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Our Under the Sea treat and Under the Sea Printable pack was such a huge hit I wanted to expand on the under the sea ocean theme - plus this craft goes great with Dr. Seuss' One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish children's book! This under the sea paper plate craft is REALLY simple and pretty self explanatory but below is a step by step tutorial for you to make your own.

Under the Sea Paper Plate Craft Materials:

paper plate (1 per child)
blue paint or markers
Goldfish crackers (Colors)
Scissors
Tacky Glue
Green Felt or fabric

Under the Sea Paper Plate Craft Directions:

Begin by letting the child color or paint the paper plate blue. Let dry. If you're pressed for time or don't want the mess you can also use blue cellophane to cover the plate instead.

Cut thin strips of green felt or fabric and glue onto the bottom of the plate as shown above to simulate seaweed. Then simply glue on the Goldfish crackers! You can color coordinate them if you're combining the project with a Dr. Seuss craft or simply take a handful and glue them on! This would pair wonderfully with the Real Feels Under the Sea book.

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Under the Sea Ocean Paper Plate Craft for Preschool Kids

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Fine motor work involving pulling, grasping, and sticking the brightly colored tissue paper squares onto the popsicle.

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One of the first things my kids think about as soon as the weather warms up is popsicle! So we just couldn't help but make this fun, colorful popsicle fine motor craft. There is a lot of fine motor work involved in pulling, grasping, and sticking the brightly colored tissue paper squares onto the paper.

Use these to decorate a bulletin board, string them onto yarn for a colorful garland, or attach magnets to the back to brighten up the fridge! There's so many ways to use them.

Materials Needed for this Colorful Popsicle Fine Motor Craft:

**Be sure to cut larger squares for younger children. This way the craft won't take as long for little ones with short attention spans.

Getting the Tissue Paper Popsicle Craft Ready:

To get this craft ready, I pre-cut tissue paper into squares. I left the tissue paper stacked so I could cut many squares at a time.

I also drew a popsicle shape onto card stock using a crayon. A permanent marker can also be used, just avoid washable markers because the colors will bleed after glue is applied.

Add some glue to a plate or bowl with a paintbrush. If the glue is too thick to paint on, add a bit of water to make it runny like paper mache glue.

Doing the Colorful Popsicle Craft:

First, paint some glue onto the popsicle shape.

Begin adding tissue paper squares one at a time, overlapping them how you like.

After adding the squares, paint some glue over the top to make them stick down. This also helps the squares blend together.

Some kids may want to sort colors and work in rows.

Others may want to use all one color.

Or create their own "flavors". Strawberry Lemonade Popsicle, anyone?

And others might like to add all of the colors everywhere!

Continue until the whole popsicle shape is covered - don't worry about going outside of the lines.

Let dry completely.

When it is dry, cut out the popsicle and glue a popsicle stick to the back.

When it dries, the popsicle is complete!
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One of the first things my kids think about as soon as the weather warms up is popsicle! So we just couldn't help but make this fun, colorful popsicle fine motor craft. There is a lot of fine motor work involved in pulling, grasping, and sticking the brightly colored tissue paper squares onto the paper.

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Spring has arrived! Little flower sprouts are popping up everywhere and we actually have some flowers that have already bloomed even though we had snow on the ground a week ago! We could not be more thrilled to take our learning outside and breath in the fresh air and soak up the sunshine. This spring flower STEM investigation for preschoolers is great for this time of year.

I realized as we were playing outside this morning that my preschooler didn't know the word "sprout" nor did she know that those leaves sticking up were flowers. So this was a fun way to bring her attention to them.

And to make sure she didn't step on them.

Materials we used for the Spring Flower STEM Investigation:
Ruler Camera Chalk
We started out by going on a hunt for flowers that were sprouting. Shiloh can be a very careful and particular child, so my initial goal was to show her where all the flowers were and to get her to stop running on top of them as they grow.

We enlisted one of her big sisters to help with our investigation.

Mostly because it's hard to take a picture and get her to stand still. Especially outside...

We used our ruler to measure the different sprouts that we found.

We even found a few small flowers that had already bloomed.

After we had measured a few of the flowers, Shiloh got to take some pictures! Of course, I don't have a picture of that because she was helping me with my camera.

While I definitely wouldn't trust her with my camera without my hands on it, I did want to make it more usable to her. So instead of using the viewfinder, we switched the camera to show the view on the LCD screen.

Another option would have been to let her use her iPad because she knows how to independently take pictures on that and loves to review her pictures often, but we were already investigating and didn't want to interrupt the flow of learning by going inside to get it.

Next, we grabbed some sidewalk chalk and headed to the driveway to create our own flowers to measure. Shiloh has a hard time drawing on the rough surface of the driveway, so she tried her best while big sister and I drew a few along with her.

Then, she measured the flowers that we drew.

Shiloh doesn't know her numbers yet or really understand what a ruler is used for (other than they make her stand by one at the doctors' offices), but exampling these skills for her, will help her to build that understanding. It would be very easy to say "she's not ready" and not use a ruler at all, but that won't help her in the long run.

Helping kids investigate their world and learn how to use tools around them is important no matter what their skill level is.

Every child is a STEM genius if only given the chance to show it!

We had a blast with our Spring Flower STEM investigation! Let me know if you give it a try!

For more Spring STEM ideas, check out:
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Spring has arrived! Little flower sprouts are popping up everywhere and we actually have some flowers that have already bloomed even though we had snow on the ground a week ago! We could not be more thrilled to take our learning outside and breath in the fresh air and soak up the sunshine.

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Being able to recognize and name feelings is the very first step in helping children manage their feelings. This game gives children a chance to play about what different feelings look like. And it can give you the chance to talk with your child about all kinds of different feelings.

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Being able to recognize and name feelings is the very first step in helping children manage their feelings. This game gives children a chance to play about what different feelings look like. And it can give you the chance to talk with your child about all kinds of different feelings.

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In my opinion Easter wouldn't be Easter without chocolate and fun Easter baking, but these's no reason not to enjoy some healthy Easter recipes alongside all the treats too.

With just 4 simple ingredients, this cute chick themed Easter smoothie is quick and to put together and there's not a drop of food colouring in sight - the gorgeous yellow comes from the all natural fruit ingredients.

Decorating the bottles or glasses to look like chicks is of course entirely optional but I think it adds a cute touch of Easter fun to the recipe.

And for the rest of the year, outside the Easter season, why not get creative - swap the beaks for mouths and add extra eyes to make them monsters, or draw glasses around the googly eyes to make them minion themed instead!

Back to Easter now though... here's how to make these cute Chick themed fruit smoothies:

Chick Themed Easter Smoothie
Ingredients (serves 2):

250g mango chunks - frozen

1 large banana

300ml orange juice

1 Tbsp honey or maple syrup

To decorate (optional!):

2 small bottles or glasses

4 googly eyes

glue stick

non-toxic marker pen

yellow paper straws

Start by decorating your bottles or glasses, ready for serving.

Stick on two googly eyes and draw a beak with the non-toxic marker pen.

Once your bottles or glasses are decorated and ready, prepare the smoothie mixture.

Place all of the frozen mango, banana, orange juice and honey or maple syrup in a blender.

Blitz them all up together until smooth.

Carefully pour the smoothie into the prepared bottles or glasses.

Top with paper straws if using and serve immediately.

Enjoy!

For more fun food and activity ideas for Easter like this one, check out the Fun Easter Food section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Easter Pinterest boards for lots more fun ideas from around the web; Healthy Easter Food and Easter.

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Cute Chick Themed Easter Smoothie

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In my opinion Easter wouldn't be Easter without chocolate and fun Easter baking, but these's no reason not to enjoy some healthy Easter recipes alongside all the treats too. With just 4 simple ingredients, this cute chick themed Easter smoothie is quick and to put together and there's not a drop of food colouring in sight - the gorgeous yellow comes from the all natural fruit ingredients.

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DIY Craft stick tweezers (check out the tutorial from Sugar Aunts)
Green shredded paper(yes we are using it again! We like to recycle!)
Polystyrene mini eggs
Plasticine/Playdough/Blue Tack

I used a silver roasting tray, you could use any kind of tray, or maybe just a table.

In half of your tray layer the green shredded paper and make 4 'wells', just big enough to fit your plastic eggs. Stick the eggs down using the plasticine. In the other half of the tray place the pom poms, eggs and DIY tweezers.

Note: The eggs were an addition to our tray, hence not in all the photos.

Tweezers and tongs are a great way to encourage fine motor skills, strengthening muscles in little hand and building dexterity in little fingers. Did you know without well-developed fine motor skills your little one may have difficulty learning to write, using a fork or spoon, threading beads, completing puzzles, using scissors, fastening zips, buttons and tying shoe laces.

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If you're looking for a cute spring craft idea, this paper plate chick craft is perfect! We love so we try to make them as often as possible.

This little hatching chick can be used for lots of different occasions. It's perfect for Easter, spring or even farm animal unit studies.

We've included a free printable template for this chick so you can make it without any problems. Craft it at home or in the classroom!

Because there aren't a ton of pieces, we think this craft is great for preschool, kindergarten and elementary children.

Read our directions or watch our quick video to see how to make it with your kids or students!

Hatching Chick Craft

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Supplies

Paper Plates

Yellow card stock (optional)

Paintbrush

Scissors

Glue stick

Directions

Download the chick craft template, print and cut out the pieces.

Paint two paper plates the yellow color and let dry completely. One paper plate will be for the chick's body, the other will be to cut out the chick's wings. You could also just paint one paper plate and use yellow card stock for the wings instead.

Glue the two eyes near the middle of the paper plate.

Place the orange beak just below the eyes and glue in place.

Take the lower egg piece and attach it to the front of the paper plate. We used double-sided tape because it sticks to the painted plate easier than the glue stick.

Take the upper egg piece and tape it to the top of the chick.

If you painted two paper plates, trace the chick's wings onto the second plate and cut out the pieces. If you're using yellow card stock, grab those pieces. Glue one wing on each side.

That's it! Isn't this chick so cute?

How Can I Make This Craft Simpler?

If you want to make this chick with really young kids like toddlers, we have a few suggestions to make it easier.

First, you can use yellow colored plates. If you do this, then you won't have to worry about painting, messes and waiting for dry time.

Second, you can skip the shell pieces. This will save you time on cutting and you won't need to have double-sided tape.

Finally, we suggest having all the pieces cut out ahead of time. This way, the kids won't have to wait around for you or another adult to cut out the template parts.

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If you're looking for a cute spring craft idea, this paper plate chick craft is perfect! We love so we try to make them as often as possible. This little hatching chick can be used for lots of different occasions. It's perfect for Easter, spring or even farm animal unit studies.

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Craft with lift-able wing! Hide those chicks and count them. Fine motor skills in the making with some math and imaginative play.

