Fine Motor Fun

Pushing Pipe Cleaners through the Holes in a Pasta Strainer

My Daughter Decided it was a Hat

Older Kids can Weave the Pipe Cleaners In and Out

Bulletin Boards

   Just Add Artwork

   Add Pictures of Children Playing

   Add Pictures of Children with their Families

   Add Pictures of Children's Faces in Middle of Flowers

Homemade Toys: Color Wheel

1) Color Sections of a Paper Plate

2) Color Clothespins

3) Have Children Match the Colors by Clipping on the Clothespins

Butterfly Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to this sweet little girl!

The Menu:

-Fruit Platter

-Butterfly Crackers with Cheese and Pepperoni

-Sub Platter

-Butterfly Pasta Salad (use bow tie pasta)

-Ice Cream

-Butterfly Cupcakes

The Decorations:

The Activities:

1) Paint Your Own Flower Pot

2) Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

3) Piñata 

Bags for the Candy:

Party Favors:

Take Home Literacy Bags for Toddlers (Part 3)

1) The Way I Feel

Includes: Board Book & 10 Emotion Stick Puppets

2) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Includes: Board Book & 10 Story Cutouts

3) Planting a Rainbow

Includes: Board Book & 6 Puzzle Pieces

Science: Colorful Eruptions

This is one of my kids' favorite activities!

1) Fill a container with baking soda

2) Add food coloring to vinegar and pour into the container of baking soda (sometimes we use squeeze bottles or eye droppers to add the vinegar)

3) Watch the colorful eruptions

4) Feel the texture

5) And mix it around

Homemade Toys: Sensory Bottles

1) Fill Bottles

2) Hot Glue Lid On

3) Secure Lid with Clear Tape

Clear Hand Soap & Plastic Letters

Water, Food Coloring, & Oil

Water, Food Coloring, Dish Soap, & Glitter

Homemade Toys: Puffy Paint

Mix Equal Parts of Shaving Cream and Glue

Then Add Food Coloring and Stir

Teacher Gifts

I loved all 3 of my kids' teachers this year so here's what I did for end of the year gifts:

Here's what's inside the bag:

1) Cookies

2) Journals

3) Highlighters

4) Personalized Pencil Holders 

5) Hand Soap & Hand Cream

6) DD Gift Cards

7) Target Gift Cards

8) Hand Written Letters from the Kids

And I put everything in these tote bags:

Take Home Literacy Bags For Toddlers (Part 2)

5) Chicka Chicka 1 2 3

Includes Board Book and 13 Giant Magnetic Numbers

6) Freight Train

Includes Board Book and 6 Train Magnets

7) Harold and the Purple Crayon

Includes Board Book, Blank Book, and a Jumbo Purple Crayon

8) Ten Apples Up On Top

Includes Board Book and 10 Numbered Apple Cutouts