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Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Snow Flour Painting
Snow Flour Painting
Ages: 3- 5 years
Time to complete: 20 minutes Children enjoy the process of making it ?snow? on their picture as much as they like the finished product.
What you need: newspaper (to protect your work surface and catch excess flour) , blue construction paper , glue , water , small bowl , paint brush , flour , sifter or small strainer , decorations (pipe cleaners , twigs , beads , raisins , or other small objects)
Instructions:Gather your supplies. Put a piece of newspaper on your work surface. Mix white glue with water (about 50/50) in a small bowl. Have your child paint a winter scene with a snowman on the construction paper with the glue mixture. Give your child the strainer or sifter and have him or her hold it over the painting. Pour some flour into the strainer and have your child shake it over the painting to make it snow. Help your child pick up the picture and shake the excess flour onto the newspaper. Use decorations and glue to add arms and a face to the snowman. Allow the picture to dry before shaking it one more time.
See full activity here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21239569@N05/sets/72157607273097533/
Ages: 3- 5 years
Time to complete: 20 minutes Children enjoy the process of making it ?snow? on their picture as much as they like the finished product.
What you need: newspaper (to protect your work surface and catch excess flour) , blue construction paper , glue , water , small bowl , paint brush , flour , sifter or small strainer , decorations (pipe cleaners , twigs , beads , raisins , or other small objects)
Instructions:Gather your supplies. Put a piece of newspaper on your work surface. Mix white glue with water (about 50/50) in a small bowl. Have your child paint a winter scene with a snowman on the construction paper with the glue mixture. Give your child the strainer or sifter and have him or her hold it over the painting. Pour some flour into the strainer and have your child shake it over the painting to make it snow. Help your child pick up the picture and shake the excess flour onto the newspaper. Use decorations and glue to add arms and a face to the snowman. Allow the picture to dry before shaking it one more time.
See full activity here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21239569@N05/sets/72157607273097533/
A Love Themed Luncheon
Valentine's Day fun: A love-themed luncheonby Eileen Kasofsky
Whether you're hosting a party for a group of children or just looking for fun ways to celebrate with your own kids, this luncheon is sure to be a hit with girls and boys.
Construct a valentine tree centerpiece
Step 1: Go outside and look for a fallen branch that has lots of smaller branches on it (or you can buy one in a garden or craft store).
Step 2: Fill an empty coffee can with dirt or pebbles. Cut a hole in the lid big enough to fit the branch in. Then "plant" the tree in the coffee can.
Step 3: Have the kids cut out hearts from pink and red construction paper and punch a hole at the top of each heart.
Step 4: Let the kids decorate the hearts with crayons, markers, stickers or glitter glue. They can even address them as valentines to people they care about.
Step 5: Once the glue has dried, have the kids string red, pink, and white ribbon or yarn through the holes and tie them to the branches.
Variations: If you have more time and energy, you can spruce up your tree by:- Spray painting the branches pink or red. Do this in a well-ventilated area and let the branches dry before you decorate the tree. You can also paint the branches with acrylic paint, but it's more tedious and takes more time.- Covering the coffee container with red construction paper or felt. Adhere the material to the can with white craft glue.
Set the perfect table
• Purchase a red and white checkered tablecloth.
• Set the table with red, plastic utensils.
• Dress up some stuffed animals in red scarves and coats (made out of felt) and place them around the centerpiece.
Prepare a be-mine menu
If you have a small chalkboard, ask your kids to write the menu on it and place it near the table. What to serve? Here are some rosy ideas:
• Pizza Muffins: Spoon bottled spaghetti sauce over English muffin halves. Place a slice of provolone or mozzarella cheese cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter over the sauce; place on a cookie sheet and bake in a 300 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese melts. Sprinkle with oregano and serve.
• Spaghetti with red sauce
• Bowls of cherry tomatoes
• A platter of boiled, peeled shrimp, garnished with slices of red pepper on a bed of red-leaf lettuce.