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For this weeks fine motor activity we made a mama hen and some chicks!

All 3 kids rather enjoyed this activity even if my 4 year old just inspected the feathers and threw them into the air! My 2 year old and 5 year old had a blast sticking said feathers to the actual chicken.

For this craft you will need:

Craft foam in white, yellow, orange and red.

Paper

Feathers

Glue

googly eyes

Craft stick or two spread the glue

Start by drawing the outlines of the chicks and hen on the white (hen) and yellow (chicks) foam. Cut little triangles from the orange foam for beaks and a head crown for the hen from the red foam. Also cut a flap that resembles a wing from the paper.

Gather all your crafty items and let the kids begin!

My 5 year old is already a pro at using the glue and quickly put his hen together.

Stick down the wing flap.

Add some eyes and beaks to your chicks!

Spread the glue on the body of the hen and chicks using the craft sticks and begin adding feathers.

You might even need to cut the feathers which is also great practice with scissors usage.

Once all the sticking was done I put the hen and chicks on a tray on a high shelf to dry for the day.

Once dry the wing flap will lift up and the chicks can be placed under the wing.

One chick, two chicks, three chicks. This makes a great counting game too!

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Children have to follow the path to take the chick near her mum.

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Baby Chick Maze is a fun memory-based strategy game for the whole family!

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This is a gross motor activity, where children have to balance a plastic egg on a wooden spoon. If you do not have a plastic egg you can make a ball out of foil.

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Ingredients

4 eggs

1 carrot

Pinch of chia seeds

Instructions

1. Boil your eggs.

2. Peel and place eggs aside.

3. Slice a carrot into thin rounds.

4. Use a paring knife to cut a pointed crown.

5. Using a sharp knife, slice into the egg deep enough for the carrot crown to sit comfortably.

6. Place the carrot crown in the egg

7. Stick chia seeds to egg using water.

8. Arrange your hens.

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This is a fun experiment to do with vinegar, eggs and food colourings.

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Kids will love this rainbow variation on the classic naked eggs experiment. Don't just try the rubber egg experiment without color, make rainbow rubber eggs instead!

My kids like colorful, dramatic science experiments for kids. There is nothing tame or boring about making rainbow naked eggs!

This experiment has both the "wow" factor and the gross factor that will make confirmed science lovers for life.

We used this experiment as a fun addition to our St. Patrick's Day STEM activities, but you can also use it for an Easter STEM activity or any time of year as a crowd-pleasing STEM activity.

You can also try the rainbow version of this experiment for any egg in vinegar science fair project.
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How to Make a Rubber Egg

In just a few hours, you can completely transform eggs and remove the shell.

For more fun Easter STEM Activities, try exploding rainbow eggs, salt crystal Easter eggs, Peeps slime, or make an Easter lava lamp!

What is a Rainbow Rubber Egg?

Did you know that inside of every egg shell is a membrane holding the "guts" of the egg in place?

This membrane is located between the egg shell and the egg white. There are actually two layers of membrane inside every egg (called inner and outer membrane, not to be too on the nose).

The membranes protect the growing chick from exposure to bacteria, but the membranes are semi-permeable, which is how the dye used in this experiment colors the eggs and why they get bigger when placed in water or vinegar.

The egg membrane is strong, which is how you can play with it and bounce it without breaking it (of course, too much pressure will burst the eggs, causing a huge mess!).

Fun fact: There is also keratin inside an egg membrane, which is present in human hair.

When the acid in the vinegar eats through the calcium shell, the membrane is left encasing the egg. The texture feels rubbery, hence, the rubber egg.

NAKED EGG EXPERIMENT STEAM QUESTIONS

Transform this rubber egg science experiment into a STEM project by asking a few extra questions and adding variables.

Will shells dissolve in different materials?

What happens if you use a different kind of dye?

Will eggs change color without the help of vinegar?

Experiment with different liquids, like soda, water with baking soda added, milk, coffee, water, and oil.

After removing the eggs from the vinegar, watch what happens when you let them sit out on the counter without any liquid.

Do they dry out?

What happens if you put the eggs in a salt solution?

Use this egg in vinegar experiment worksheet to complete your rainbow rubber egg experiment and record your results.

What you'll need to make the rubber egg experiment:
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Osmosis Egg Experiment Results

The osmosis egg experiment teaches children how liquid moves through a membrane. The addition of dye to the rubber egg experiment can show how osmosis works.

For the main rainbow naked egg experiment, however, the scientific concept is a chemical reaction and a lesson in dissolving.

The vinegar eats through the calcium shell, but cannot dissolve the egg's membrane, which is how the eggs retain their rubbery appearance after the experiment is complete.

The egg membrane is semi-permeable, which simply means that the liquid vinegar will pass through the membrane into the egg.

When the vinegar is dyed, the dye and the vinegar seep into the egg white, creating fun rainbow colors! The brighter the dye that you use, the brighter your egg rainbow will be!

Rubber Eggs Experiment Directions

Fill each container about 1/2 full of vinegar. Add about 10 drops of food coloring to each jar.

Carefully place a raw egg inside each jar. Let the eggs sit for about 48-72 hours in the vinegar.

Try putting other eggs in different liquids to see if they produce a different or similar reaction.

Over time, the vinegar will break down the calcium on the egg's shell, leaving the egg completely whole, but soft.

When the surface of the water has a weird scummy film, the eggs are ready to come out.

Remove the eggs from the jars (carefully) and rinse them in water.

They are completely colored!

Gently roll and bounce the eggs and watch what happens!

When the kids are done admiring the eggs, break them open. The kids might be surprised to see that the egg yolk is still yellow!

The high protein content of the yolk prevents the egg's cells from absorbing the colored liquid that is absorbed by the rest of the egg.

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Rainbow Rubber Eggs Naked Egg Experiment

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I wanted to get creative today so while I was making dinner, I saw a fork and thought it could make a chick! ....and it WORKED! It makes an adorable fluffy chick that kids can make all by their selves. It's the perfect farm or Easter craft to do!

Awww...

You will need yellow washable paint, scissors, a fork, 2 googly eyes, orange construction paper, and glue.

Start by having your child dip the back of a fork into yellow paint (it worked best to have it spread out on a paper plate). Then tell them to make a circle shape, pulling outwards with the fork.

Grab some orange paper and cut out a beak as well as two legs! It's easier to fold a piece of paper in half and then cut so both are the same size.

After the yellow paint is dry, glue on some eyes and the rest to make an adorable little chick! I think it'd be great to put on a homemade card!

If you liked this one, check out my other Easter crafts for kids!

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This is a numeracy activity, you can go up to 10. You can either put the number and kids will put the pom poms or present the pom poms and children put the number.

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If you're looking for an extremely simple Easter craft, this is it!! Grab some yellow pom poms and you can make some adorable chick crafts. These would be adorable on a homemade Easter card, etc!

Aren't they cuties?!

You will need a piece of paper, an orange marker, yellow pom poms, and glue.

Start by having the kids glue a small and medium size pom pom on a piece of paper.

After they dry, give them an orange marker to make some legs and a beak! You could also glue on a tiny googly eye too!

If you liked this one, check out my other Easter crafts for kids!

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Easy Pom Pom Chicks Craft for Kids - Crafty Morning

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If you're looking for an extremely simple Easter craft, this is it!! Grab some yellow pom poms and you can make some adorable chick crafts. These would be adorable on a homemade Easter card, etc! Aren't they cuties?! You will need a piece of paper, an orange marker, yellow pom poms, and glue.

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Children will learn life cycle of a chicken

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My preschooler and I are having fun learning about birds this week. We started by reading some books about birds and we made this "Life Cycle of a Chicken" craft. I saw the idea in The Mailbox Magazine a while back and I just love how it turned out. Find a list of the books we read to go along with this activity at the bottom of this post.

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HOW TO MAKE A LIFE CYCLE OF A CHICKEN CRAFT
Supplies you will need:
Directions:
1. Start by cutting an egg shape out of a piece of poster board. Then I printed out a little rectangle label from the computer that said, "Life Cycle of a Chicken" and we glued it to the center. You can also just write Life Cycle of a Chicken with your black marker in the center of the poster.

2. At the top of the egg we talked about how chickens start out as an egg. Then we made a little nest by putting glue all over and adding shredded pieces of brown paper.

3. After the nest was complete, I cut a small oval shape out of paper and my son glued it into the nest. If preschoolers are able to cut themselves, have them do the cutting.

4. Then we discussed how the Mommy Chicken sits on her eggs to keep them at the right temperature, while the birds grow inside the egg. When they are all grown they begin to hatch out of the egg. I cut a larger egg out of paper and my son glued it to the poster board. Then he drew a jagged edge circle on the egg to represent the egg hatching. My son colored the inside yellow and he added googly eyes to represent the chick inside.

﻿5. To keep it simple, I also used another oval egg shape to make our baby chick. My son colored it yellow and glued it on the poster board. Then he added the googly eyes, and a small orange diamond, folded in half for the beak. My son colored on the feet with a marker and I added the wings with a black marker. As an alternative you could also make a handprint chick with yellow paint.

6. Next, we made the grown chicken. I covered my son's hand with our red tempera paint and he placed his hand on the poster board to make a handprint. After the paint was completely dry, my son glued on a googly eye and drew on the feet, beak and waddle. I added the outline of the wing with black marker.

7. To complete our chart, I simply drew arrows between each stage to show that it is an endless cycle and we talked about each stage one more time. It was such a fun project!
Here are some books we read before making this project:

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In this post, learn how to make an adorable and fun Paper Plate Frog Craft for summer. This easy frog craft is perfect for helping kids, especially preschoolers, learn all about the life cycle of frogs and toads.
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How to Make a Paper Plate Frog Craft

Something very exciting happened this week-we found tadpoles in a puddle. A puddle! So we are guessing they are actually toad-poles (or tree frog tadpoles, seeing as how there aren't any ponds nearby).

We set our critter aquarium up in the kitchen with gravel, distilled water, an aerator, and some spinach leaves, then went back to the puddle to catch some. It's been fun watching them munch and grow as we anticipate them becoming froglets/toadlets.

As we reviewed the lifecycle of a frog, we reinforced concepts through crafting. Shared below is a tutorial for an easy and fun paper plate frog craft.
Related: Paper Plate Turtle Craft
To Make This Frog Craft You Will Need

Directions for Paper Plate Frog Craft

1. After gathering supplies, invite your child to paint the back of their paper plate green.

2. While the paint is drying, invite kids to trace the frog's eyes and mouth using the free printable template.

Trace the large circles on white paper, and the small circles and frog's mouth on black paper. Glue the frog's eyes and mouth to the paper plate.

