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All About Me

A whole month of All About Me themed crafts and activities for toddlers and preschoolers. Scroll through to find 20 different all about me themed ideas for your little ones to do at home with you. All About Me Craft Ideas (1) Paper Plate Faces These cute crafts are so fun for toddlers to decorate and glue on different facial expressions and their make their own hairdos. Materials + Guide Paper plates Yarn for hair Paper cutouts of facial features...

Baking Soda Science Experiment

Exploring different activities using science today. This baking soda science experiment for toddlers is a great way to introduce different reactions and explosions of colors. They will use their fine motor skills to grasp the liquid droppers and have a blast watching all the different colors appear. What Do You Need For This Activity? You don’t need much to do this baking soda science experiment at home with your toddler. All you need is baking soda, vinegar, food coloring, liquid...

Heart Shape Painting

I have always LOVED Valentine’s day and now being a momma I get to share the month of love with my boys with activities and crafts like this heart shape painting activity. The best part of this activity is that the painting tool in this is repurposed. What Do You Need For This Activity? The only things you need in the activity is a paper towel roll (or toilet paper roll), paint, and some paper! It’s really that easy. Finding...

Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin

This week is going to be a color-themed week at our house. My toddlers are showing interest in learning their colors so it was a perfect opportunity to start this week off with a rainbow rice sensory bin. This bright and colorful, taste safe activity is great for toddlers and they love scooping and pouring all the wonderful little grains of rice. What Do I Need To Make Rainbow Rice? This simple activity is so easy to make with little...

Dinosaur Painting

Dinosaurs are great am I right? Don’t all kids love them at some point? My toddler is obsessed right now so I’m following his interests and it led me to this dinosaur painting idea. It’s fun to come up with different ways to paint by not using the traditional paintbrush. Kids love to use new and exciting things that follow their interests and when you add in things like dinosaurs to paint with, kids have more of an opportunity for...

Christmas Play-Doh

All kids love play-doh am I right? Adding some small touches we created some Christmas Play-Doh today. This recipe is by far my favorite and the easiest to make. Using only a few ingredients you’ll have the most fun with your children and celebrate the holidays while doing it. I have another great salt dough recipe that’s taste-safe as well! How Do I Make Christmas Play-Doh We all know toddlers L O V E to stick everything and anything in...

Christmas Sensory Tray

Okay, it’s time to count down the days to Christmas and there are so many crafts and activities you can create and enjoy with your kiddos at home Try this easy Christmas sensory tray and explore with magnets, bells and Christmas colors to celebrate the holidays. Where can you find the materials for this Christmas sensory bin? When buying supplies for crafts and activities stick with the less expensive stuff. I like to shop at Dollar Tree and Walmart for...

Bug Sensory Bin

BUGS!! My toddler is all about bugs right now! Every time he see’s a bug he gets so excited running around yelling “BUG, BEE, SPIDER, FLY!” Really any bug name he knows right now he will yell about it. It was only fitting to put together a bug sensory bin today. I’m doing a whole bug theme this week and I’m loving all the ideas I’m coming up with for them. Where To Find The Materials For This Sensory Bin...

Down By The Shore Sensory Bin

When you cant go to the beach, bring the beach home! This activity was based on some materials I had lying around the house such as buckets and seashells of my old wedding decorations! This is how I came up with this down by the shore sensory bin. A beach theme seemed necessary despite all the rain here in Tennessee. I wanted to create a beach theme activity full of shells and sand/rocky type beach textures. Where Can I Find...