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Making Masks – Part 2

We finished up our paper plate masks from earlier this week. The glitter mixed with the glue gave them a nice sparkle! Natalie made a frog, with a pipe cleaner tongue: Both of the girls made elephants, which are really more like puppets than masks. They decided to use googly eyes and we attached the [...]

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Making Masks – Part 1

The girls and I started working on some simple paper plate masks today. We used paper plates cut in half, glue with a tiny bit of water added, and tissue paper squares. I had a bunch of tissue paper already cut-up, but you could also tear it as you go along. And, for sparkle, we [...]

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Dandelion Fun

The girls have been serious dandelion hunters lately. Whenever we are near a patch of grass, they are searching for white dandelions to blow and wish upon. Last time we were at the library, I found the book Dandelion Adventures by L. Patricia Kite over in the kids’ science book area. It tells about the [...]

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Pretend Play: Flower Shop and Gardening

This idea has been in my mind for a while, and I finally pulled all the pieces together yesterday. I set-up a Flower Shop and/or Gardening pretend play prop box for the girls. I was able to gather quite a few things from around the house, then added in fake flowers and plastic vases from [...]

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Spring Felt Board

We have a big felt board that covers the back of our piano. There has not been much interest in playing at the felt board lately, so I decided to pull out my felt stash and make some new spring inspiration. So far, I have cut out flowers, stems, grass, flower pots, soil, seeds, clouds, [...]

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Pretend Play: Restaurant

May I take your order? Playing restaurant is so much fun! Make your own box of props for restaurant play: tablecloth or piece of fabric aprons for waiters, waitresses, and chefs play dishes, paper plates/cups, etc. napkins play food menus (take-out menus from restaurants or make your own!) plastic vase with fake flowers order tablet [...]

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Fun with Grocery Ads

I saved a couple week’s worth of grocery store ads, which we put to use for a few easy projects today. We cut out a big pile of food pictures — I ended up doing most of the cutting, but this would also be a great opportunity for little ones to practice their scissor skills. [...]

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