3. Next, trace your child's hands on the green paper. Cut them out, then glue them to the back of the paper plate.

4. Use scissors or a paper cutter to cut a 1-inch strip of red paper, then round the edges.

5. Next, wrap the paper around a pencil, dowel rod, or straw to curl it.

6. Glue the red paper to the frog's mouth to give the frog a tongue.

7. Last, use the black permanent marker to draw 2 round nostrils under the frog's eyes.

Isn't it sweet? I love how the little hands look like jumping frog legs!

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Here's an easy frog paper craft for kids - make a fun, bouncy frog on a lily pad using our printable template.

This idea is perfect for spring crafting or for a unit on minibeasts or life cycles.
Get the frog template here
I've always had a fascination with frogs and how they change from tiny, vegetarian tadpoles into hopping, meat-eating amphibians. We've set up a tadpole observation tank in the house a number of times, supposedly for the kids but I never get tired of seeing this happen myself.

This frog paper craft is made from a template I created for the girls when they were pre-schoolers, but it's suitable for kids of all ages. If you're crafting with preschoolers you will probably need to cut the shapes out for them to glue and decorate (the frog shape is quite intricate).

Decorate your frog on a lily pad any way you like. I've used coloured construction paper and spot stickers to decorate mine.

When my girls made them they opted for glitter (of course!), markers, buttons, plastic gems and googly eyes.

You will need:

How to

Print the template directly onto your coloured construction paper. It's a good idea to print out two so that the frog is a different colour to the lily pad. Then you can make two frogs on lily pads!

Cut out the shapes.

Decorate the lily pad and frog. I've cut leaf details from a different coloured piece of construction paper.

Make a bouncy paper spring by sticking two paper strips at right angles to each other and folding over each other until it becomes a spring.

Stick the paper spring to the lily pad and stick the frog to the spring.

Optionally, cut a thin strip of red paper and curl it around a pencil to make a tongue.

Voila! You now have a bouncy paper frog.

Here are some kid-made ones...

More animal crafts you might like:

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Frog on a Lily Pad paper craft - The Craft Train

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Easy frog paper craft - make a fun, bouncy frog on a lily pad craft using our printable template. This is a fun Spring craft idea for kids

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My son loves the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs", so for Fine Motor Fridays this week I made an activity to go with it.
The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you!
If you're not familiar with the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" (or Five Little Speckled Frogs, as it's also known), then here is a totally adorable video from Kiboomu:

The activity is made from three components - the frogs, the log, and the pool. I made the frogs using an image from Clckr, adding speckles, then printing it five times and laminating it. Laminating it is quite optional but I think it looks nicer - oh and I love using my laminator! Then I used a hot glue gun to attach the laminated frog pics onto some big plastic clips that I bought from the dollar store. (And yes, I know that I have wrecked my cutting mat by using it as a hot glue gun surface!)

For the log I used a sturdy cardboard tube - from kitchen foil rather than kitchen paper as it's smaller and thicker. I cut one end off with a craft knife, and hot glued it onto the top at an angle to make it look more "loggy". Once the glue had dried I painted it with brown acrylic paint and added details with a brown marker pen. I covered a box in brown construction paper and hot glued the log to the box to stop it rolling around.

For the pond I glued some blue marbled construction paper to a piece of cardboard, painting another kitchen foil tube with blue paint, then hot gluing that to the centre. Then I cut some waves from blue card, and glued those on.

It all got rather more complex than I had initially envisaged, but I was pleased with the result.

Just as I was about to show F I realised that I hadn't done anything for the "delicious bugs". Oops! I hoped he would forgive me! As soon as I started singing the song he understood what we had to do! The clips weren't easy to manipulate due to their size, and he needed quite a bit of strength in his fingers to squeeze the ends to get the clips on and off the tubes.

He was pretty pleased with himself when we finished the song and he wanted to do it all over again!

And here are the lyrics:

Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs.

Four green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were three green speckled frogs.

Three green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were two green speckled frogs.

Two green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there was one green speckled frog.

One green and speckled frog sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were no green speckled frogs.
Please check out the rest of the Fine Motor Fridays posts for this week for more great ideas!

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Five Green and Speckled Frogs Fine Motor Activity - Craftulate

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My son loves the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs", so for Fine Motor Fridays this week I made an activity to go with it. The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog.

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Through this activity the children can learn the life cycle of a frog.

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Explore the Life Cycle of a Frog with this printable spinner toy for kids to color and make. A great learning resource to teach the frog life cycle.

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I Don't Want to be a Frog - Kids Books Read Aloud

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My son loves the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs", so for Fine Motor Fridays this week I made an activity to go with it.
The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you!
If you're not familiar with the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" (or Five Little Speckled Frogs, as it's also known), then here is a totally adorable video from Kiboomu:

The activity is made from three components - the frogs, the log, and the pool. I made the frogs using an image from Clckr, adding speckles, then printing it five times and laminating it. Laminating it is quite optional but I think it looks nicer - oh and I love using my laminator! Then I used a hot glue gun to attach the laminated frog pics onto some big plastic clips that I bought from the dollar store. (And yes, I know that I have wrecked my cutting mat by using it as a hot glue gun surface!)

For the log I used a sturdy cardboard tube - from kitchen foil rather than kitchen paper as it's smaller and thicker. I cut one end off with a craft knife, and hot glued it onto the top at an angle to make it look more "loggy". Once the glue had dried I painted it with brown acrylic paint and added details with a brown marker pen. I covered a box in brown construction paper and hot glued the log to the box to stop it rolling around.

For the pond I glued some blue marbled construction paper to a piece of cardboard, painting another kitchen foil tube with blue paint, then hot gluing that to the centre. Then I cut some waves from blue card, and glued those on.

It all got rather more complex than I had initially envisaged, but I was pleased with the result.

Just as I was about to show F I realised that I hadn't done anything for the "delicious bugs". Oops! I hoped he would forgive me! As soon as I started singing the song he understood what we had to do! The clips weren't easy to manipulate due to their size, and he needed quite a bit of strength in his fingers to squeeze the ends to get the clips on and off the tubes.

He was pretty pleased with himself when we finished the song and he wanted to do it all over again!

And here are the lyrics:

Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs.

Four green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were three green speckled frogs.

Three green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were two green speckled frogs.

Two green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there was one green speckled frog.

One green and speckled frog sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were no green speckled frogs.
Please check out the rest of the Fine Motor Fridays posts for this week for more great ideas!

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Five Green and Speckled Frogs Fine Motor Activity - Craftulate

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My son loves the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs", so for Fine Motor Fridays this week I made an activity to go with it. The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog.

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Kids can use green paint for small plastic bottles and stick a frog on them. After they dry kids will enjoy aiming a ball and try and hit as much bottles as possible.

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There are 5 stages in the life cycle of a frog. This snack explains the stages.

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Are you learning about animal life cycles? I have the perfect idea for your next lesson on the life cycle of a frog! This is an EDIBLE frog life cycle snack! My kids and I had a lot of fun figuring this cute frog snack out.

This little frog life cycle snack is ALL healthy, so no worries about sugar, allergies, or dietary problems here.

I know there is a step in the life cycle missing, I kind of combined the tadpole with legs and the froglet into one, but it works ok, right?

Frog Life Cycle

There are 5 stages in the life cycle of a frog.

It starts with egg masses. Frogs lay their eggs in the water, most often. They lay a large amount at once, sometimes hundreds!

The next stage is the tadpole stage. A tadpole hatches within a few days! After a few weeks, they begin to change.

A tadpole first grows hind legs. After that the front legs begin growing and the tail starts shrinking.

Next it is called a froglet, which is almost a full grown frog, but still has a small tail, which will eventually disappear.

When the tail is gone it is a full-grown frog.

Along with the outside changes, many changes are happening inside the frog's body as well. The metamorphosis of animals is incredible, and so fun to teach to kids!

Supplies To Make the Edible Frog Life Cycle Snack:

Plain gelatin

Juice (we used lemon)

Honey or other natural sweetener

Green Grapes

Small Spinach Leaves

Green Apple

Raisins

Shredded Carrots (or chow mein noodles would work)

Toothpicks
Semi-Sphere Mold
This first step for this edible frog life cycle snack is the little edible frog eggs. I made a pack of plain gelatin and followed the package directions using lemon juice and water (mostly water, with a few tablespoons of lemon juice added in) plus honey as the sweetener. I just did this to taste.

To make it round, I poured it into the little sphere molds. After about an hour of chilling, I added in the raisins. Waiting an hour prevents them from just sinking all the way to the bottom. Let them chill a few more hours until solid.

You want to be careful removing them from the molds, because they break easily. I found that it worked best to run around the edge with a knife first.

Next, I made the tadpoles. For this I used green grapes and small baby spinach leaves. I just poked the stem of the spinach into the end of the grape to make the long tail. If it does not go in easily, use a toothpick to make the hole bigger.

In the lifecycle there are tadpole with hind legs and froglets. Rather than make both, mine are kind of combined into one. I just added some little pieces of shredded carrots in for the legs. I poked the holes for the legs with toothpicks first to make it easier to put the carrot pieces in.

Then for the large adult frog, I used a slice of a green apple, green grapes, raisins and toothpicks. You'll want to make the kids aware of the toothpicks when they are eating them! I broke the toothpicks in half to fit them in better.

This is such a fun frog snack if you are teaching a frog theme for preschoolers or other younger kids. They would also love making it themselves, to let them be involved in the process as much as possible!

What I love about this edible frog life cycle is that it really is simple to make! Besides the gelatin setting up, it is quite quick to put together! The gelatin is the only thing you will really need to plan in advance if using this in a lesson. The ingredients are inexpensive and easy to access, making it a perfect frog snack for any frog life cycle lessons!

Also, check out this cute edible butterfly life cycle from My Joy Filled Life.

Want mare edible education projects? Check out my post with 100+ Edible Education Ideas.

This is part of the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids. The theme this week is ponds.

This week's book is In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming.

Another great one to go along with the frog life cycle activity is From Frog to Tadpole by Wendy Pfeffer.

See what the other participating bloggers shared this week:

Frog Coloring Pages and Learning Activities - JDaniel4's Mom

Ducks Matching Game - Mama Smiles

Over Under Drawing and Story Telling Prompt - My Storytime Corner

Frog Hop Phonics - Rainy Day Mum
More Life Cycle Learning Ideas: Dandelion Life Cycle Learning Bird Life Cycle Spinners Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities

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Are you learning about animal life cycles? I have the perfect idea for your next lesson on the life cycle of a frog! This is an EDIBLE frog life cycle snack! My kids and I had a lot of fun figuring this cute frog snack out.

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This is a fine motor activity of putting objects into a hole or slot, and it makes the task more fun and engaging when you are pretending to feed an animal.

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Five Little Speckled Frogs | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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This is a fun activity where children can explore a different dough texture.

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Over the years, E has definitely become more picky about the sensory activities she enjoys. She needs to wipe her hands a lot more, and wet sensory materials that stick to her hands and don't form a dough aren't nearly as enjoyable for her as they used to be.

