Simple heart doodling fun

Heart doodling with watercolor

Studies have shown that doodling helps to plan, multitask and concentrate. When I do some crafts with my ten year old, she talks freely about many things. I believe crafts relax her. Doodling is one of them. Over the last weekend, we made a heart doodling with watercolor. Heart doodling with watercolor! Materials needed for this heart …

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Painting with watercolor glue

Watercolor art projects – Glue and watercolor

We love watercolor art projects. Have you seen our watercolor art projects like peacock painting or tulip painting? Painting gives my daughters instant satisfaction. Today I am sharing about a Valentines day watercolor painting made with glue and watercolor. Watercolor art projects! Materials needed for this project : Watercolor – We used liquid watercolors Spray …

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Geo board ideas for kids

Valentines day fine motor activity : Geoboard heart

My preschooler needs a lot of activities to develop her fine motor skills. I believe Valentines day is not just about sharing gifts and cards. We can create so many fun developmental activities around it. I created a heart Geoboard for my preschooler. This Valentines day fine motor activity is easy to create and provides …

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Watercolor and salt painting ideas for kids

Non candy Valentines day gift ideas

Whenever my preschooler eats candy or  chocolate, she becomes sick. So, I always prefer non candy treats.  I have posted about our non candy Valentines day gift ideas like Valentine’s day card and Watercolor resist bookmarks! Today  I am back with simple and beautiful watercolor cards and bookmarks ideas. Non candy Valentines day gift ideas! Disclosure:  Some of the items used …

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Preschool valentine crafts

Valentines day math art activity

I had written about sneaking in sight words matching in our yarn wrapped heart craft. Today I am sharing about sneaking in number recognition and counting in a painting activity. Its a Math + Art activity. Isn’t Valentines day math art activity fun? It is very simple to set up! Valentines day math art activity! …

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Valentine literacy activities for preschool

Valentines day literacy activity – Yarn heart

I  like to sneak in some learning into our activities whenever possible. We made a yarn heart which gives a good workout on fine motor skills. I made it a sight word activity for my preschooler to make it a valentines day literacy activity. You can just make the yarn heart which is suitable for …

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Summer activities for preschool

Color sorting activities : Ice Play

Color sorting activities are enjoyed by toddlers and preschoolers. We can slightly twist the color sorting activities to develop other skills like fine motor skills. I was little hesitant about setting up a color sorting activity for my preschooler thinking it might be very simple for her, but she enjoyed to the core.  Color Sorting Activities! …

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Indian flag craft ideas for kids

Indian Flag painting ideas – Lotus flower drawing

My mother draws kolam or otherwise called as Rangoli everyday in front of our house. Every Friday she draws lotus kolam as Friday is auspicious for lord Lakshmi  who lives in the lotus flower.  When my ten year wanted to make a craft in Indian flag’s tricolor, first thing that came to my mind was …

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Indian flag craft ideas

Indian Republic day crafts for kids – Flag painting

Indian republic day is on January 26th. This Indian flag painting activity is one of the last minute and simple Indian Republic day crafts for kids. Indian flag has 3 colors – Orange, White and Green with a wheel at the middle. Materials used for Indian flag painting: Washable tempera paint in 2 colors – Orange and Green …

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