Learning Placemats

Instructions:With holidays and birthdays come lots of presents - and lots of cards filled with well wishes. Put those cards to use by creating a placemat with your child that can be used daily and then put away for a wonderful keepsake. Also makes great gifts! Materials * Sheet of poster board * Birthday cards and photos * Glue * Scissors What To Do: Cut the poster board to your desired mat size. Cut, place and glue the cards to the poster board on both sides. Have the mat laminated at a local copy store. When you put it in front of your child, talk about what your child sees on the cards and who they are from. What color is Grandma's card? What animal is on Aunt Dorothy's card? Take this idea one step further and make placemats out of other things. Wondering what to do with all that artwork Baby makes? Whether it's a finger painting, a collage or crayon scribble, you can laminate these pages and make placemats for year-round use, or gifts for friends and family.