I made this super easy turkey activity to work on color recognition and fine motor skills with my little guy this week. This was also great to practice the pincher grip and to identify patterns. It's important to practice fine motor skills at this age because without well-developed fine motor skills they may have difficulty learning to write when they start preschool and kindergarten. It also … [Read more...]
Spooky DIY Footprint Window Clings
When decorating for Halloween we prefer to use our homemade decorations like our Paper Plate Spider Wreath, that we shared the other week. Here's another super easy homemade decoration that any child can do, our Halloween Footprint Window Clings. You can really do any design that you'd like but this year we chose to do some fun footprint art! These would be great for any … [Read more...]
Watercolor Silhouette with Spooky Pasta Bats
After our spider web Halloween craft from the other week, the kids have been asking for another watercolor project to do. Being that the kids (my newphews and my son) range from 2-7 I wanted to do something that everyone could enjoy. Which is why we came up with a watercolor silhouette craft with spooky pasta bats! The older kids handled the water-coloring while my two year old tackled painting … [Read more...]
Cardboard Tube Spinning Bats Kids Craft
It's been a little quiet over here at I Heart Arts n Crafts, after almost two weeks off from the blogging world I am back with another adorable Halloween craft! I know... I know... we've done Halloween crafts for the last few posts, but I promise there's only one more. This is an easy cardboard tube craft that the kids can personalize, and then hang to watch their friendly cardboard bats swirl … [Read more...]
Halloween Paper Plate Wreath Kids Craft
I was going to wait until at least September to post my first Halloween craft but I'm sharing this one a little early because I love how it turned out. And who doesn't love an easy paper plate craft? The personalized hand print spider gives it the perfect touch! This would be cute to do every year with your kids and they can see how big their spider gets. Paper Plate Wreath Craft This post … [Read more...]