It's important for children to have a lot of time to work on fine motor skills. Fine motor skills are the actions that are performed in the small muscles in the hands, fingers and wrists. Your child practices using fine motor skills when holding a pencil, using a pair of scissors or lacing their shoes. Today's fine motor skill is weaving hearts.Here's what you need for the activity: colorful foam sheets scissors To set up the activity, cut out hearts out of foam sheets. Also cut out 4 … [Read more...]
Heart Sensory Cube
I love that Valentine's Day is coming up! Here's a fun Heart Sensory Cube to make for your baby or toddler! It's a great way your child to feel different textures.This cube is easy to make and took me about 20 minutes to put together. Here's what you need for the heart sensory cube: cube-shaped box hot glue gun different hearts with various textures glitter heart (from The Dollar Tree) shiny heart stickers (from Hobby Lobby) rippled textured heart (from Hobby Lobby) … [Read more...]
Floating Hearts Sensory Bottle
We love creating new sensory bottles and today I'm excited to share with you our Floating Hearts Sensory Bottle. This one is perfect for Valentine's Day and it only needs a few ingredients!! Here's what you need: plastic water bottle (we use the VOSS ones) 1 bottle of glitter glue warm water food coloring heart stones (from Hobby Lobby) - these are similar To start, pour about half of the bottle of glitter glue into the water bottle. Next, pour in the warm water. … [Read more...]
Fizzing Hearts Activity
This fizzing hearts activity is sure to bring a smile to your little one's face! My boys like any activity that involves something fizzy, and this was no exception. This fizzing hearts activity is a great activity for Valentine's Day or really any day of the year! Here's what you need for the activity: 1/2 cup of baking soda 2 tablespoons of water food coloring 1 bottle of vinegar To start, mix the 1/2 cup of baking soda with the 2 tablespoons of water. Next, drop in a … [Read more...]
6 Valentine’s Day Activities for Toddlers & Preschoolers
Today I'm sharing a round-up of activities for Valentine's Day! These are fun, hands-on activities that will be sure to keep your little ones busy! 1. Valentine's Day Sensory Bin This sensory bin is easy and entertaining for little ones. You can see how we made it and what we did with it here. 2. Water Beads We did a fun pattern activity with these small heart boxes and then we played with squishy water beads. To see the details, visit this post. 3. Heart Tissue Paper … [Read more...]
Heart Tissue Paper Suncatchers
We had so much fun making heart tissue paper suncatchers over the weekend! It was the perfect craft for my little ones and it added some cheer to our windows! It is very simple and a great way to decorate for Valentine's Day! Here's what you need: tissue paper cut into squares contact paper (found in the Home section in Wal-Mart or on Amazon) tape Cut a heart out of the contact paper. Then tape it to the window. Next, simply have your child place the squares of tissue paper … [Read more...]
Water Beads for Valentine’s Day
One of my boys' favorite sensory activity is playing with water beads. They have a slimy, squishy texture that screams fun for kids! We picked up these large red water beads and small clear water beads from The Dollar Tree yesterday. We also got ten little heart boxes in three colors. Whenever I'm walking around The Dollar Tree, it feels like a scavenger hunt to me. I see all the dollar items and try to think of a fun lesson or activity we could do with those. So when we were out there … [Read more...]
DIY Heart Puzzle {Guest Post}
Good morning! I am Erica and I blog at Spoonful of Imagination. Today, I am thrilled to be able to share with you a quick activity you can do with your kids to help celebrate Valentines Day. Although I am so excited to guest post, I might secretly (and publicly) wish I were hanging out with Angela in sunny Florida at the BEECH retreat right now. Here is how you can do my DIY Heart Puzzle. First off, I browse Target’s dollar bins way too much. I often buy things that I love and then come … [Read more...]
DIY Heart Crayons
If you're looking for a cute Valentine's day craft or a non-candy gift to give to a little sweetie, you are in the right place today! These DIY heart crayons are a perfect Valentine's gift. To start, you'll need some sort of heart mold. I found this silicone 6-heart mold at Target in their dollar section (although it was $3). We took a bunch of crayons, tore off the paper, and broke them into pieces. Â Then we put the crayons on a baking sheet and placed them in the oven at 250 degrees for about … [Read more...]
Play Dough Magnets
One activity that we do almost every day is play dough. We were playing with Kool-Aid Play Dough the other day and I came up with this simple, cute valentines craft. First, I took the play dough and rolled it out with a rolling pin. Next, we took a cookie cutter and cut out a few shapes. Then, I had the boys put their thumbs in the play dough to make the shape of a heart. I also stenciled in their names with a pencil. Next, I baked the play dough. Did you know you can actually bake … [Read more...]
