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Preschooler gift ideas

Suncatcher for Mothers day

Suncatcher is becoming our favorite as it is simple but fun enough for both my eight year old and three year old to work together. It is difficult to find projects which they both enjoy. They both love suncatchers. We made this beautiful suncatcher for Mothers day. Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Contact paper …

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Crayon resist project for kids

Crayon resist watercolor flowers painting

Crayon resist watercolor technique is one of the most easiest water projects for kids.  It is like a magic when the crayon resists the paint and pops up.  We transferred the flower design from our laundry basket to the paper and made crayon resist. Materials needed : (affiliation links) 1. Watercolor paper 2. Crayons 3. Watercolors 4. …

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Alphabet learning ideas for toddlers and preschoolers

Alphabet suncatcher

Suncatcher is very simple to make and it beautifully decorates the window. My daughters and I made an alphabet suncatcher. It not only decorates the window but also provides alphabet learning opportunities to my preschooler. Materials needed: (affiliation links are used) 1. Contact paper 2. Foam letter stickers 3. Colored tissue paper 4. Tape Method: 1. Cut the tissue paper. My …

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Color sorting ideas for toddlers

Color sorting flower suncatcher

My preschooler loves sorting. We made a beautiful flower suncatcher for spring! I sneaked her favorite sorting technique in that. Materials needed: (affiliation link) 1. Contact paper  2. Colored tissue paper 3. Construction paper 4. Scissors 5. Tape Method: 1. Select 5 construction papers in the same colors as tissue papers in hand. 2. Draw …

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Simple flower painting ideas for kids

Stamped flowers painting

Stamping flowers is one of the easiest ways to make flower painting. Did you get a chance to look at flower printed with cups and pipe cleaner stamped flowers. Stamping with cups created big flowers but this time we created teeny tiny flowers using…….. push pins! Yes! Materials (affiliation link) 1. Push pin 2. Tempera paint …

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spring flowers painting

Pipe cleaner stamped flowers

Stamping is so simple that even toddlers or preschoolers can do. Did you get a chance to see how we created those beautiful flowers with cups? We created these flowers by stamping with pipe cleaners. Materials needed: 1. Pipe cleaner 2. Tempera paint 3. Copier paper Method: 1. Fold and cut a pipe cleaner into 8 equal …

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Easter egg window decoration

Mod Podge window decoration for Easter

Have you ever tried painting in the Mod Podge? We created this window cling by painting in the Mod Podge in the aluminium foil. The combination seems interesting, right? It would make a perfect window decoration for Easter!   Materials needed:  (affiliation links are used)   1. Mod Podge 2. Aluminum Foil 3. Acrylic paint …

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