It's not that she has a problem with getting messy, though - she definitely still likes that part 🙂

One sensory material that always seems to work for her is cloud dough. It's messy but it's pretty much dry, it will hold its shape when pressed, you can form it into balls and crumble them - and it only takes two basic ingredients {not counting the optional color}.
Even Baby N likes it!
Recently, I made a simple Cloud Dough Frog Pond for E that she thoroughly enjoyed.

(E was 4 years and 5 months old.)
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Materials for Cloud Dough Frog Pond:

Flour.

Vegetable oil. {Other types of oil work, too. Baby oil is a popular choice but make sure there's no chance of the cloud dough being ingested if you use it.}

Blue powder tempera.

Frogs and lily pad from the Frogs and Turtles Toob. {Or other plastic frogs.}

Green card stock.

Scissors.

Blue glass gems.

Sensory bin.

Preparations for Cloud Dough Frog Pond:

I made half a batch of my usual recipe for colored cloud dough and added two heaping tablespoons of blue powder tempera.

I put the finished cloud dough into one of our smaller sensory bins and arranged the frogs, the lily pad from the toob and the blue glass gems on top. As an afterthought, I decided to cut a few extra lily pads from green card stock to give the frogs a few more spots to sit. I simply cut ovals freehand with scissors, then cut a small triangle from one of the shorter sides on each of the ovals.

E couldn't stay out of the picture, she was too excited 😉

Playing with the Cloud Dough Frog Pond

She started out checking out the frogs and making them hop across the pond,

and discovered that the plastic lily pad made fun imprints in the cloud dough.

As usual when we play with toob animals, E asked about the names the frogs had engraved on their bellies. We didn't know a lot about different types of frogs starting out, so this was a great starting point for finding out more later on.

After a while, she decided to try her hand at making cloud dough balls - and discovered that it wouldn't work as long as she was holding anything but cloud dough in her hands.

Once she'd removed all the other items, she made a pretty good ball

and squished it almost immediately 😉

She asked me to make some balls for her and delighted in smashing them with her fist.

Suddenly, E jumped up and ran to get a plastic ice cream sundae cup and an ice cream scoop that she uses in the sandbox. She also used these items when we were playing with Sticky Sand - and as she was about to find out, the cloud dough behaved in a very similar way to the sticky sand.

Her first idea was scooping up cloud dough, frogs, gems and lily pads and putting them into the sundae cup.

She remembered the "cakes" she'd made from sticky sand and cleared an area of the sensory bin to make a cloud dough "cake".

Due to the extra items, her cake crumbled immediately.

For the next one, she made sure to use cloud dough only - and it worked out beautifully!

She made several more cakes, experimenting with just how fast she needed to turn the sundae cup over to ensure that the cloud dough stuck together instead of falling out too soon.

As usual, the cloud dough stuck to her clothes but it came right out in the washing machine with no extra effort. The clean up of the area she'd played in was simple, too: She hadn't spilled much and was able to quickly sweep it up with a broom and dustpan.

Have you played with cloud dough? Did your kids enjoy it? Leave a comment below, I'd love to hear your story!

Looking for more cloud dough ideas? Check out these!
Baby Play with Cloud Dough Halloween Cloud Dough Sensory Bin How to Make Cloud Dough
Don't have powder tempera? Try these alternative ways of making cloud dough!

Colored Cloud Dough Recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose uses candy colors.

Homemade Cloud Dough Recipe from Nurturestore uses chalk.

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Over the years, E has definitely become more picky about the sensory activities she enjoys. She needs to wipe her hands a lot more, and wet sensory materials that stick to her hands and don't form a dough aren't nearly as enjoyable for her as they used to be.

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Life Cycle Of A Frog! - The Dr. Binocs Show | Best Learning Videos For Kids | Peekaboo Kidz

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This simple craft will explain the cycle of a frog. It is a fun follow up activity to the story telling.

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Healthy option sandwich

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This is a fun idea for shape recognition.

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ABCya! * Shapes! A Geometry Activity for Children

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Shapes! A fun Geometry Activity for Children

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This activity is good for number recognition and value. The kids can enjoy hopping while saying the numbers or else they can choose a number and hop accordingly.

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I took a little blogging hiatus last week to go visit my newest little niece (born on Tuesday) and play with her big sister. We had a blast... but then came home with colds from the germy airplane. My baby girl and I would've loved to just hang out on the couch today, but my son (who didn't come with us and didn't get sick) was raring to go...

This activity can be used in a bunch of ways... but we made it a counting activity. Our main goals were to MOVE and HAVE FUN.

Our other goals included...

- 1:1 number correspondence practice when we used stickers and our bodies

- counting backwards from 10

- learning some new words and having some fun conversations

1. Print off the lily pad template several times onto colored cardstock. I made 10 lily pads.

3. Write numbers 1-10 on lily pads (one number on each lily pad). I also wrote numbers 11-20 on the backs of the lily pads. As a help for younger kids, add circles to each lily pad to correspond with the number written on the lily pad. For older kids, have them write or trace the numbers themselves and nix the prompt circles.

4. Grab some stickers and read the number on each lily pad. Stick the correct number of stickers on each one. For example, if the lily pad has the number 3 on it... stick 3 stickers on it!

5. Stick the lily pads to the floor using painters tape... and start hopping!

We did a variety of things with our lily pads... so use your imagination. I typically like to come up with open ended activities for my son so that there isn't one right or wrong way to play. He is very rules based and can get stuck on specific rules... I am trying to teach him to go with the flow more, so sometimes our activities don't have any rules or we just change them constantly. This activity was great because he was constantly coming up with new ideas of ways to play with our numbered lily pads!

- Spread the lily pads around the room and hop from each lily pad to the next, counting aloud (up from 1-10 or backwards, from 10-1).

- Say a number from 1-10 and have your child (and you) run to that lily pad. Stand on the lily pad and then hop around the room that many times (For example, if the lily pad had a number 5 on it... hop around the room 5 times)

- Come up with different ways to hop/move. Pick a numbered lily pad and choose how everyone is going to hop when they are on that lily pad. This was goofy and fun... and helped us learn some new words and motor skills.

We hopped, did twirls, made giant steps, pranced, skipped, galloped, grapevined, jumped backwards, etc. We also blasted off like rockets when we counted backwards. We also had the baby join in and that was the silliest... my son thought it was hysterical when I held his sister on the lily pad and had her pretend to jump or blast off like a rocket. He counted for her while she moved.

Other ways you could use the lily pads:

- Write alphabet letters on them instead, spread them around the room and then hop to the different letters.

- Write sight words or other basic words you are working on learning (word family words, people's names, etc.)

- Write rhyming word pairs on the lily pads. Write one rhyming word on each lily pad. Have kids hop from one word to the other word that rhymes with that word (ex. hop... and stop)

Learning is way more fun when it is hands on and active! Language learning is especially more effective when it is paired with physical activity... and even more fun when done with a friend or someone you love!

We ended our Lily Pad Hop activity right when it was naptime. You can imagine that my son wasn't too excited about being done with playing. We hopped up to his room together and then found my favorite frog book to read- Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel.

My favorite chapter is the one about will power and cookies. If you know me well... then you'll know why. :) I have no will power when it comes to cookies!

We decided we'd need to eat some cookies when he woke up from his nap... so he went to sleep quickly!

Over the next few weeks we are going to be doing a lot more activities that require us to MOVE. EJ also has a fun get moving challenge that she's going to be sharing with everyone later this week... so stay tuned!

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I took a little blogging hiatus last week to go visit my newest little niece (born on Tuesday) and play with her big sister. We had a blast... but then came home with colds from the germy airplane.

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Kids can either use a washable marker or paint. It is a good fine motor activity to improve their eye to hand co-ordination.

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"Oh what a sweet frog!" my kids exclaimed as soon as they see this Spring Frogs Tracing mat.

Well, if your kids love frogs, this one printable is perfect for you.

Spring Frogs Tracing Activity

This Tracing Mat features 7 tracing mats with sweet bright green frogs.

There are jumping frogs, splat on the poodle frogs, frog with umbrella, and frog with Easter egg!

These frogs have tracing path they need to follow to reach their friends, or to reach to the pond, or to get some flowers.

The tracing paths are made specifically for toddlers who are still learning to use their cute little fingers.

Among the tracing lines included are zig zag lines, castle lines, vertical lines, loop lines and circle shape lines (Miss 3's favorite tracing line)

Your kids would also get a chance to play around with tracing some clouds and sun.

Other Materials That Can Be Used to Do Tracing

Did you know that, there are many other ways to do tracing.

Besides from using the usual crayons and pencil color, we can also use these things to help our kids with tracing :

Dot stickers (my kids' favorite) - Stick the dot stickers along the tracing lines

Stamp marker (also my kids' favorite) - Stamp the marker along the tracing lines

Do-a-dot marker - Dot the marker along the tracing lines

Playdough - Roll the playdough and shape it according to the tracing lines

Cut the tracing lines

Bare fingers - Trace the tracing lines using their fingers

Q-tips - Trace the tracing lines using Q-tips

And more.

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This printable is FREE for you. You can grab it by clicking the download button below.
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Spring Frogs Tracing Activity : FREE 7 Fascinating Tracing Mats - FluffyTots

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"Oh what a sweet frog!" my kids exclaimed as soon as they see this Spring Frogs Tracing mat. Well, if your kids love frogs, this one printable is perfect for you. This Tracing Mat features 7 tracing mats with sweet bright green frogs.

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Learning to count.

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Various activities to improve fine motor skills and eye to hand co-ordination

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Activities to improve fine motor skills, through various methods.

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This is a fun experiment where children charge a balloon and magically make butterfly wings flutter up and down.

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Static Electricity is a fascinating subject, especially for preschoolers. Every once in a while someone in my household will touch another family member after unintentionally rubbing their feet on the carpet and will give them an accidental shock. It stirs up all sorts of fun conversations about electricity. My Mom used to be a school teacher and I remember her using this fun static electricity experiment where children charged a balloon and could magically make butterfly wings flutter up and down. I decided to give it a go with my children and it was oodles of fun!
How does Static Electricity work?
Usually, an atom has an equal number of protons and electrons. Electrons have a negative charge of electricity and protons have a positive charge of electricity. Opposite charges attract, so when materials rub together and one material becomes negatively charged and one is positively charged, static electricity results.
Our Experiment:
To demonstrate the effects of static electricity. What will happen if we charge a balloon by rubbing it in our hair, and then hold it over tissue paper wings of a butterfly?
Check out our guide on how to draw a Sun Flower!
Supplies you will need:
1. Start by cutting a square of cardboard. I made mine about 7 inches x 7 inches.

2. Use your pencil to draw butterfly wings on your tissue paper. Since my cardboard square was 7″ x 7″, I just made sure to make them smaller than my square. Cut them out and set them onto your cardboard. glue them onto the cardboard!

