Kids Crafts

  • Children's Books, Kids Crafts, Motherhood, Sponsored

    It’s Shoe Time! Time to Learn to Tie Shoelaces

    Thank you to our sponsor Disney-Hyperion!

    It’s Shoe Time! Do your little ones know how to pick out their shoes and how to tie their shoelaces yet? That’s regular topic at our home these days as we prepare my son for Kindergarten next fall. My son hasn’t been thrilled about shoe time although he’s able to dress all by himself. As every parent knows, nothing gets kids more motivated than their favorite fictional characters so when we received the newest book in the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! series, It’s Shoe Time! by Bryan Collier, I felt like the literary powers were smiling on us. If you’re not familiar with the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! series, it’s special stories that Elephant and Piggie  love and introduce to us. It’s Shoe Time! is the fourth book in the series and was released last month on November 7th.

     

    It’s Shoe Time! is equal parts inspirational and funny to my son. He discovered a bit about self-expression and independence through the characters, a beautiful little brown girl like my kids (the diversity makes me very happy) and the shoes who compete for her attention. She ultimately decides to wear two mismatched shoes which it turns out her dad also does.  The first time we read it, my son reminded me that he always chooses matching shoes so I made it a point to celebrate that with him and remind him that all we need to do now is learn to tie his laces. I assured him it wasn’t hard and made him this craft inspired by Elephant and Piggie as I knew seeing his beloved characters would encourage him to practice tying his laces.

    Materials you’ll need for this craft:

    • Construction Paper
    • Scissors
    • Hole Punch
    • Shoelaces
    • Glue
    • Pencil
    • Marker

    Instructions

    1. Using the method we learned from We Are in an ART-ivity Book!, we drew Elephant & Piggie.
    2. Draw shoes of choice, you can design any style of shoes you want.
    3. Glue the shoes on the feet of the characters.
    4. Punch holes for the laces
    5. Lace up the shoes and give it to your kids to play and practice.

     

    How do you make shoe time fun? Do you have any special hacks for teaching kids to tie their laces?

  • DIY, Kids Crafts, Sponsored

    Icky Germs Craft For Kids

    I may or may not have turned my children into germaphobes with this icky germs craft for kids. I thought this would be an excellent way for them to understand what germs are, how they spread, and how we can get rid of them with good hand hygiene. Crafts are a fun way to teach kids valuable lessons, and I found this visual representation of germs in their craft made them more aware of the fact that we can’t see germs and need to wash our hands even when they look or feel clean.

    craft for kids

    If you would like to make this craft with your kids too, you will find the instructions below, it’s very easy.

    To make our Icky Germs Craft we used:

    Instructions: 

    1. Make an outline of hands on the construction paper; if your child is young, you may have to help them with this.drawing hand
    2. Cut out fun shapes on different colors of paper. Try to use colors that will stand out against the color that you used for the hands.
    3. Glue the shapes onto the hands where you believe germs would be.
    4. Allow glue to dry.
    5. Glue eyes to the shapes.
    6. Cut pipe cleaners and use for the mouth or other parts of the germs.

    germ-craft

    Make sure to have fun with this and educate your kids on the importance of washing their hands or using hand sanitizer or wipes to get rid of icky germs.

    kids-craft

    You can display this craft somewhere in your home where they will be reminded of the importance of keeping hands clean by using hand sanitizer and/or washing their hands.

    How do you encourage your kids to clean their hands?

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