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Painting ideas for kids

Broccoli Christmas tree painting

My preschooler got hooked up with painting making prints after we did our Kitchen scouring pad wreath painting. She even has an idea to paint with dried play dough. We are yet to implement that. Meanwhile we made this Christmas tree painting using Broccoli. Materials needed A Broccoli floret Tempera paint Paper – We used printer …

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Christmas counting ideas for preschoolers

Christmas Math

I love to introduce math concepts through games and art. My preschooler and I decorated Christmas trees with tissue paper berries.  This simple Christmas math activity improves fine motor skills, teaches number recognition and counting. Let us see how I set up this activity and how we played! Materials Needed (Affiliation links used) Neenah Astrobrights Color …

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Christmas painting ideas for kids

Christmas light painting

Today I am going to share a very simple painting idea painted using a water bottle lid. I saw a finger printed Christmas light painting in Pinterest. Inspired by that, I tried the Christmas light painting with water bottle lid. It was very simple for my preschooler and she thoroughly enjoyed. Materials needed: White paper Tempera …

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Christmas Free printables

Candy Cane Addition and Subtraction – with free printable

My preschooler loves addition and subtraction. On our way home from her school, her questions are usually related to Math and especially addition. She loves asking me like what is 100 + 100 + 100… she keeps going for more than 10 times and becomes happy to hear an answer in thousands. Like any other …

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Experiment about Light and Color

Science experiment about light and color

It is always to fun to introduce science to kids through simple household things. My daughters and I enjoyed performing the science experiment about light and color. We learnt that light would pass through white and not through black. Materials needed (Affiliation links used) 1. Milk or Juice Carton 2. White printer paper 3. Crayola …

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Back to school idea pencil topper

Back to school idea – Duck tape flower pencil topper

My nine year old has seen this pencil topper idea in a book. She is not able to recollect the book details. But she remembered the procedure. So we went ahead and made a duck tape flower pencil topper as part of our back to school idea series. Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Duck …

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