• Ginger ale served with frozen cranberry juice ice cubes, red straws, and red paper parasols
• Graham cracker dessert cards: These are edible cards the kids decorate themselves. Set out graham crackers, frosting in different colors (you can buy or make basic white frosting and then add a few drops of food coloring to make different colors), decorative candies such as red hots, red M&Ms, red shoestring licorice, and tubes for writing messages with frosting (you can purchase small tubes of frosting in the baking section of your store, too). Let the kids frost each graham cracker. The frosting will act as "cement" for adhering the decorations.
Whether you're hosting a party for a group of children or just looking for fun ways to celebrate with your own kids, this luncheon is sure to be a hit with girls and boys.
Construct a valentine tree centerpiece
Step 1: Go outside and look for a fallen branch that has lots of smaller branches on it (or you can buy one in a garden or craft store).
Step 2: Fill an empty coffee can with dirt or pebbles. Cut a hole in the lid big enough to fit the branch in. Then "plant" the tree in the coffee can.
Step 3: Have the kids cut out hearts from pink and red construction paper and punch a hole at the top of each heart.
Step 4: Let the kids decorate the hearts with crayons, markers, stickers or glitter glue. They can even address them as valentines to people they care about.
Step 5: Once the glue has dried, have the kids string red, pink, and white ribbon or yarn through the holes and tie them to the branches.
Variations: If you have more time and energy, you can spruce up your tree by:- Spray painting the branches pink or red. Do this in a well-ventilated area and let the branches dry before you decorate the tree. You can also paint the branches with acrylic paint, but it's more tedious and takes more time.- Covering the coffee container with red construction paper or felt. Adhere the material to the can with white craft glue.
Set the perfect table
• Purchase a red and white checkered tablecloth.
• Set the table with red, plastic utensils.
• Dress up some stuffed animals in red scarves and coats (made out of felt) and place them around the centerpiece.
Prepare a be-mine menu
If you have a small chalkboard, ask your kids to write the menu on it and place it near the table. What to serve? Here are some rosy ideas:
• Pizza Muffins: Spoon bottled spaghetti sauce over English muffin halves. Place a slice of provolone or mozzarella cheese cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter over the sauce; place on a cookie sheet and bake in a 300 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese melts. Sprinkle with oregano and serve.
• Spaghetti with red sauce
• Bowls of cherry tomatoes
• A platter of boiled, peeled shrimp, garnished with slices of red pepper on a bed of red-leaf lettuce.
• Ginger ale served with frozen cranberry juice ice cubes, red straws, and red paper parasols
• Graham cracker dessert cards: These are edible cards the kids decorate themselves. Set out graham crackers, frosting in different colors (you can buy or make basic white frosting and then add a few drops of food coloring to make different colors), decorative candies such as red hots, red M&Ms, red shoestring licorice, and tubes for writing messages with frosting (you can purchase small tubes of frosting in the baking section of your store, too). Let the kids frost each graham cracker. The frosting will act as "cement" for adhering the decorations.
To make this time even more fun, play love songs from the '50s and '60s (Beatles, Supremes, etc.) as background music.
Play message in a balloon
Write different tasks on small pieces of paper such as tell a joke, sing a song, stand on your head, etc. Insert the messages in red and pink balloons before blowing them up. Have everyone sit in a circle and give each person a balloon. Go around the circle, popping one at a time, and cheering each other on as each person performs their assigned task. (Since popped balloons are a choking hazard for toddlers, be sure to collect and discard them right away.)
Make a memento box
This is a wonderful gift, especially for a beloved family member like Grandma or a great-aunt. If you'd like your guests to do this craft, specify on the invitation that they need to bring a small, unfinished wooden box with a lid (available at craft stores); you can supply the rest. You'll need 2 small foam brushes, sandpaper, pink acrylic paint, scissors, white glue, a small plastic bowl, magazines that the kids can flip through to cut out pictures (make sure the images are small enough to fit on the box or lid), old valentines, valentine stickers.
Step 1: Have each child lightly sand her box and lid. Clean off the dust and, with a foam brush, paint the inside and outside of the box and lid with the pink paint. Let dry.
Step 2: Each child should figure out where she wants to place the images from magazines as well as the stickers and old valentines.
Step 3: Glue the images on the outside of the box and the lid. Tell the children to make sure the pictures are thoroughly glued down. If any pictures stick out above the edges of the box or lid, trim them off carefully.