3. Cut a butterfly body out of your cardstock paper and glue it down the middle of your butterfly and overlapping it onto your cardboard. Again, DO NOT glue the tissue paper wings down. You will want the wings loose like shown in my picture below. Glue your googly eyes down onto your butterfly. I should have drawn antennae on our butterfly but I just didn't think about it at the time. You can add those if you choose.

4. Now comes the fun part. Blow up your balloon. We used water balloons that we had leftover from this summer so they were small in size, but using regular sized balloons would have been even better.

5. Rub your balloon in your hair to give it an electric charge. Now hold the balloon on top of your butterfly, close but not touching it, and watch the wings raise and lower as you move the balloon closer and farther away.

My preschooler loved this! If the charge starts to fade, simply rub the balloon in your hair again and it's ready to make your wings flutter all over again. It was a little difficult to get great pictures of the butterfly in action because my daughter moved so quickly.
Results: Why did the butterfly wings move?
When we rubbed the balloon onto our hair, electrons were lost from our hair and gained by the balloon giving it a static charge. When the negatively charged balloon gets close to the positively charged tissue paper they are attracted to each other, and the pull of attraction is so great that the lightweight tissue paper moves toward the balloon.

This experiment is obviously not limited to only preschoolers. My 9 year old son had a great time experimenting with the balloon and butterfly. He was a little more controlled in his movements so I was able to get a couple better pictures.

This post is part of a collaborative Creative Preschool series where 4 bloggers and myself have joined together to bring you fun crafts and activities based on a common preschool learning theme. This week we are sharing ideas focused on Science Experiments.
Check out the other Science Experiment Ideas from the other Creative Preschool Bloggers:
How to Use the Scientific Method to Investigate Superhero Signals | Handmade Kids Art
Stop by Friday, November 7th for Fall Preschool Posts.

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This activity is good to improve eye to hand co-ordination while aiming to the caterpillar's mouth.

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This is a fun activity where children can explore different fruits.

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We have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar a lot now that it is spring, so I decided to put together a tasty activity for the kids. Whenever food is involved I never have difficulty keeping their attention :). We explored our sense of taste and baked some fruit pizza (cookies) together that includes the yummy fruits the hungry caterpillar ate.

We are huge fans of Eric Carle Inspired Activities and we have more to come! Two of our favorite posts we have already shared are Feeding The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity and the Very Hungry Caterpillar Fun with Food Activities!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Taste Testing Sensory Activity

The kids loved eating all the different types of fruit while we read the book together before making our pizzas. They had fun holding the fruit in their hands, squeezing them to see if juice would come out, smelling them, and of course tasting them all. You could also include more of the food the caterpillar ate like salami (my kids can't get enough of it), cheese, cupcakes, watermelon... to make this activity a full meal!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Fruit Pizzas

Supplies:

Sugar Cookie Dough (I used the pre-made kind from the store, but you could always make your own) Red and green frosting Apple, Pear, Plum, Strawberry, Orange Small circle cookie cutter Small pretzel sticks Directions: 1. Roll out the cookie dough and use the cookie cutter to make 6 circle cookies for each caterpillar. Bake the cookies and set aside to cool. Meanwhile chop up the fruit into small pieces.

I cut each fruit in half, and cut one half into small pieces for their pizzas and cut the other half into slices for us to eat as we read the book.

2. To decorate the cookies spread red frosting on one cookie. To make the caterpillars face break a pretzel stick in half and put the pieces on the top of the caterpillars head to make the antennas. Use green frosting to make the face.

3. Have child decorate pizzas by spreading the green frosting on their cookie and adding fruit to the top.

I made each cookie using only one type of fruit, but my kids mixed the fruit up and I really like how theirs turned out (and tasted). Leave it to the kids to come up with the best way 🙂
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Baking with Kids: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Fruit Pizza (Cookies)

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Static Electricity is a fascinating subject, especially for preschoolers. Every once in a while someone in my household will touch another family member after unintentionally rubbing their feet on the carpet and will give them an accidental shock. It stirs up all sorts of fun conversations about electricity. My Mom used to be a school teacher and I remember her using this fun static electricity experiment where children charged a balloon and could magically make butterfly wings flutter up and down. I decided to give it a go with my children and it was oodles of fun!
How does Static Electricity work?
Usually, an atom has an equal number of protons and electrons. Electrons have a negative charge of electricity and protons have a positive charge of electricity. Opposite charges attract, so when materials rub together and one material becomes negatively charged and one is positively charged, static electricity results.
Our Experiment:
To demonstrate the effects of static electricity. What will happen if we charge a balloon by rubbing it in our hair, and then hold it over tissue paper wings of a butterfly?
Check out our guide on how to draw a Sun Flower!
Supplies you will need:
1. Start by cutting a square of cardboard. I made mine about 7 inches x 7 inches.

2. Use your pencil to draw butterfly wings on your tissue paper. Since my cardboard square was 7″ x 7″, I just made sure to make them smaller than my square. Cut them out and set them onto your cardboard. glue them onto the cardboard!

3. Cut a butterfly body out of your cardstock paper and glue it down the middle of your butterfly and overlapping it onto your cardboard. Again, DO NOT glue the tissue paper wings down. You will want the wings loose like shown in my picture below. Glue your googly eyes down onto your butterfly. I should have drawn antennae on our butterfly but I just didn't think about it at the time. You can add those if you choose.

4. Now comes the fun part. Blow up your balloon. We used water balloons that we had leftover from this summer so they were small in size, but using regular sized balloons would have been even better.

5. Rub your balloon in your hair to give it an electric charge. Now hold the balloon on top of your butterfly, close but not touching it, and watch the wings raise and lower as you move the balloon closer and farther away.

My preschooler loved this! If the charge starts to fade, simply rub the balloon in your hair again and it's ready to make your wings flutter all over again. It was a little difficult to get great pictures of the butterfly in action because my daughter moved so quickly.
Results: Why did the butterfly wings move?
When we rubbed the balloon onto our hair, electrons were lost from our hair and gained by the balloon giving it a static charge. When the negatively charged balloon gets close to the positively charged tissue paper they are attracted to each other, and the pull of attraction is so great that the lightweight tissue paper moves toward the balloon.

This experiment is obviously not limited to only preschoolers. My 9 year old son had a great time experimenting with the balloon and butterfly. He was a little more controlled in his movements so I was able to get a couple better pictures.

This post is part of a collaborative Creative Preschool series where 4 bloggers and myself have joined together to bring you fun crafts and activities based on a common preschool learning theme. This week we are sharing ideas focused on Science Experiments.
Check out the other Science Experiment Ideas from the other Creative Preschool Bloggers:
How to Use the Scientific Method to Investigate Superhero Signals | Handmade Kids Art
Stop by Friday, November 7th for Fall Preschool Posts.

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Static Electricity Butterfly Experiment - I Heart Crafty Things

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How to make a butterfly life cycle sensory bin

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These sensory bottles for preschool are perfect as part of a butterfly theme, or when learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. You can grab the free printable labels at the bottom of this post.

Do you have a preschool theme that you just love teaching in the spring?

One of my favorites is definitely all about butterflies. I was sitting here, trying to think about why that is. I mean, I like butterflies as much as the next person. They're beautiful and just plain fascinating. But that's not the reason.

You know what is? The kids! Their wild enthusiasm about caterpillars and butterflies is contagious. I find myself getting just as excited as the children. And excitement and curiosity lead to some great questions . . . and has such a positive impact on learning.

In addition to reading lots of caterpillar and butterfly books, we love watching the butterfly life cycle first hand when possible. On top of that, I like to plan a variety of other hands-on butterfly activities that let the kids explore concepts they're learning.

These butterfly life cycle sensory bottles for preschool kids would be one such activity you might want to try.
Related: Butterfly Life Cycle Emergent Reader
Butterfly Sensory Bottles for Preschool and Kindergarten

You could definitely make your butterfly sensory bottles a bit differently than this. Or make them exactly the same as we did. Either way, something tells me your students will have a blast. And don't forget the free printable labels at the bottom of this post.

Materials we used

Small pasta shells
Regular pasta shells
Rotini pasta
Farfalle pasta (aka bowtie pasta)
Liquid watercolors
Empty bottles or jars (we used 16.9 ounce Voss water bottles)

Directions to make the butterfly life cycle bottles

These sensory jars were pretty simple to make. In fact, I think it's going to take longer for me to write up all of the directions than it did to put the bottles together!

Dyeing the pasta

First up, decide if you want to dye your pasta or not. We decided to leave the small pasta shells as is, but we went the colorful route for the rest of the pasta.

A few years ago, we made a butterfly life cycle sensory bin with colorful pasta. Since I like to reuse materials as much as possible, I kept that bin in sealed bags between uses. So we used some of the pasta from that bin. It was pointed out to me that we didn't have "all the colors of the rainbow!" so we did end up dyeing some new pasta too.
Related: Super Easy Rainbow Sensory Bin
I prefer using liquid watercolors to dye most sensory materials, but you could use food coloring too. We put some pasta in a small baggie, added some squirts of liquid watercolor, and shook up the bag (after sealing the bag - that's an important step).

Then everything got placed out on trays to dry. I'd suggest placing the wet, dyed pasta on wax paper to dry. If you use paper towels, just make sure the pasta doesn't stick to the paper towels (I may or may not know this from personal experience).

Just a quick note - every little nook and cranny of the pasta might not get covered by color. I don't think that's a big deal, and the children enjoy the process of dyeing the pasta more than a perfect result. However, if this is a problem for you, have the kids grab some paint brushes and let them add a little bit of color to the blank spots. Your butterfly sensory bottles for preschool will still likely be a big hit!

Get the bottles ready

While the pasta is drying, make sure your bottles or jars are clean and dry. Also, make sure your bottles have openings wide enough for the bowtie pasta (or grab mini bowtie pasta).

It was pretty easy to remove the labels from our Voss water bottles, but there was a little bit of sticky residue. Rubbing a drop or two of lemon essential oil on it dealt with that quickly. Then we washed the bottles with soap and warm water.

Make sure the bottles are fully dry before adding anything to them. Any moisture might make the colors run, and water will definitely spoil the pasta.
Related: Butterfly Life Cycle Necklace
Assembling the butterfly sensory bottles for preschool

Now it's time to put everything together! We decided to have one bottle for each stage of the butterfly life cycle. The tiny shells are the butterfly eggs, the rotini represents caterpillars, the regular shells are chrysalises, and the bowtie pasta represents butterflies.

If you have all of the pieces together in one bin, have the kids sort them! Either way, have the children add the pieces into the appropriate bottles.

If desired, add a label to each of the butterfly bottles. You can grab a free printable version of the labels we used at the bottom of this post.

