July 4th is America’s day to recognize when they became an independent country, and no longer part of the British colonies. To help my American friends to celebrate, I have a couple of simple activities to do with your kids – first, rock painting in red, white and blue, and, second, making fireworks pictures. A. […]
Read MoreThis craft will help your child learn and improve their fine motor skills as they manipulate the fork and it will spark their creativity. Materials: forks, paint – green plus other colours, paper plate or paint tray, white paper, paintbrush 1. Adult puts dabs of paint on plate/tray with a fork for each colour except […]
Read MoreCaterpillar Valentine (This activity will build skills such as tracing, cutting, glueing and printing the child’s name) Materials: red, pink, and purple construction paper, scissors, pencil, marker, gluestick (or white glue), eyes (or white paper and marker), optional: glitter and other decorating craft material like buttons, ribbons etc.) Make a heart template – this can […]
Read MorePoppies grew over the graves of fallen soldiers. The poppy is a symbol for soldiers who died in conflict Bottle Cap Field of Poppies Materials: plastic bottle cap, red, black and green paint, brush, white paper, optional: green marker. Paint a small border of green “grass” on the bottom of the paper approx. 2 to […]
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