Yarn Wrapped Blossoming Spring Tree Craft

Oh how I love spring time and watching mother nature spring to life! One of my favorites is seeing trees start throwing out pretty pink and white blossoms. To celebrate the beautiful season of spring we made this pretty yarn wrapped blossoming spring tree craft. It is perfect for spring time and the yarn wrapping and crunching tissue paper squares works those important fine motor muscles. Did I mention how pretty it is?! 

Yarn Wrapped Cloud and Rainbow Craft

Making rainbow crafts is among my favorite things in spring time! In our excitement about the prediction of an early spring this year, we combined our recent favorite activity of yarn wrapping with some fun fine motor work and created this yarn wrapped cloud and rainbow craft.

Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Twig Ornament

My kids and I recently went on a nature walk and gathered up some materials we found that could be used for crafting. Whenever one of us picked up something it was fun to talk openly about different ways we could use the item in a craft. This in itself is a fun creative preschool activity! We came back with quite a pile of neat materials but my preschooler and I were especially excited about some twigs we gathered. Since our creative preschool theme this week is nature inspired Christmas ornaments, we combined our twigs with some fun fine motor work and made these yarn wrapped Christmas Tree Twig Ornaments. Make sure to check out more ideas for nature inspired ornaments at the bottom of this post!

Magnetic Christmas Tree Busy Bag with Scotch® Expressions Tapes

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. I hope you and your kids enjoy this fun magnetic Christmas tree busy bag over the holidays. #CraftAmazing #CollectiveBias Lets face it...Holidays are a busy time for Mom! Trying to tackle all the prep for the holiday all while keeping the kids busy and entertained during the day can be a daunting task. On those days that my to-do list is longer than I can imagine, I love to set out a variety of busy bags that my preschooler can play with while I'm busily working. This gives me some free time to get things done and crossed off my list. Last week I used Scotch® Expressions Tapes to help me create this stunning Magnetic Christmas Tree Busy Bag. Although it's intended for kids to play with, I have to admit I've already had quite a bit of fun with it also. 

Creative Play with Bunchems!

I've noticed a trend in the last few years where it's hard to find a toy that is both fun and encourages children to think and play creatively. Since I love to encourage my children to think creatively during craft time and play time, I'm always on the look out for new, great products to use in our home. We recently discovered Bunchems and not only are they fun but I am delighted with their endless possibility for creativity!

Yarn Wrapped Reindeer Craft for Kids

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is among the most popular Christmas characters and he's a favorite at our house. With Christmas time approaching it's the perfect time to pull out your favorite Rudolph children's book or the classic movie and then get crafting an adorable reindeer craft. For some extra inspiration, here's a great yarn wrapped reindeer craft that your kids will love creating! Not only is it adorable but the yarn wrapping and clothespins in this fun craft make for great fine motor work for kids.

Beaded Snail Kids Craft

After making our CD Snail craft last week, I've been thinking of more fun ideas for ways to make snails. It's been perfect timing for snail crafts too because my kids found some recently alongside a creek and were mesmerized by them. We've used beads before to create a dragonfly and lightning bug, and this time we created this cute Beaded Snail Kids Craft. 

Paper Plate Laced Christmas Tree Craft

If you are a regular around here, you know how much I love Paper Plate Crafts! We made this Paper Plate Christmas Tree to start out our holiday crafting and added a bit of learning skills into it with some lacing practice. I love how the ridge of the paper plate gives the tree some added texture.

Apple Tree Craft for Preschoolers

My daughter just turned 4 years old and so over the next year we'll be focusing on practicing skills that will help her to be ready for Kindergarten while we do crafts together. This Apple Tree Craft is so simple and incorporates practicing lots of those skills so it is perfect for preschoolers.

Rainbow Fish Alphabet Match

I loved coming across this "Rainbow Fish A, B, C" Book at my library last week. There isn't much text in it at all, it's basically a review of the ABC's in order on each page.  

When I looked through it I knew it would be perfect to use as an ABC matching activity for my daughter to review the alphabet. It turned out to be quite a hit with her! 

Beaded Dragonfly & Lightning Bugs

My kids love all the creepy crawly and flying insects that come out in summer. They get so excited when they spot a butterfly, ladybug, potato bug (which we like to call rollie-pollies), and especially Dragonflies. One night this fun idea hit me of how we could make our own Dragonfly and Lightning Bug (aka Firefly) out of pony beads and pipe cleaners and I'm thrilled with how the idea came together!

Contact Paper Sticky Wall Butterfly Craft

We had some Winter weather today which forced us to play inside this afternoon. I came up with this Contact Paper Sticky Wall Butterfly Craft to help entertain my daughter and it turned out to be a beautiful work of art as well!  

Easter Egg Sensory Play and Learning

I put together an Easter Egg Sensory Bin for my daughter last week and it was a hit! We are still working on recognizing our numbers so I decided to incorporate some learning in the bin with number and color matching.  

St. Patrick's Day Learning Trays

We've had a rough couple of weeks of sickness at our house, but we managed to get in a couple of St. Patrick's Day learning trays this past week that I am finally getting around to sharing with you.

Washi Tape Shamrock Craft with Lacing Practice

My daughter noticed my recent purchase of shamrock washi tape in my craft closet the other day and she couldn't contain her excitement. When she asked if we could make a craft with it how could I say no?! Since she loved our Laced Heart craft so much last month, and with St. Patrick's Day being around the corner, we decided to make a Washi Tape Laced Shamrock.  

Valetine's Day Themed Preschool Activity Trays

We had another round of Valentine's Day themed activity trays this past week and I thought I would share them with you. We worked on numbers, counting, name recognition, matching, and fine motor.

Washi Tape Hearts with Lacing Practice

We made this Washi Tape Laced Heart for an afternoon activity the other day. They are so simple and I loved how it incorporated fine motor lacing practice.

Valentine's Day Activity Trays (Fine Motor, Numbers, Counting, Sorting Name Recognition)

One of my new goals for 2014 with homeschooling my 3-year old is to incorporate activity trays into our learning. My daughter works really well with this type of learning environment so I'm excited to see her progress as we use them this year. I made three trays last week that she enjoyed that incorporated fine motor, numbers, counting, sorting and name recognition using a Valentine's Day theme.

Valentine's Day Scissor Cutting Practice Tray

I saw such a fun Christmas Cutting Tray over at Mama.Papa.Bubba. last month and have been so excited to put one together for my daughter. Since Valentine's Day is coming up I set one up with all things pink, red, purple and hearts.

Washi Tape Christmas Tree Craft (Fine Motor Practice)

I put together this Washi Tape Christmas Tree Craft for my daughter this week that turned out so cute! The best part was that my daughter was able to practice some fine motor skills all while making a beautiful work of art.