Depending on the age group of your students, you might want to seal the tops of the bottles with a hot glue gun. We didn't bother, but I definitely would for babies or young kids who still put things into their mouths.
Related: Butterfly Name Activities
How to use the butterfly sensory bottles for preschool

There are a few different ways to use the sensory jars. You and your students will likely come up with even more ideas than I have listed below:

Place the butterfly sensory jars out for free exploration. The kids can move them and observe them during center time.

Let the kids pour the bottles out into a big sensory bin. They can scoop, pour, and play with the pieces like that. Then they can work on their fine motor and sorting skills by returning the pieces into the appropriate bottles.

Add some alphabet beads to the bottles. Then have the kids be "letter detectives" and find certain letters in each jar. Extend that by having them write down the letters they locate.

Pair the sensory bottles with number cards. Kids can pull the right amount of pasta pieces out of the bottles to match each card and practice one-to-one correspondence.

Have the kids keep a tally of how many butterflies (or caterpillars, etc.) of different colors they find in each bottle.

Be sure to tell me how you use these butterfly sensory bottles for preschool (or kindergarten, or in your home)!

Preschool Butterfly Lesson Plans

Pop over to Preschool Teacher 101 to check out our done-for-you butterfly lesson plans. It's a week's worth of printable lesson plans, already-planned activities (for whole group, small group, and centers), book suggestions, and coordinating printables.
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Label Your Butterfly Sensory Bottles for Preschool

I made small labels for our butterfly sensory bottles. They worked well with the Voss water bottles that we used. I ran them through the laminator before taping them to the outside of the discovery bottles.

The free printable version of these labels are available to members of Fun-A-Day's free email community. If you're already a member, click on the button below and enter your information to get the printable sent to your email inbox.

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Make snack-time fun with our Banana-Graham Butterfly Snacks! It's a healthy snack to accompany a butterfly craft or activity or to serve at a kids spring party.

We all know that kids love snacks that are fun. Even the pickiest eaters are more likely to try a new food, or a food that they don't like if it's served in a fun shape.

If your child isn't big on wholesome snacks, try making butterflies with a banana and graham crackers. Add a little peanut butter and decorate the wings with fruit! They're tasty, they're cute, and they provide a healthy serving of fruit and protein for your child.

I'm sharing two versions of our butterfly snack with you today. Feel free to use whatever you like to decorate your butterfly snack. Some suggestions are:

Banana-Graham Butterfly Ingredients

one banana

2 graham crackers

2 chocolate chip "eyes"

smarties or m&m's, or sliced fruit, nuts, coconut, raisins, dried cranberries, blueberries etc.

peanut butter

antennae: toothpicks, straws, or coffee stir sticks

Time needed: 5 minutes.

How to Make Banana Graham Butterfly Snack

1. Prepare Banana
Peel a banana and cut a slit into each side. With the tip of your knife, scoop out a small amount of the fruit. Set the banana aside for a moment.

2. Make Wings
Spread a small amount of peanut butter on each graham cracker, and top with fruit, nuts or sweets.

3. Add Wings to Banana
Gently press each cracker into the slits that you've cut into the banana.

4. Add Eyes and Antennae
With a tiny amount of peanut butter, attach the chocolate chip eyes to the front of the banana butterfly. Press antennae into top of the banana.

Assemble your butterfly snacks:

Enjoy!!

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Recently, Emma from Adventures and Play invited me to join in with her Tuff Spot A-Z Challenge. During March and April 2015, every weekday a blogger shared a blog post on either their own site or as a guest blog on the Adventures of Adam featuring sensory play based around a different letter of the alphabet. If you're not familiar with Tuff Spots here's an example - Tuff Spot

(affiliate link) - it's basically a large mixing tray which you can use for all sorts of messy play and activities.

For our Tuff Spot play I chose G for Gardening. Of course, indoor gardening play isn't a substitute for real gardening, but while it's still too early in the season to start actual planting outdoors, we've been doing the next best thing!

I'm bending the rules of the challenge a little bit, as we don't actually have a real Tuff Spot. Instead, for our large scale sensory play I use a big tray, which is the lid from our outdoor sand and water table. It has a nice rim around the edge to keep everything reasonably contained, and it's the perfect shape for two children to use at once. I usually place it on the floor on top of an old table cloth, or else I have an old shower curtain that I use if we are playing with wet materials. You can also see it in action as Dinosaur Island.

The base material for our sensory play was cheap rice which I dyed black. It's very easy to dye rice, just mix it all up with some food colouring and leave to dry for a very short while. Dyed rice keeps for years and you can always reuse it - even if lots of different colours get mixed together the children don't mind at all!

One thing I've learned about sensory play is how much little children enjoy spooning and mixing different materials. So I provided plenty of plant pots for them to fill. There's a little terracotta one (obviously keep breakable ones for older children to use!), a few plastic ones and lots of new cardboard seedling pots. I put in a couple of our child-sized garden tools, and I also added some spoons for easier filling. I also added some seed markers and some different sizes of coloured pom poms.

Then I gathered together some old pumpkin seeds still going strong from my Halloween sensory tub and made some little seed packets to present them in. For the seed packets I used this fab printable from Twinkl - Create your own Seed Packets (free download). There are several different packets to choose from, and they have a blank front so you can add your own pictures. I found some pumpkin pictures in this Twinkl resource Editable Halloween Pumpkins (free download), and I printed off a couple of pumpkins to glue to the front of the seed packet.

Finally I once again turned to Twinkl to make some simple cards to use for matching game. I created this resource myself using the Twinkl Create function which is available to Premium users. I chose a selection of garden themed pictures, printed them out to make pairs and laminated them.

I used the cards with Mia to play a memory matching game, and we hid them in the rice to hunt for pairs which she really enjoyed.

Both children were so excited to see the gardening play all set up, and it reminded me that I should do this sort of play much more often! They both dug straight in, quite literally, and were soon completely absorbed.

Harry was very interested in the seed packets and he took his play very seriously, filling up his plant pot and planting his pumpkin seeds.

He wanted to know how we would remember what had been planted, so I gave him a pen to write the names of the plants on the seed markers. A great way to sneak in some writing practice, and his writing was so neat that he'll definitely be helping me when it comes to writing out the real ones!

On the other hand, Mia's first reaction upon seeing the cardboard plant pots was 'ice creams'! She busied herself with filling the pots up with the rice and popping a pom pom on top to make ice cream cones. Perhaps not quite the play that I had imagined, but I loved seeing her little thought processes at work and she had such fun! She also caught on that the pom poms could represent flowers that had grown, and was busy filling up flower pots. She came home this week from nursery with a real bulb planted in a flower pot and is most annoyed that it hasn't started growing yet, so at least this was some instant planting gratification for her!

I must admit that I had worried that at 6 Harry was getting a bit old for sensory play, but I was wrong. Both children played beautifully together for ages, even though they tended to play their own games independently with the shared materials! They both sat their narrating their own play, yet enjoying the other's company.

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It looks like I'll be in "butterfly world" for a while with my grandma's party and all. My son' preschool class recently studied butterflies, even grew some from caterpillars (something I plan on doing here after we get back from vacation later this Spring). I had seen this example of an edible butterfly cycle. I decided that we would try it in our house for an interesting snack. I look forward to trying some of her stuff with the Very Hungry Caterpillar as well. We drew the four basic stages on a plate as my son told me about each in detail. It was his job to put everything in the right category. He's a pretty good teacher!

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It looks like I'll be in "butterfly world" for a while with my grandma's party and all. My son' preschool class recently studied butterflies, even grew some from caterpillars (something I plan on doing here after we get back from vacation later this Spring). I had seen this example of an edible butterfly cycle.

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Bugs, butterflies, creepy crawlies...What do they all have in common? The opportunity to have fun while learning using them as themes! Here is a color matching butterflies activity that will be perfect for your preschoolers preparing to go to kindy!

For this color matching activity you will need:

the free printable(instructions to access our Freebies page to download at the end of the post)

any small items in the colors of the butterflies(buttons, pompoms, beads, bells etc)

tweezers

Originally I wanted to use pompoms only, but then I thought to give more options in terms of small items, just to make it more intetersting. (NOTE- this is not for young kids or those who will mouth small objects.)

Ask the children to match the colors and use whatever items they want. This activity develops fine motor skills and color recognition too! The perfect activity to set up this Spring!

This printable is FREE for a limited time only and part of our Bugs Preschool Pack!

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Bugs, butterflies, creepy crawlies...What do they all have in common? The opportunity to have fun while learning using them as themes! Here is a color matching butterflies activity that will be perfect for your preschoolers preparing to go to kindy! For this color matching activity you will need: the free printable(instructions to access our Freebies [...]

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This activity is good for counting, colour and fruit recognition and to develop fine motor skills.

I am sending the mats as well.

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You are going to love these The Very Hungry Caterpillar counting mats! Since the weather started to get better and the butterflies are flying around my daughter is obsessed with butterflies.Her favorite book has become once again The Very Hungry Caterpillar .

"...and then he was a beautiful butterfly" she recites the very hungry caterpillar to me, to her dad and to our dog on daily basis. I've been trying to get her to learn the numbers for a long time without any success.She can count to 10 without any problem but she still doesn't recognize the number symbols.

In an attempt to get her interested I decided to combine two of her favorite things: play dough and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. If you don't already own this book, I highly recommend the finger puppet version of the book.

Play Dough Counting Mats For Toddlers

Our toddler counting activities are always popular and these mats are perfect for working on pre-math skills with toddlers (counting and number recognition). Plus they are a fun way to work on fine motor skills.

To make your own The Very Hungry Caterpillar counting mats you will need

Photo paper (I really recommend printing the mats on photo paper to have the best quality of pictures)

Laminating sheets (so that the playdough doesn't stick to the printables and you can use them more than once)

Laminator

Play dough in different colors (I love as it's great value for money, or you can make your own using )

Instructions

Step 2. Print the very hungry caterpillar counting mats (I recommend using photo paper)

Step 3. Cut the cards and laminate them.

Time To Play

Once your mats are ready, invite your toddler to make little play dough balls (if you have a young toddler you can help him make the little balls). Making play dough balls will help strengthen your toddler's hand muscles.

With young toddlers sit and count together the balls as you put them on the holes the caterpillar made on the fruits.

My daughter can already count so I was just there to remind her the number symbols.

Other Fun Ways To Play With The Counting Mats

Don't laminate the mats and invite your little one to use do-a-dot markers to paint on the holes (I recommend the washable do-a-dot markers for obvious reasons!)

Get buttons in all the colors and use them to fill the holes. It would be a fun color matching practice!

For older toddlers you can set an invitation to play with pompoms and tongs - these ones are perfect for toddler hands! . This would be not only fun but a great way to work on fine motor skills.

If you have enjoyed this activity, you'll love our collection of other The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities .

About the Author

Isabel Arango is the owner of - a multilingual parenting website full of great toddler and preschool activities, with a hands on Montessori approach. You can follow Isabel on , , and .