Step 4: Squeeze some glue into the bowl. Using the other foam brush, cover all the images with glue. The glue will look opaque at first, but will dry clear. If the glue is too thick to spread evenly, mix in a little water. Allow the glue to dry for about 15 minutes and then "paint" the lid and box with another coat of glue. Let it dry overnight.
Step 5: Tell each child to fill the box with goodies before giving it as a gift. She can put in photos of herself, a valentine poem, some small heart-shaped soaps and chocolate, a red scented candle.
Create marble-rolled valentines
You can have your guests do this Jackson-Pollack-like activity, or you and your child can do it together before the party and use the valentines as invitations to the party or simply to mail to friends and relatives.
Step 1: Tape the edges of 8 1/2" x 11" construction paper to the inside of a gift box or a small, clean individual-sized pizza box.
Step 2: Carefully pour tempera paint into short paper condiment cups (one color per cup).
Step 3: Drop 1 or 2 marbles into each cup so they are submerged in paint. Using plastic spoons, retrieve 3 or 4 marbles from the paint cups and place them inside the box. Slowly tip box so that the marbles roll around. When paint is used up on each marble, put it back into the paint or try two more colors.
Step 4: Once the paint has dried, remove the paper from the box and cut it into heart shapes. Write inscriptions on the back and mail them off.
Step 5 (optional): Use pieces of the marble-rolled paper for envelopes. Completely unfold a store-bought envelope and trace its shape onto the painted construction paper. Cut the pattern out. Then refold the envelope, using the store-bought one as a guide. Glue the edges together and seal it with heart stickers.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Discovery Gateway
Come On, Let's Play! http://www.discoverygateway.org/
Discovery Gateway children's museum is located in the Gateway Mall in downtown Salt Lake City. Discovery Gateway offers 60,000 square feet of interactive, hands-on fun. Come explore our engaging workshops, programs, and exhibits that invite the whole family to create, learn, and play together!
Membership (yearly) Fee: $95 on sale right now.
CONTACT US: 444 West 100 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84101801-456-5437
HOURS: Monday-Thursday 10 am - 6 pmFriday & Saturday 10 am - 8 pmSunday Noon - 6 pm
Studio 444's Family Art Classes Every Friday at 4:30Call 801-456-5437 x 130 to sign up now.
Discovery Gateway children's museum is located in the Gateway Mall in downtown Salt Lake City. Discovery Gateway offers 60,000 square feet of interactive, hands-on fun. Come explore our engaging workshops, programs, and exhibits that invite the whole family to create, learn, and play together!
Membership (yearly) Fee: $95 on sale right now.
CONTACT US: 444 West 100 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84101801-456-5437
HOURS: Monday-Thursday 10 am - 6 pmFriday & Saturday 10 am - 8 pmSunday Noon - 6 pm
Studio 444's Family Art Classes Every Friday at 4:30Call 801-456-5437 x 130 to sign up now.
Visit Clark Planetarium
http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/
Just to walk around, you can stay for an hour and still have plenty to come back and to next time! They have free exhibits http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/shows/exhibits or see an educational IMAX movie: http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/shows
Hours of Operation
Opens at 10:30 AM, 7 days a week;Closes following the beginning of the last show of the day.In general, we close Sunday at 6:00 PM, Mon – Wed at 8:00, Thurs at 9:00 PM, Fri & Sat at 11:00 PM.Call to day: 801-456-STAR (7827)
Prices for show tickets are as follows:
$8.00 for adults/teens/seniors
$6.00 for children 12 and under
$6.00 matinee tickets for adults for programs beginning before 5 pm, except special engagements.
$6.00 for all 2nd show tickets, for the same person, on the same day.
ATK GO FOR LAUNCH
The ATK Go For Launch Exhibit presents a history of rocketry, the fundamental physics of rocket propulsion , and a look at how ATK recycles reusable solid rocket motors, (RSRMs). Also featured are a multiple choice video presentation on solid rocket motors and a full scale mock up of an RSRM booster segment.
