Showing posts with label make with the kiddos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label make with the kiddos. Show all posts

Thumbunny Loves You!





Who doesn't want somebody to love and I have to say thumbunny... I think my heart just melted!! When my little guy was making was making his thumbunnies I have to say he was #1 in my book.
So here is how you too can make this fun craft with your cuties. Just don't stop at one because you will want to send these on to grandma and maybe dad to take to the office...I think I might even want to put one next to my bed so I can go to bed knowing Thumbunny loves me!

All you need is some washable markers to color their fingers, or a stamp pad, or a stamp pad and then some glitter to sprinkle over any of the above. The rest is up to all of your crafty imaginations!
The kids had a ball making their bunnies and us mommies LOVED watching it and LOVED the finished bunnies even more. Forever we will have these little thumbunnies to treasure!! A well spent afternoon I must say.

I started going crazy with all the thumbunnies and the cards they needed to adorn!  I ended up making an assembly line for some cute cards and one permanent way to hang on to that adorable bunny print!
I think these tags are going onto bags of jelly beans for the preschool teachers!
And here's the block that'll warm my heart all season!



We would love to see any thumbunnies that you create with your kiddos so please send us a comment or link them to our facebook page. Now get hopping!






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Kid's Activities for St. Patrick's Day

We love an outfit or accessory as much (or more!) as the next person, but the kiddo's reactions to the holiday are pretty fun!  Here's some fun ideas to try:

The Polka Dot Umbrella has this hiding game (with instructions on her site) that I know will keep my little ones entertained for hours:



Family Fun has some very cute coloring sheets and puzzles that will buy you some quiet time...


Green Lily sells a pdf to make this Leprechaun Treasure Hunt: 

found via Tip Junkie's St. Patrick's Day site- which is kinda invaluable to me considering the nature of this blog...

Lets Explore (once again, found via Tip Junkie) has this downloadable book to print off and make with your little ones!


Tip Junkie also has this idea for a St. Patty's themed Memory Game...


Which I am making a far simpler version of with just colors since my oldest is a whopping 4 years old:

I know, I know your 4 year old is reading, my mothering skills are more like making the holidays fun...

I cut paint paper into rectangles, cardstock into larger rectangles to layer beneath, and had L paint two of each in one color for a Rainbow Memory Game!
  





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Clever Clovers from Family Fun

Family Fun magazine has this fun recipe for St. Patricks Day that we thought 
would be fun to make with the kids!  Maybe to lure the leprechauns?


Ingredients
  • waxed paper
  • 3 yogurt covered mini pretzels
  • 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • green icing
  • decorating sugar
Instructions
  1. To make a batch, cover a work surface with a sheet of waxed paper. For each clover, arrange three yogurt-covered mini pretzels and a pretzel section as shown.
  2. Combine 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil with 1/4 cup white chocolate chips and melt them together in the microwave according to the chips' package directions. Dab the mixture between the pretzel pieces to adhere them. Let the chocolate harden.
  3. Working with one clover at a time, pipe the edges and stem with green icing (we used a #8 round piping tip), then quickly sprinkle it with decorating sugar (we used white, light green, and dark green).
Tips:
To save sugar, sprinkle each clover on a small piece of waxed paper. After you've covered a few treats, use the paper to funnel the extra sugar back into its jar.
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