If you enjoyed this activity here are some more that you may enjoy:
ABC Activities for Toddlers Counting Activities for Toddlers counting printable playdough mats

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Counting Mats

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Catterpillar to butterfly balloon activity

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Catterpillar to butterfly balloon activity

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Surprise your little scientist with this caterpillar and butterfly science activity with balloons. All it takes are a few items from around the house to create this science experiment!
Are you ready for this Butterfly STEM challenge?
Butterfly Science Activity for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

It's Butterfly Week at the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids. Our featured book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It could not be better timing as we just had some monarch caterpillars arrive in our backyard on the milkweed. I can't wait to watch them eat and grow along with my girls.

Have your ever grown milkweed to attract monarch butterflies in your yard?

Here's how you can Make your own butterfly garden and how it can provide many chances for Learning Activities with Butterflies for your child.
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One of my favorite things to do each year in my classroom was to order Caterpillars and watch them grow as a class. Then we added milkweed to our garden and have monarchs visit often to lay eggs and we get to see them grow again and again.

It's really quite magical every single time. We thought it might be fun to see if we can create our own STEM Challenge to turn caterpillars into butterflies and found a fun twist on this balloon science activity.
Are you ready to see how it's done?
Caterpillar to Butterfly Science Activity with Balloons

The kids will want to do this again and again, which it great since it only needs a few items from your kitchen. Here's what you'll need to get started.

Materials for Butterfly Science Activity

Directions for Butterfly STEM Challenge

1. DRAW a butterfly onto a balloon on one side.

ADD A SURPRISE ELEMENT: The first time I did this with my girls I hid the butterfly and just showed them me attaching the filled caterpillar to the bottle so it was a surprise when the butterfly showed up. They were so surprised!!!

Something to think about to add to the FUN FACTOR of this Science Activity. Then, of course, they wanted to create their own and I allowed them to play around with levels of amounts to create a Challenge for them.

2. Draw a caterpillar onto this same balloon on the other side.

3. Fill the empty plastic container with vinegar. You only need a little bit to make this reaction.

4. Then fill the balloon with baking soda by inserting a funnel into the opening and placing a spoonful into the funnel to fill inside of the balloon.

5. Attach the balloon to the plastic container with vinegar. Careful not to spill any of the baking soda inside of the container. When you hang the balloon be sure to hang it on the caterpillar side and talk about how the caterpillar forms a chrysalis that hangs.

6. Now it's time for the STEM Challenge!!! Can make your butterfly grow?

Encourage your child to LIFT UP the caterpillar balloon and allow the baking soda to fill into the container. WATCH and see what happens next!!!!

7. SURPRISE! You balloon will fill up with the gases released from the chemical reaction between the vinegar and baking soda.

How does it work? When baking soda and vinegar mix, they release carbon dioxide (this is the same gas that is in the bubbles in your carbonated drinks).
* LIKE IT? PIN IT!! * Want more Butterfly STEM Challenges?
Take this Science Activity a step further into STEM design by encouraging them to...

Use Technology to research how caterpillars really change inside of their chrysalis into Caterpillars

Use Engineering to build their own butterfly that stands or flies.

Use Math to calculate the rate of growth for the caterpillar in ratio to the amount of baking soda and vinegar used.

Once you think about it the ideas grow and grow for STEM focused activities with this project.

Butterfly & Caterpillar Activities for Preschoolers

Here are a few more activities to go along with the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Have fun learning about Butterflies with your child!

Butterfly Activities for Kids

Try these Virtual Field Trips for Spring!

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Surprise your little scientist with this caterpillar and butterfly science activity with balloons. All it takes are a few items from around the house to create this science experiment! Are you ready for this Butterfly STEM challenge? It's Butterfly Week at the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids.

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Lay puddles out on the floor and let kids jump using both feet.

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I love Spring! Living in Minnesota, the winters are long, and nothing is better than seeing that white stuff disappear! I don't even mind the muddy mess or puddles that come with the melting snow. It's actually a lot of fun. I've been letting my son go crazy playing in them. It's resulted in several clothes changes, but one happy kid. We're planning on playing a puddle jumping gross motor game to get the kids moving this Spring. This game is fun for the classroom or at home.

Puddle Jumping Gross Motor Game

This game is similar to the St. Patrick's Day Clover Hop that I played in March. It was a success so I thought we'd keep the fun coming with puddles. Now as great as it would be to jump in real puddles, we can't always do that. If you can, go for it! Instead I created puddles for the kids to jump on. Let's Play!

1. Lay puddles out on the floor with movement words and actions written (and now also pictured) on the puddles. Have the same amount of clovers as you do kids on the floor. Get the puddles in the shop as part of the Spring Themed Brain Breaks, Yoga, and Games. Laminating is a good idea, that way you can use them again and again.

2. Have music available. Movement and music go hand in hand!

3. Turn on the music and let the puddle jumping begin. Have the kids jump from puddle to puddle while the music is playing. If walking works better for you it can be done that way too!

4. When the music stops have the kids perform the action written (and now also pictured) on their puddle.

5. Start the music again and play resumes.

This can easily be modified to a musical chairs like game. Have one less puddle then students playing. When the music stops the student who is not on the puddle is out.

Spring Themed Brain Breaks, Yoga, and Games

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I love Spring! Living in Minnesota, the winters are long, and nothing is better than seeing that white stuff disappear! I don't even mind the muddy mess or puddles that come with the melting snow. It's actually a lot of fun. I've been letting my son go crazy playing in them.

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Cold, snowy days often mean more time spent indoors. Check out this easy and colorful water science experiment to brighten up even the drabbest day!

With just a few common household items, you can watch colors blend to create your own beautiful climbing rainbow. Setup is quick and the results are different every time! Keep reading to find out how!

Climbing Rainbow Science Experiment

If you have children in your home, then you've likely got everything you need to create your own climbing rainbow. Have you tried the crazy cool walking water science experiment? This experiment is a fun expansion on that activity and the concept of absorption.

Supplies:

Sandwich sized plastic food container

Markers

A small wooden dowel or pencil

Paper towels

Scissors

Tape

Water

How To Create Your Own Climbing Rainbow

Cut a strip of paper towel approximately 2×5 inches in size. On a short edge, use markers to make a strip of blocks in the colors of the rainbow. (We used this opportunity to talk about ROYGBIV.) Let the marker dry. (We found that if the paper towel is still wet with the ink the experiment does not work as well!)

The next step can be done two different ways. You can tape the top of the paper towel to a vertical surface and put only one end in the dish.

Or you may opt to create an arch using a small wooden dowel or pencil. Rest it lengthwise across an empty sandwich sized plastic container. Drape the paper towel strip across the dowel with the colored edges just touching the bottom of the container. (This way requires both short ends to have colored edges.)

Gently pour water into the bottom of the container and watch what happens!

As the paper towel absorbs the water, the capillary action will carry the water along with the marker ink up the paper towel. After the colors climb up or meet in the middle, you have your very own rainbow!
Variations

Don't want a rainbow? Use just two or three colors and watch how they mix.

Experiment to see which brand of paper towel lets the water travel the fastest or slowest.

After the experiment, let your paper towel dry out. Laminate it to make a cool bookmark or Suncatcher.

Want more rainbow science fun?

Try these experiments!
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Andie Jaye is a former preschool teacher turned stay-at-home mom of 4 kiddos. Her blog, Crayon Freckles, focuses on creative learning and play ideas, as well as parenting topics. Andie strives to be honest in her approach and experiences in parenting to let other moms know that they are not alone in their struggle. In her free time, she writes children's books in hopes of publishing someday. You can follow her on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest.

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Cold, snowy days often mean more time spent indoors. Check out this easy and colorful water science experiment to brighten up even the drabbest day! With just a few common household items, you can watch colors blend to create your own beautiful climbing rainbow. Setup is quick and the results are different every time!

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The Same and Different Donut Game is a pre-school activity to practice identifying objects that are the alike and not alike.

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Shape Patterns is a sequencing game where children from 3 to 8 years of age need to complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. It is a multiple choice game with three levels of difficulty. It is excellent for shape recognition and for problem solving.

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These Q-tip daisies are an adorable craft and are great for fine motor skills.

Cotton swabs are not just for your ears. We use them in art projects often. They are great to paint with. They are fun to craft with as well. We used bare Q-tips to make these simple daisies for the spring, but you could also dip the Q-tips in paint and create other colorful flower creations.

We started by cutting a handful of cotton swabs in half.

My daughter and I both rolled a chunk of yellow play dough into a ball with our hands.

Once we formed our balls, we flatten them slightly between our palms.

I showed my daughter how to press the swab halves into the play dough around the outside to form the petals.

When she finished, she poked a green pipe cleaner into the side of her play dough to form her stem.

She put her flower in a vase and then made another daisy to go with it. She has a mock restaurant set-up in her playroom and used these in her restaurant for ambience.

My daughter kept her flowers loose, while I chose to press mine into a sheet of blue paper.

I trimmed a green pipe cleaner and then inserted it into the flower and glued the pipe cleaner down to the paper. I used the remaining piece of pipe cleaner to form a leaf and glued that to the paper too.

My daisy looked lonely, so I made one more daisy and added it to my picture. These were very easy to make and great for letting those little fingers practice their fine motor skills.

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Cotton swabs are not just for your ears. We use them in art projects often. They are great to paint with. They are fun to craft with as well. We used bare Q-tips to make these simple daisies for the spring, but you could also dip the Q-tips in paint and create other colorful flower creations.

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Feed the caterpillar pom pom drop is a fun twist on the classic pom pom drop activity for toddlers. This is the BEST indoor activity for spring!
RELATED...Pom Pom Drop Activities
Pom Pom drops are an amazing way to entertain toddlers. I wish I could hug the mom or teacher that come up with this fantastic and easy activity. This was perhaps one of the first activities I did with the original happy toddler and I quickly saw why it's one of the best and easiest ways to entertain toddlers.

So why change something that is already pretty fantastic? Because I'm an activity mom and I love making great activities even better.

Just like adding water or ice to toys can make them more entertaining for toddlers adding googley eyes can make almost any activity more fun!

How to make your caterpillars

To make my coloured toilet paper caterpillars I used paint sticks. But if you don't have paint sticks at home you can use paint or construction paper taped around the tubes or markers. I like using paint sticks because the colour is vibrant like paint and it dries quickly.

I don't paint the entire tubes just the front part.

Then I attached the googley eyes to the top of the toilet paper tube. If you want you can also add a mouth to create more of a face.

Finally, attached your tubes to a wall or a kitchen cupboard or anywhere you want to entertain your child.

Grab your pom poms and let your toddler loose!

How to play Pom Pom drop

The goal of this activity is to colour sort. Grab a Pom Pom and place it down the correct Pom Pom caterpillar. My guys loved the caterpillars and couldn't wait to start sorting.