FOUCAULT PENDULUM
Does the Earth really turn? This classic demonstration was the first real proof that it is the Earth that spins, and not the sky.Download Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.pdf) (.doc)
ATK: PROJECT CONSTELLATION
NASA’s Space Shuttles have served us well for almost 30 years and are now approaching retirement. Soon, a new generation of Ares rockets will take over the task of launching 21st Century astronauts and cargo into Earth orbit, to the Moon and to Mars. This new Project Constellation exhibit from ATK Launch Systems showcases the Ares I Crew Launch and Ares V Cargo Launch vehicles in scale models and includes computer animation of how the system will support America’s efforts to return astronauts to the Moon in the next decade.
ABOUT TELESCOPES
How do telescopes work?Which one is right for me?This interactive exhibits will help you understand the tool of the astronomer, and get you started on your own observing hobby.
EARTH GLOBE
Our classic Rand McNally Earth Globe has been relocated to the 2nd floor Mezzanine level.
HUBBLE (BEST OF)
See the "Best of Hubble", spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope.Also watch a weekly-updated program of current events in Astronomy and Space Exploration.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
200 miles above the Earth, the largest and most complex space laboratory ever built continues to grow. Continuously inhabited since November, 1997, the scientists aboard the ISS strive to learn more about space, science, and the human body and mind.
KUTV CHANNEL 2 WEATHER STATION
A fully-functioning weather station sits atop the Clark Planetarium building. Try your hand at giving a weather report "on camera" here.
MARSSCAPE
Would you like to go to Mars one day? Our MarsScape will certainly help tomorrow's astronauts imagine standing on the Red Planet.
METEORITES
A very nice collection of meteorites representing many different sizes, shapes and classification of these rocks from space. You'll be surprised at how heavy meteorites can be as you touch, hold, and lift actual meteorites.
MOONSCAPE
12 astronauts walked on the Moon. Thousands have imagined their own moonwalk on our MoonScape.
NEWTON'S DAYDREAM
"Newton's Daydream," an audio-kinetic sculpture by renowned artist and sculptor George Rhoads, is the newest permanent exhibit at the Clark Planetarium.The two-story tall sculpture combines an intricate maze of moving balls with bells, drums and other noisemaking obstacles to create a whirring visual and auditory palette. "Newton's Daydream" is installed inside the Planetarium's main lobby and will be the focal point for all visitors.
REASON FOR THE SEASONS
Why is the Sun so low in the sky in winter? Why are the days so long in summer? This interactive exhibit won't lower your air conditioning bill, but it will help you understand why we have seasons.
SCIENCE ON A SPHERE
Clark Planetarium’s newest showcase exhibit, Science On a Sphere (SOS)®, fills the lobby with a global display system. Science on a Sphere uses advance computing systems to project a multitude of video sequences onto a six foot diameter sphere. Image sets include Earth’s weather systems, plate tectonics, ocean temperatures and Earth at night. Also presented are the Milky Way, Sun, Moon and the other planets of our Solar System. Future enhancements will include narrated programs and live demonstrations.
SOLAR & LUNAR ECLIPSES
What causes eclipses? This interactive exhibit will prepare you to see and understand one of nature's greatest phenomena.
STAR POWER
Are you curious about the new solar panels on the roof of Clark Planetarium? Come explore our new exhibit, Star Power. Find out how much power you can produce with your muscles, how solar panels work and how most of energy sources we’re familiar with have their ultimate origins in sunlight.Click here to see the real-time power generated by our solar panels.
THE MOON: OUR COMPANION IN SPACE
See an actual Moon sample, returned by the astronauts of Apollo 15. This highly informative exhibit will help you better understand our companion world and humankind's journey there.Download: Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.doc) (.pdf)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Clark Planetarium's model of the Solar System is 150 million times smaller than the real thing. Even at this scale, the Sun is so large it cannot be contained fully within the exhibit space! This exhibit has interesting facts about each planet and a computerized quiz that allows you to test your knowledge of the solar system. Download: Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.doc) (.pdf)
WEIGHT ON OTHER WORLDS
How much would you weigh if you were standing on Mars? How about on an asteroid, or a Neutron Star, or hovering in a spaceship above the clouds of Jupiter? Weight on Other Worlds will tell you. This great interactive exhibit will both educate and entertain as you watch a computer-animated space alien explore the physical conditions on thirteen different worlds.
