Kids
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Tiger Lantern Craft
Today I wanted to share a simple paper craft I recently made with my kids to help decorate for the upcoming Lunar New Year as this coming Tuesday, we will be welcoming the Year of the Tiger. All you need is some construction paper (in orange and black), the free printable templates below, scissors, and glue. Hope it can help to add a little fun to your family or classroom celebration as well! These files are best printed out onto regular paper and used as a template to cut out onto colored construction paper. If you don’t have construction paper, regular white printer paper will work just fine. Your kids…
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Pool Noodle Apples and Pumpkins
Fall is officially here! Recently we had the opportunity to visit a local farm and enjoyed a great time picking out a variety of apples and pumpkins. I made some pool noodle apples and pumpkins with the kids to extend our fun at home and wanted to share this simple craft as well as all the learning fun we have completed using them. These pool noodles apples were so simple and inexpensive to make. They require minimal supplies. You only need pipe cleaners, straws, and a pool noodle. Using a knife and cutting board, I sliced up a red pool noodle and poked a hole on top for the kids…
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First Day of School
Wow it’s September already and school is starting. I made a few printable activities to help my kids celebrate their first day of school and wanted to share them. There are free coloring pages that can double as photo props for the first day. There is also a printable banner and some fun cupcake toppers. Everything coordinates with the printables I made for their last day of school last year and is free to download below. Feel free to download, print the grade you need, and save the rest for future years. My kids love coloring and often hum while they complete their coloring sheets. It’s fun, calming, and helps…
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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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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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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…
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Star Wars Day
Happy Star Wars Day! Our family loves Star Wars and we look forward to this annual celebration of the pun and all things Star Wars. My son’s class is also celebrating today and he is excited to get to dress up for school. I made a few printable activities to add to the fun. There is a Yoda and Vader suncatcher craft, printable banner, coloring page, and Star Wars math worksheet, all free to download below. This file is best printed out and used as a template to trace onto black cardstock. You will need to cut out the outline of the shape, then the middle, leaving a border of…
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Kentucky Derby Printable Activities for Kids
Here are a few easy and fun activities to help celebrate Derby Day! There is a paper Derby hat to color, cut, and create as well as a free coloring page. I also made some pool noodle horses for the kids to race with (see brief tutorial below). I hope it can be helpful to you in celebrating Derby Day in your home or classroom! This file is best printed out onto cardstock, given to your child to color, embellish as desired, cut, and pasted together to form a wearable and totally fashionable paper hat for Derby. One of the funnest things about Derby is seeing all the outrageous hats…
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Earth Day Printable Activities for Kids
Here are a few simple and fun activities to help kids observe Earth Day. There is a free coloring page, continents suncatcher craft, and felt board activity. Everything is free to download below. Hope these printables and ideas can also be useful for your home or classroom. My kindergartener always requests coloring sheets to pass out to her class so I made the above coloring page for them. The kids colored and we discussed how they propose we can help our planet. This year, in an effort to create less waste as a family, we moved to using cloth towels instead of paper towels. We talked about the importance of…
