Looking for a fun paper plate craft? Today I’m excited to share a fun USA geography book and an Oregon inspired paper plate craft for kids with you as part of a great series, Booking Across the USA, that helps children learn about the 50 states though reading and crafts! Our book was Travels With Charlie: Way […]
Light Table Nature Collages with Loose Parts
Today we are excited to share these simple light table nature collages with you! Our Light & Reflections Series, a collection of fun kids activities that incorporate light and/or mirror play, theme is “Nature & Animals” today so we got out our light table loose parts and created some scenes from nature! I liked using loose parts […]
Small World Play: Gnome & Fairy Garden
My daughter and the daycare kids love the peg gnomes & fairies from our fall nature table so much that they end up staying out all year long. They’ve been part of our calming sensory bin and our DIY felt play mats. This time they got their own small world to live in! Gnome & Fairy Garden: Small World Play […]
Glow in the Dark Letter Matching Cards
Do you like activities that glow in the dark? We do!! We recently played with these glow in the dark letters and revisited our favorite glowing shaving cream but the girls were up for something new so I threw together this easy letter matching game! DIY Glow in the Dark Letter Matching Puzzle Cards Post contains affiliate links […]
Dramatic Play: Spaghetti Shop for Kids
My daughter loves to play dress up and any sort of dramatic play activity. She’s especially fond of cooking and kitchen dramatic play activities lately. This spaghetti shop for kids pretend play activity has seriously been one of her favorites and she spent a long time (an hour and 20 minutes!) playing and exploring with […]
Sticky Window Baby Games with Buttons
We’ve been doing simple fine motor baby games a lot lately. The age group in my daycare has shifted a bit with the addition of some younger children so in addition to our usual preschool activities I’ve been adding more simple activities for younger toddlers and even some baby games for the younger ones in my daycare. This […]
Simple Kids Castle Craft
Do your kids enjoy working with clay? Here both playdough and clay are materials that the kids all enjoy using. We’ve been talking a lot about gnomes and fairies lately, a new favorite imaginative play interest for them, and the kids were concerned that their fairies and gnomes didn’t have a house to live in because we […]
Painting with Trains! Simple Process Art for Kids
Painting with trains! Yay! Welcome to the new edition of the Poppins Book Nook, a virtual book club connecting books with art projects and learning activities! Last month we leaned how to make these cute Bird Feeders and this month is all about “Planes, Trains, & Automobiles!” Since trains are a favorite here we headed to the book […]
Eucalyptus & Spearmint Scented Playdough Recipe
Playdough is one of our favorite sensory materials to use on a daily basis. There are so many different ways to play and create with it that it never gets old, it’s a timeless kids activity! We’ve made peppermint, apple pie, and pumpkin scented playdough but this scented playdough recipe came about after a week of […]
Light Table Counting Game for Spring
Keep your kids busy and learning with this easy light table counting game for spring! We recently made these DIY Spring Counting Cards and the kids had such a great time them. Their interest and obsession with that easy counting activity inspired this light table activity version. The activities are very much the same, just different […]