or you can take your family to an IMAX educational movie:
Just to walk around, you can stay for an hour and still have plenty to come back and to next time! They have free exhibits http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/shows/exhibits or see an educational IMAX movie: http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/shows
Hours of Operation
Opens at 10:30 AM, 7 days a week;Closes following the beginning of the last show of the day.In general, we close Sunday at 6:00 PM, Mon – Wed at 8:00, Thurs at 9:00 PM, Fri & Sat at 11:00 PM.Call to day: 801-456-STAR (7827)
Prices for show tickets are as follows:
$8.00 for adults/teens/seniors
$6.00 for children 12 and under
$6.00 matinee tickets for adults for programs beginning before 5 pm, except special engagements.
$6.00 for all 2nd show tickets, for the same person, on the same day.
ATK GO FOR LAUNCH
The ATK Go For Launch Exhibit presents a history of rocketry, the fundamental physics of rocket propulsion , and a look at how ATK recycles reusable solid rocket motors, (RSRMs). Also featured are a multiple choice video presentation on solid rocket motors and a full scale mock up of an RSRM booster segment.
FOUCAULT PENDULUM
Does the Earth really turn? This classic demonstration was the first real proof that it is the Earth that spins, and not the sky.Download Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.pdf) (.doc)
ATK: PROJECT CONSTELLATION
NASA’s Space Shuttles have served us well for almost 30 years and are now approaching retirement. Soon, a new generation of Ares rockets will take over the task of launching 21st Century astronauts and cargo into Earth orbit, to the Moon and to Mars. This new Project Constellation exhibit from ATK Launch Systems showcases the Ares I Crew Launch and Ares V Cargo Launch vehicles in scale models and includes computer animation of how the system will support America’s efforts to return astronauts to the Moon in the next decade.
ABOUT TELESCOPES
How do telescopes work?Which one is right for me?This interactive exhibits will help you understand the tool of the astronomer, and get you started on your own observing hobby.
EARTH GLOBE
Our classic Rand McNally Earth Globe has been relocated to the 2nd floor Mezzanine level.
HUBBLE (BEST OF)
See the "Best of Hubble", spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope.Also watch a weekly-updated program of current events in Astronomy and Space Exploration.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
200 miles above the Earth, the largest and most complex space laboratory ever built continues to grow. Continuously inhabited since November, 1997, the scientists aboard the ISS strive to learn more about space, science, and the human body and mind.
KUTV CHANNEL 2 WEATHER STATION
A fully-functioning weather station sits atop the Clark Planetarium building. Try your hand at giving a weather report "on camera" here.
MARSSCAPE
Would you like to go to Mars one day? Our MarsScape will certainly help tomorrow's astronauts imagine standing on the Red Planet.
METEORITES
A very nice collection of meteorites representing many different sizes, shapes and classification of these rocks from space. You'll be surprised at how heavy meteorites can be as you touch, hold, and lift actual meteorites.
MOONSCAPE
12 astronauts walked on the Moon. Thousands have imagined their own moonwalk on our MoonScape.
NEWTON'S DAYDREAM
"Newton's Daydream," an audio-kinetic sculpture by renowned artist and sculptor George Rhoads, is the newest permanent exhibit at the Clark Planetarium.The two-story tall sculpture combines an intricate maze of moving balls with bells, drums and other noisemaking obstacles to create a whirring visual and auditory palette. "Newton's Daydream" is installed inside the Planetarium's main lobby and will be the focal point for all visitors.
REASON FOR THE SEASONS
Why is the Sun so low in the sky in winter? Why are the days so long in summer? This interactive exhibit won't lower your air conditioning bill, but it will help you understand why we have seasons.
SCIENCE ON A SPHERE
Clark Planetarium’s newest showcase exhibit, Science On a Sphere (SOS)®, fills the lobby with a global display system. Science on a Sphere uses advance computing systems to project a multitude of video sequences onto a six foot diameter sphere. Image sets include Earth’s weather systems, plate tectonics, ocean temperatures and Earth at night. Also presented are the Milky Way, Sun, Moon and the other planets of our Solar System. Future enhancements will include narrated programs and live demonstrations.