My guys liked it when I gave each caterpillar a voice. After they drop a Pom Pom down I would pretend that they are had just eaten the Pom Pom. Then I pretended to be another caterpillar and asked them to feed it a certain colour Pom Pom. They loved this game.

Get creative with the caterpillars and incorporate pretend play games that your know your toddler or preschooler will love. This will make learning colours fun and easy for them. You can also incorporate counting into this activity by counting the Pom Poms as they feed the caterpillars.

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Supplies

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Rainbow Shaving Cream Marbled Art

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If you've been following us for a while, you know we love all things rainbow so today I'm so excited to show you a fantastic marbled shaving cream art project that captures all the colors of the rainbows! It's super easy to set up and the kids had a blast making vibrant marbled paper art.
Rainbow Shaving Cream Marbled Art - Materials:
- Paint in rainbow colors (we used washable tempera)

- Shallow pan (a 9″ x 13″ baking pan works)

- Watercolor paper

- Scraper (or you can cut a piece of your watercolor paper to scrape if you don't have one)

- Shaving cream (foamy not the gel kind)

Get The Instructions Below To Make This Pretty Rainbow Shaving Cream Art

Step 1. Fill your pan with shaving cream. Add paint in a rainbow formation.

Step 2. Trim your watercolor paper to fit inside the pan if necessary. Lay it down flat on top of your rainbow, pressing firmly but gently on all sides.

Step 3. Remove your paper and scrape off the excess shaving cream and paint. It helps to lay down butcher paper on a table prior to this step as it gets messy. What's amazing is the first print will actually form a rainbow pattern!

Step 4. You can then continue adding paper for the next few prints to make marbled rainbow color swirls.

If you want another rainbow print, or if the colors get too "muddy," you can layer shaving cream on top and create another painted rainbow.

Lay down your paper to dry and then add heavy objects on top to flatten the paper down as it will curl up.

Aren't the results stunning and colorful? You can cut these out to make notes, cards, gift tags and other crafts!

Once you're done, let the kids swirl their hands through the shaving cream for an awesome sensory activity.

Have you tried shaving cream marbling? It's SO much fun and definitely a project my kids loved doing. Watch the video below to see it in action:

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This is a numeracy activity . You can count up to 10 , if child recognises till 10 you can go up to 20.

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A few months ago I shared our giant Spring theme - it's over 300 pages of printable books, games, and more for preschool and kindergarten! Today I'm sharing a quick freebie from the pack.

It's a simple counting mat.

Print the mat and provide your child with objects he can stack up to ten. I'll admit that my Four wasn't at all interested in doing a learning activity with me today, but when I told him we could use coins, he was game.

Simply count the correct number of coins and stack them on the corresponding numbers.

Getting all those coins to stand tall is a great fine motor activity, too!

Other objects to use:

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Children recognise numbers and learn how to hop

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Make a cardboard hopscotch for a fun indoor activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Great way to burn off steam when you're stuck inside on rainy days.

When the weather is nice and we're playing outside, the kids get lots of gross motor activity doing all of their favourite things in the backyard.

It's not so easy for kids to burn off their energy and use their muscles in a big way when they're indoors though.

This cardboard hopscotch gives kids the perfect excuse to hop and jump and move around when they're cooped up inside. And if you're like me, and you like making homemade toys and games for your kids, you'll have fun with it too.

Gather up some cardboard and I'll show you how it's done.

Supplies:

Cardboard (large cereal boxes and frozen pizza boxes perfect)

Scissors

Pencil

Acrylic Craft Paint

Paintbrushes

Making your Cardboard Hopscotch

Figure out the design you want for your hopscotch and how many squares you'll need. Ours is 9 squares and a half circle with the number 10 on it at the top.

Then I drew my numbers on the cardboard squares and painted them with acrylic craft paints. I outlined the numbers with a thin liner brush and black paint.

You can find number templates here to print and trace if you're not comfortable drawing your numbers free-hand.

Arrange your squares on the floor and get hopping!

Letting your child re-arrange the hopscotch is a great way to work on counting skills and number recognition.

We used our hopscotch on carpet downstairs and also on the mat that you see here on the main floor, and our squares didn't slide around too much.

If your hopscotch squares are slippery

If you're going to try this on a wood floor, make sure you test to see how slippery it will be first.

You can always run a few lines of puffy paint along the back of the squares if you're concerned about the cardboard sliding. I know several moms who use this method to "slip-proof" their children's socks.

Homemade hopscotch markers

Don't forget the bean-bag "hopscotch stones". If you want to sew some cute ones, I used the pattern for these sweet pyramid beanbags from The Artful Parent.

And that, my friends, is all there is to making an indoor cardboard hopscotch for your toddlers and preschoolers.

What a great way to get the kids moving when the weather's too nasty for them to be outside!

Happy Hopping!

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The tiny seed activity - Sunflower craft

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Keep reading for some fun The Tiny Seed activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. These activities are sure to be a hit with your littles!

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Our April story of the month is called The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. You may know Eric Carle from some of his other classic books like Brown Bear, Brown Bear or The Very Hungry Caterpillar. (I also created a book project for his book Little Cloud.)
For more spring books, check out this post!
The Tiny Seed has the same impressive illustrations. It's an engaging story about a seed's journey through the different seasons of the year.
Click on the picture to learn more about this fun book!

After reading this story, check out these The Tiny Seed activities for preschool and kindergarten that include a snack, a craft, and a FREE flower rhyming activity. These activities would be great to use at home with your own littles or in your classroom with your students. Adding these activities to your spring plans will bring learning to life for your kiddos!
Looking for more spring preschool activities? Check out this post!
FLOWER PRETZEL BITES

If you've been reading here for awhile, you know how much I love to add snacks to our stories! To go along with The Tiny Seed, we made Flower Pretzel Bites that everyone in our family loved! These didn't last very long in our house!

Ingredients: Directions:

Lay out parchment paper on a cookie sheet

Melt the vanilla almond bark in the microwave (melt on low and go very slowly...otherwise it'll burn!)

Once it is melted, use a spoon to coat one side of the waffle pretzel and place it on the parchment paper

Add M&Ms to create a flower (make sure you add your M&Ms right away because the vanilla almond bark will dry hard)

Eat them once they're dry! And try not to eat them all at once...they are seriously amazing!

Looking for more spring-themed snacks? Check out this post!
SUNFLOWER CRAFT

I may not be the craftiest girl around, but my daughter sure is! She loves making crafts, so I do my best to find simple, easy-to-complete activities that we can enjoy together. And this Sunflower Craft was just that!

Supplies: Directions:

Have your little one paint the paper plate yellow and the paper towel roll green. Set aside to dry.

Once dry, help your little one glue sunflower seeds onto the plate. Note: We used hot glue for this. I put the glue on the plate and my daughter added the sunflower seeds. Parental supervision required when using hot glue.

While gluing on your sunflower seeds, you can talk about the seed from the story and its journey through the seasons.

Last, use hot glue to add the paper plate to the paper towel roll. I completed this step for my daughter.

Hang up your little one's sunflower and see how proud they are of their work!

FLOWER RHYMING ACTIVITY

The ability to hear different sounds in words ( phonemic awareness) is a crucial skill for little ones to master on their journey to reading. Rhyming is one of the most fun ways to practice this skill, as it helps your students focus on hearing the same ending sound in different words.

For this activity, have your students match the picture on the flower to the correct ending sound on the stem (called a word family). Each word family has two flowers that match to it. Your students will also practice building words by adding the correct letter to the beginning of each word family to spell the names of the pictures.

Want to increase the engagement? Add the flowers to some "soil" (a sensory bin of black beans) and have your students "pick" the stems before finding the rhyming flower tops. This is a great way to add to the fun!

Click here to check out another spring sensory bin that's perfect for your preschoolers!
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Have you read The Tiny Seed? What's your favorite preschool or kindergarten activity to go along with this book? Comment below or find me on Instagram (@littleslovelearningblog) and let me know! love these ideas? pin for later!

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Looking for other spring activities? How about activities for other seasons of the year? Click HERE to see all of our posts that go along with the seasons!

Happy Learning!

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Children will love having the interactive experience of assisting their flowers grow right out of the soil up towards the sunshine.

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We adore everything about spring time, especially watching our flowers and bulbs sprout out of the ground every year and begin growing. If you have toddlers or preschoolers who are learning all about how flowers and plants grow this spring, this paper plate growing flower craft is a perfect compliment to add to your preschool learning unit.

Preschoolers and toddlers will love having the interactive experience of assisting their flowers grow right out of the soil up towards the sunshine.

This simple spring flower craft only requires a few materials you probably already have on hand at home like paper plates, paper, paint and markers, so it makes an especially easy craft for preschoolers and toddlers to create with a little assistance.
This paper plate growing flower craft idea is from our contributor Shikha from The Joys of Sharing. Make sure to stop by her website and follow her on Instagram to keep up with her latest arts and crafts ideas.
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Supplies for Paper Plate Flower Craft:

Growing Flower Craft Instructions:

1. Grab a paper plate and mark the section for soil. Paint the soil section with brown paint.

2. Make the roots of the flower plant using a dark brown marker as shown in the picture below.

3. Now, it's time to make the sun. Cut out a circular shape from yellow paper and glue it on the paper plate. Make sun rays using a black marker.

4. Draw a simple child figurine holding a watering can (you can also use real picture of the child for more fun!). Color the child's clothes, hair and watering can using colored pencils or markers.

5. Glue the girl figurine on the paper plate and draw water droplets flowing from the can using a black or blue marker.

6. Make 2-3 fingerprint flowers of different colors on white paper. Cut out the flowers carefully and glue buttons in the center of the flower making the pistil.

7. Cut out a few leaves from green paper.

8. Glue the flowers and leaves on a green craft stick to create your flower.

9. Carefully make a slit on the paper plate along the edge of soil such that the craft stick with the flowers and leaves passes through it comfortably.

That's it! Your paper plate growing flower craft is complete!

Now this fun and interactive spring craft is all set for kids to have some playful fun.

To play with the craft, have the child use one of their hands to hold the side of the paper plate to keep it stable. Then using their other hand, move the craft stick coming out from the back of the paper plate up and down to see their flowers sprout and grow up out of the soil.

More fun interactive paper plate Spring Crafts for Kids

Kids will love watching and making their butterfly flutter around the fingerprint flowers on this fun paper plate spring craft.

You won't believe the cuteness and fun of this paper plate frog craft. Kids will have a hoot of a time making the frogs tongue move in and out of the paper plate.

Spring is a fabulous time for bird crafts! This pop up hatching bird craft is simple to make and oh so fun for toddlers and preschoolers to play with.

Paper plates are the perfect base for making all sorts of things like silly paper plate bird hats! Kids will adore creating their own unique bird hat to wear around all afternoon.

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