Fun Crafts for Preschoolers

I started doing crafts and theme units with my daughter last winter, during my newborn son's morning naps.  I hope these give you some fun ideas, and I really hope you'll try them and let me know how they went for you -- and suggest your own ideas for me to post!  Have fun, and don't be afraid to get messy.  :)

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Halloween Craft: Mummies!

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Last week, Nora had the week off school.  I was all excited and planned some activities for us: all kinds of crafts and baking and The Gr...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

How to make a giant ice suncatcher

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(see instructions below)

Ice Suncatchers how-to

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1) Fill an ice cube tray with water and add food coloring in lots of pretty colors. Stir to mix, and set your tray outside in the cold worl...

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

dried apples

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Yikes, I'm trying to catch up on some of the stuff we did this summer. I'll file this one in "science" and "cooking...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

sink or float?

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A simple, ongoing science experiment can be to see what items around the house sink or float. Nora loves to make charts about this. Quirky ...

homemade rain gauge

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Over the summer, we did a little theme unit on water and weather. One easy project is to make a simple homemade rain gauge. You can use any...

bringing snow indoors

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Baby, it's cold outside. When the weather's in the single digits, don't make your kids suffer (and possibly lose their OWN digi...
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trapped in the ice!

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My husband teases me that the kids and I do every possible activity we can involving ice and snow. I can only blame my California childhood...

maple syrup candy

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We've been looking up old recipes made with ice and snow. Apparently, folks used to make this simple candy by throwing boiled maple syr...

how does water freeze?

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The other day Nora asked, "Does water freeze from the top down or the bottom up?" We put a bowl of water outside for an hour an...
Monday, January 3, 2011

oodles of bubble wrap

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  My parents traveled to spend Christmas with us this year -- it was fantastic -- and they didn't want to carry much luggage, so they ma...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

what can you build with marshmallows and toothpicks?

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We had some marshmallows. We had some toothpicks. The kid brother was napping. So, we made "a marshmallow palace." The "Sl...
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