SOLAR & LUNAR ECLIPSES
What causes eclipses? This interactive exhibit will prepare you to see and understand one of nature's greatest phenomena.
STAR POWER
Are you curious about the new solar panels on the roof of Clark Planetarium? Come explore our new exhibit, Star Power. Find out how much power you can produce with your muscles, how solar panels work and how most of energy sources we’re familiar with have their ultimate origins in sunlight.Click here to see the real-time power generated by our solar panels.
THE MOON: OUR COMPANION IN SPACE
See an actual Moon sample, returned by the astronauts of Apollo 15. This highly informative exhibit will help you better understand our companion world and humankind's journey there.Download: Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.doc) (.pdf)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Clark Planetarium's model of the Solar System is 150 million times smaller than the real thing. Even at this scale, the Sun is so large it cannot be contained fully within the exhibit space! This exhibit has interesting facts about each planet and a computerized quiz that allows you to test your knowledge of the solar system. Download: Exhibit Activity for the classroom (.doc) (.pdf)
WEIGHT ON OTHER WORLDS
How much would you weigh if you were standing on Mars? How about on an asteroid, or a Neutron Star, or hovering in a spaceship above the clouds of Jupiter? Weight on Other Worlds will tell you. This great interactive exhibit will both educate and entertain as you watch a computer-animated space alien explore the physical conditions on thirteen different worlds.
or you can take your family to an IMAX educational movie:
Livig Planet Aquarium
Visit the Salt Lake Aquarium:
http://www.thelivingplanet.com/
Admission
Adults $9.00Seniors, Students & Military $8.00Children $7.002 and under are Free
Purchase Tickets
Memberships
Get one year of admission to The Living Planet Aquarium, and 10% off in our gift shop and on birthday parties!
Adults $18.00Children $14.00
Purchase a Membership
Hours
Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Living Planet Aquarium 725 E. 10600 S.Sandy, UT 84094 801-355-Fish (3474) info@thelivingplanet.com
Calendar:
http://www.thelivingplanet.com/event_calendar.html
Every Saturday they have a "free" (after admission) educational classes (12pm, 2:30pm, and 4pm) about how each type of animal survives in it's habitat.
http://www.thelivingplanet.com/
Admission
Adults $9.00Seniors, Students & Military $8.00Children $7.002 and under are Free
Purchase Tickets
Memberships
Get one year of admission to The Living Planet Aquarium, and 10% off in our gift shop and on birthday parties!
Adults $18.00Children $14.00
Purchase a Membership
Hours
Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Living Planet Aquarium 725 E. 10600 S.Sandy, UT 84094 801-355-Fish (3474) info@thelivingplanet.com
Calendar:
http://www.thelivingplanet.com/event_calendar.html
Every Saturday they have a "free" (after admission) educational classes (12pm, 2:30pm, and 4pm) about how each type of animal survives in it's habitat.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Paper Snowflakes Activity
Instructions:This is a simple and quick craft and very effective and long-lasting. You can make a huge stock of these in no time and they will last for ever! You can hang them on the Christmas tree as ornaments, tie them into garlands or mobiles. Lacy white paper doilies Scissors Clear contact paper (Silver or white thread) (Paper punch) (Silver or white glitter, or tiny pearlescent stars) Instructions The size and shape of your snowflakes will depend on your paper doilies. Aim to cut out parts of the doily to create snowflakes varying in size from about 1inch to 3 inches in diameter. Use contact paper, arrange the snowflakes on the sticky side of one piece as above, decorate with glitter if required, then carefully lay a second piece of contact paper over the top. If you are going to use the snowflakes as window decorations, all you have to do now is cut around them and attach them to the window. If you would like to use them as hanging decorations, punch a small hole with a hole punch and thread each snowflake with a short length of silver or white thread. (From their website)
Little Hands Wreath
Instructions:Make an adorable wreath from your child's handprints. Supplies needed: green construction paper A piece of red construction paper or ribbon Pencil Scissors Glue Optional: Glitter or glitter glue Trace the child's hand on a piece of green construction paper. Cut out the hand print. Make about 10 paper hands for each wreath. Glue the hand prints together in a wreath shape, with the wrists overlapping a little bit. Glue on a red ribbon bow (or make one from red construction paper). Optional: Decorate your wreath with glitter or glitter glue. (From Enchanted Learning Website)
Five Little Snowflakes Activity
Still need a rhyme, but could go to 5 little monkeys?
