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leprechaun craft ideas for kids

Leprechaun craft : Sight words matching

Here is another idea for St.Patrick’s day. We matched sight words in a paper Leprechaun craft. Though we have used the craft idea for sight words matching, it can be used for any learning activities like alphabet matching, math problems etc. Or, the idea can be used just to make Leprechaun’s face without sneaking in any learning activity. Leprechaun craft! …

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Simple weaving ideas for kids

Weaving for kids: Woven Clover

Weaving is one of the most important inventions in the human history. Simple weaving activities teach the basic concept of weaving. It is very simple to learn. I have shared a lot of ideas related to weaving for kids like – heart weaving and cereal box basket. Today I am sharing how to create a woven …

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st patricks day painting ideas for kids

St.Patrick’s day art : Shamrock painting

Water bottle lid is becoming our favorite painting tool like the stainless steel kitchen  scrubber. We had used kitchen scrubber to create the simple dandelion painting.  Did you get a chance to try  dandelion painting?  The same way we used water bottle lids to create Shamrocks.  Here is another Shamrock painting, a perfect St.Patrick’s day art. …

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Rainbow crafts for kids

Rainbow craft ideas : Rainbow Shamrock

While we try to paint the sky with rainbows, why not create a rainbow Shamrock. It is always fun to create and share rainbow craft ideas.  They are colorful, bright and beautiful. This Shamrock is not an exception. And it is very simple to create. Rainbow craft ideas! Materials needed to make this rainbow clover: Affiliation …

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Shamrock painting ideas for kids

Watercolor techniques : Positive and Negative Shamrocks

We love simple watercolor projects. So many watercolor techniques can be customized easily for kids. Our favorite technique is resist which we used to create tulips and peacock. Today we used the same resist technique to create these positive and negative Shamrocks. Watercolor techniques! Materials required for these paintings: Contact paper Watercolor paper Watercolor paint Brushes …

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Tissue paper sun catcher shamrock

Simple tissue paper suncatcher : Shamrock

The weather was pretty good over the weekend! It was in mid 50s and sun was shinning. Not bad for February! We made the classic and  simple tissue paper suncatcher in shamrock shape to decorate our window. It is very beautiful when the sun shines through it! Simple tissue paper suncatcher! Affiliation links are used …

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Montessori lacing activity ideas for preschool

St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity

Today’s post is about a lacing activity which is a Montessori inspired idea. St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity can be customized for any shapes.   St.Patrick’s day Shamrock lacing activity! Materials needed to set up lacing activity: A thin cardboard – we used an empty pasta box Green construction paper Shoe lace Hole punch School glue …

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Shamrock painting ideas for St.Patrick's day

St Patricks crafts : Lid painted Shamrocks

I can’t believe that we are in the middle of February and St.Patrick’s day is just around the corner. Today’s post is about one of the simplest St Patricks crafts – painting Shamrocks with water bottle lid. We have already made Christmas light using water bottle lid. It is always fun to use day today materials for creating …

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Color mixing activities for preschool

Color mixing activities : Ice play

We reused the ice cubes used in our ice color sorting activity, to do a color mixing activity. Color mixing activities teach kids about making new colors from basic colors. Ice adds an additional interest making this activity a hit with preschoolers and toddlers. Color mixing activities! Materials needed for this color mixing activity: Ice …

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