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Princess Jasmine Birthday
Recently we transformed our home into magical Agrabah to celebrate my daughter’s 4th birthday. This is how I created a whole new world complete with flying carpets, genies, and magic lamps, using a small budget, little time, and everyday supplies. Decorations: I used clear fishing wire and hung up the kids’ dancing scarves that I purchased years ago from Amazon. These are a favorite from all the storytimes we used to attend at local libraries and schools. They are great for sensory play as well as for encouraging movement and singing songs. I used more fishing wire to tie little bits of yellow curling ribbon at the four corners so…
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Baseball Party
A few weeks ago, we threw an end of the year celebration for my son’s little league team. It was my husband’s first year coaching baseball and the team did amazing! With most people around us being double vaccinated, we also felt much safer about hosting. This was also before we knew about the Delta variant. The kids were just so thrilled to have people come into our home and not just drive-by. Decorations: I always start by looking at what we already have to turn into themed decor. White glitter Christmas ornaments that I used as pearls for my daughter’s mermaid birthday became baseballs with the addition of a…
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Shark Week
It’s shark week, a week to increase awareness about sharks and binge watch about them too on the Discovery Channel. We had a fun week enjoying some shark themed learning. I made a printable baby shark craft, shark week word activity, and math mat that the kids really liked. We also made pool noodle sharks. Everything is free to download below. Hope it can help your family to join in the fun as well! This file is best printed out onto regular printer paper (or cardstock) and used as a template to cut out additional pieces from construction paper. As construction paper is pretty thin, you can hand cut through…
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Summer Pool Noodle Crafts
Hope everyone is having a great summer! I can’t believe it is half over already. We have been busy with a lot of water play. I wanted to share five simple crafts that I recently made with the kids using pool noodles and minimal supplies to create some new very inexpensive toys to enjoy some summer fun. These frogs were a cinch to make plus the kids really enjoyed putting them together….and taking them apart. Simple provide your child with cut pool noodles, googly eyes, green straws, and slices of cut up red pool noodle. Alternatively you can use pieces of pink straw for the frog tongues. I found it…
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Fourth of July
If you need some low prep, kid friendly activities for the fourth, I’ve got you covered! I have a free coloring sheet as well as printables that you can use to create patriotic wands and/or party blowers, and United States lacing cards. They are all free to download below. Hope they can help to add some simple fun to your Fourth of July celebration! My kids love coloring… so much that you can actually hear them hum while they color. Print this out and encourage your kids to decorate a cake for our nation’s birthday. I paired the coloring sheets with a tray of various crayons, markers, and stickers and…
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Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day! Today we celebrate all the super dads who help guide, teach, and provide for us! I made a free coloring sheet as well as a writing activity for the kids to complete for their special dad. Everything is free to download below. When you think about it, dads (like moms) have a lot in common with superheroes. They work hard, are pretty strong, and are all around very amazing people. Dads are the real life heroes your children look up to and depend on. Feel free to download and print off as many copies as you need. My kids always like to hang up a few to…
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Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day! Today we honor all the brave men and women who have died serving our great country. The kids are all out of school. Warmer weather is finally here. Everyone loves this long weekend filled with grilled foods, family time, and outdoor play. I made a few printable activities to help the kids celebrate and observe this day. There is a free coloring page, patriotic cutouts you can use to create an easy sensory bin and kids’ necklace craft, as well as a skip counting flag for kids to get a jump start on some summer math fun. Hope you all enjoy! Memorial Day makes me think of…
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Last Day of School
I made a few printable activities to help my kids celebrate their last day of school. There are free coloring pages, a banner, and some fun cupcake toppers. Everything is free to download below. Hope it can be useful and fun for your kids too! Feel free to download, print the grade you need, and save the rest for future years. My kids love coloring. My youngest two like to color in the morning after breakfast to start their day. It helps them to wake up and have better focus. My oldest two like to color after school while they wait for dinner. It helps them to settle down and…
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Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate all the super moms who have helped to bring us into this world, raise, nurture, guide, teach, and provide for us! I made a free coloring sheet as well as writing activity for the kids to complete for their special mom. Everything is free to download below. When you think about it, moms have a lot in common with superheroes. They work hard and are constantly saving lives (I can’t tell you how many times I have had to pry Legos and coins from my kids’ mouths). They can be available at a moment’s notice, multi-task efficiently, and are always maintaining peace. In your…
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Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Today we celebrate Mexico’s victory over the French invasion in the Battle of Puebla that took place 149 years ago. In America, this has now become a day where we celebrate Mexican-American culture. Our family loves any excuse for a celebration and especially one with Mexican food so needless to say, we are on board. I made a tacos sensory bin, some counting tacos cards, and a taco math worksheet. Everything is free to download below. Oh and for dinner… we are having tacos! Hope these ideas and printables can also be useful and fun for your kids too! This was really quick and easy to…