Instructions:Bring a snowflake story to life with this idea from Shelley! --HERE'S HOW-- Shelley (a viewer) sent in this great rhyme and I put together a few templates to go with. You can use the rhyme with the templates a few ways. Shelley suggested giving each child one of the templates and letting them hold theirs up at the appropriate time in the rhyme (you can tape a straw or popsicle stick onto the bottom to make them like puppets... the kids seem to like waving puppets around more than just holding up pieces of paper). You could also make the templates as felt board characters. Simply glue a small piece of coarse sandpaper or felt onto the back of each template so it will hang on the felt board. Place the pieces onto the felt board as you do the rhyme. OPTIONAL: cover the templates in clear contact paper (bought as a roll from your local office supply store for under $5) to make them last longer. The kids can help make it!! :D See the pictures for templates! :) Good Luck!
Instructions:Bring a snowflake story to life with this idea from Shelley! --HERE'S HOW-- Shelley (a viewer) sent in this great rhyme and I put together a few templates to go with. You can use the rhyme with the templates a few ways. Shelley suggested giving each child one of the templates and letting them hold theirs up at the appropriate time in the rhyme (you can tape a straw or popsicle stick onto the bottom to make them like puppets... the kids seem to like waving puppets around more than just holding up pieces of paper). You could also make the templates as felt board characters. Simply glue a small piece of coarse sandpaper or felt onto the back of each template so it will hang on the felt board. Place the pieces onto the felt board as you do the rhyme. OPTIONAL: cover the templates in clear contact paper (bought as a roll from your local office supply store for under $5) to make them last longer. The kids can help make it!! :D See the pictures for templates! :) Good Luck!
Ice Cube Racers
Instructions:Ice Cube Racers Use food coloring to make different colors of water. Place the colored water into ice cube trays. Set up an ice cube race track by placing a smooth board against a chair diagonally. Set out the ice cubes. Let the children choose their ice cube, put it at the top of the race track and watch it race down to the bottom. Place newspaper at the bottom, with a large tray to catch the ice, or it is possible to do this outside, using a board against a bench. The colored ice cubes would especially show up in the white snow! This is a great activity to do with toddlers.
I'm a Little Snowman Song
Instructions:I'm a little snowman, Short and fat. Here is my broom (pretend to hold broom handle) Here is my hat (pat top of head) When it's cold and icy, (hug self and shiver) I will stay. But when it gets all hot (wipe brow) I melt away! (shrink down to floor) Sing this to the tune of "I'm a little teapot".
Winter Nature Walk
Instructions:Nature walks in the winter can be quite different from walks in the summertime. Talk to your toddler about the winter seasons. Point out bare trees, ice or snow, wet plants, etc. On your walk together, take a bucket with you. Collect small objects that interest your toddler like stones, leaves, pine cones. Your toddler will want to carry the bucket, but don't be surprised if he also dumps its contents and starts again. Toddlers this age love to fill containers just so they can empty them again. Meanwhile, he's practicing his hand movements and developing dexterity.
Christmas Tree Garland
Instructions:What you will need: *Yarn *Fruit Loops Cereal *Masking tape Cut a length of yarn as long as you would like your garland. Put tape around one end of the yarn to make a "needle". For little ones it is easiest to tape the other end of the yarn to the table. Have the children lace the fruit loops onto the yarn. When the yarn strand is full tie it off at both ends. Hang the garland on your Christmas tree. **As a bonus: Once Christmas is over you can take the garland outside and hang it on the trees because the birds will eat the cereal. After the cereal is eaten you can go out and cut the yarn into small pieces and hang it back on the tree. The birds will be able to use it for their nests.
Jingle Bell Project
Instructions:What you will need: *paper cup *aluminum foil *Small Jingle Bell *String or Ribbon Very Simple Project! Wrap a paper cup in aluminum foil. Poke a small hole in the top of the cup and tie a jingle bell inside the cup with either string or ribbon. Can be used as simple decoration or as an ornament.
