us up for a local "messy babies" group through the Ontario Early Years program. Most of the time involved doing messy or noisy things like playing with huge piles of corn meal, ice filled tubs, squeezing squishy stuff, and other clean-up nightmares but the last part of the session always involved an easy craft. One week we made touch and feel Read more...
Haunted Hallowe'en for the entire family
October 21, 2008
Exactly how scared do you and your loved ones want to be on Hallowe'en because there are lots of spooky-riffic things going on in Toronto. If you are looking for a haunted house: Casa Loma has turned into the Haunted Mansion just in time for all Hallows Eve. This coming weekend on the 25th and 26th of October, Casa Loma becomes the Haunted Mansion, with ghosts, goblins, dragons, a haunted Read more...
How to capture vacation memories
July 21, 2008
Crafting with Gigi is probably one of our most favorite regular activities. I realize I don't seem the crafty type for those that know me, but there are so many more pros than cons when it comes to crafting with my kid, that I know a good thing when I see it. First of all, crafts make Gigi sit still for stretches of time and it fosters problem solving with creativity while preparing her for the Read more...
Art classes for preschoolers
June 09, 2008
Gigi is a lover of crayons and pens. This has made me simultaneously happy and frustrated. Happy because I love LOVE painting, drawing, and creating art in many mediums with various levels of talent. Frustrated because her chosen mediums generally crayon and pens are sometimes used on furniture and walls when supervision becomes lax. I've been forced to count the supplies and conduct surprise Read more...
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