My seven year old recently learnt her multiplication tables and needed a lot of practice. She loves to play games. I usually use that opportunity to teach her facts through math games. She learnt addition, subtraction facts from games itself. This time we concentrated on all three facts – addition, subtraction and multiplication. Affiliation link …
The beauty of crayon batik is it can be done with simple and easily available materials. Batik has been done in clothes for centuries and it is basically resisting wax with dye. We got the inspiration for crayon batik from makeitawonderfullife. After we discussed and saw few of the images, we started our crayon batik. Materials …
This butterfly sun catcher is a simple and fun activity. It is so beautiful on our glass window! Materials Needed: 1. Black construction paper 2. Tissue paper 3. Glue 4. Paint brush (optional) Method : I folded the black construction paper in half and drew one of the sides of the butterfly and cut …
Construction paper sun catcher is one of the favorites of my elder daughter. This is the first time my toddler did this activity. She enjoyed too! Materials needed : 1. Construction paper 2. Oil – Any oil will work – Baby oil, cooking oil – We used Olive oil 3. Brush or cotton balls or …
Its all started when one of the avocado pits was exactly round. I just saved it without any further thoughts. After 3-4 days, the skin started peeling. I cut the pit into 2 pieces following the natural line. Peeled the skin completely with nails. Myself and my daughter shared a piece each. We thought of …
My seven years created alphabets cards by sticking felt alphabet sticker in the index cards 3-4 months back. She still believes that her sister learnt to identify uppercase by her cards. It was very difficult to store the cards as they were bulky because of felt letters. On a rainy day, when we were thinking …
When I saw the pattern in the bubble wrap, I thought we can do mandala with that. The bubble wrap we used had backing. Otherwise it could be used as a sun catcher too. Materials needed: 1. Bubble wrap 2. Sharpie permanent marker We started coloring the bubble at center of the bubble wrap …
We made this egg lantern from tissue paper scraps and balloons using paper mache technique. How beautiful was it when lit? We have done paper mache projects few times and paper mache bowl is one of them. So my daughter did the lantern completely by herself. Materials needed: 1. Balloon 2. Tissue paper 3. …
We did this beautiful poppy flowers painting with water balloons and acrylic paint. We had done painting with regular balloons earlier. That was the only reason we chose water balloon this time. Definitely water balloons gave us a different experience. Materials Needed : 1. Water balloons 2. Acrylic paint – red and orange 3. White …
Whenever possible, I want to involve both my toddler and my 2nd grader together in activities. It is usually very difficult because of their age difference. I thought egg decoration with tissue paper and stickers can be done by both. My first daughter was able to complete her activity but toddler needed her big sister’s …