Indoor Fishing...
Instructions:Young kids will love catching fish in the comfort of your home! This fun activity requires: plastic fish bowl or small tank sponges fish net fish bath toys that squirt towels!! Cut the sponges into fish shapes. Fill the bowl or tank with water and put the sponges and toys in. Kids will see some items sink and some float! Give them the net and encourage them to catch the fish. Squeezing out the sponges and squirters adds to the fun! Make sure you keep towels close by because this can get messy!! Close supervision is required when playing with water.
Paper Garden
Instructions:Paper Garden in the Winter Straws, scissors, construction paper, tape, vases(I use old starbucks cups, which I have many) or flower boxes, markers to decorate the 'vases'. My son likes to chew on straws so I started making little flowers/animals/bugs on the end of them, which gave him visual stimulation, a chance to chew! The garden was filled with all sorts of fun stuff! And the animals/bugs/flowers can be used as puppets. All of this made him laugh!
Winter Sun Catcher
Winter Sun Catcher!
Ages: 8+ years
Instructions:What you will need: Shoe Lace Water 9" Disposable pie pan Things from nature: pinecone, pine needles, berries, etc. First, fold the shoelace in half, and place across the center of the pie pan. Next, fill the tin pan with water. Then, add things from nature in an arrangement in the pan. Leave it outside to freeze. When it is frozen, carefully remove the ice from the pan. Hang the ice circle from a tree in a sunny place! Enjoy.
Ages: 8+ years
Instructions:What you will need: Shoe Lace Water 9" Disposable pie pan Things from nature: pinecone, pine needles, berries, etc. First, fold the shoelace in half, and place across the center of the pie pan. Next, fill the tin pan with water. Then, add things from nature in an arrangement in the pan. Leave it outside to freeze. When it is frozen, carefully remove the ice from the pan. Hang the ice circle from a tree in a sunny place! Enjoy.
Bowling for Snowmen!
Instructions:There's no snow required for this friendly snowman. Use as a decoration or make a whole snow family, set them up and play bowling with a soft ball. Age Ages 5 and up (younger if children have help cutting) This project is rated EASY to do. What You Need 16 oz. bottle with label removed (water bottles work well) White tissues or cotton balls Pencil Black, orange and green felt pieces Red sock Green and red rick-rack or other narrow sewing trim Green pom-pom Scissors White craft glue What You Do Use the pencil to stuff the soda bottle with white tissue. Cut a one by 12-inch strip of green felt for the scarf. Cut fringe on the ends and trim with rick-rack or other narrow sewing trim. Tie the scarf around the middle of the bottle. Cut a face for the snowman from the orange and black felt pieces. Glue the face to the side of the bottle above the scarf. Cut the toe from the old sock approximately four inches from the toe to make a hat for the snowman. Roll the cut end of the sock up twice to form a brim for the hat. Glue rick-rack around the brim. Slip the hat on the snowman over the top of the bottle. Glue the pom-pom to the top of the hat.
Winter Treasure Hunt
Ages: 3-8
Instructions:Create a fun treasure hunt for the winter. Make a list of things for your child to find outdoors. Here are just a few ideas: Deer Fallen leaves Pine cones Bark A sled Other children Snow Squirrels Additionally, you can make your own treasure hunt with a treasure box to find at the end. Put in it: Packet of hot cocca marshmallows A fun book Crayons A coloring book Give them hints on where to find the treasure, and help them find it. It will be very rewarding treat at the end of their journey. Snuggling up together with their prize can be another fun and warm activity for after your hunt.
Instructions:Create a fun treasure hunt for the winter. Make a list of things for your child to find outdoors. Here are just a few ideas: Deer Fallen leaves Pine cones Bark A sled Other children Snow Squirrels Additionally, you can make your own treasure hunt with a treasure box to find at the end. Put in it: Packet of hot cocca marshmallows A fun book Crayons A coloring book Give them hints on where to find the treasure, and help them find it. It will be very rewarding treat at the end of their journey. Snuggling up together with their prize can be another fun and warm activity for after your hunt.
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