Supplies needed: Jelly beans
Counting jelly beans
Name the colors of jelly beans
Sorting them by colors
Make a picture out of them by arranging them on paper
Practice walking across the room with one in a spoon. See if you can go faster.
If more than one child do a relay
Drop the jelly beans in a bucket from your waist and count how many are in the bucket
Some may think this is wasteful but it is probably better for the child than eating too many of them.
Supplies needed:
One potato for 2 colors of paint ( Use potatoes with good oval shape)
knief
several colors of thickly mixed tempera paint
one 9 by 9 inche sheet of construction paper
scissors
one paint brush for each color of tempera mixed
Cut paper into a large circle to serve as a plate for the eggs (or substitute a paper plate). Cut the potato in half. Be sure there is a potato half for each color. Dip the cut end of the potato into the paint. Press the potato onto the paper to make a print. Fill the plate with different colors of printed eggs. Set aside to dry. Using the paint brushed and paints, decorate the eggs with designs. Set aside to dry.
Supplies needed:
One hard boiled egg
Felt tip pen
White glue
One 4 by 4 inche colorful fabric square
Draw a tiny face near the top of the egg with the felt tip pen. Lay the egg in the middle of the 4 by 4 square.Fold the bottom corner up and glue to egg. Then pull the two corners over the baby egg and glue to the egg. The top corner will hold the baby’s head. Isn’t that adorable?
Supplies needed:
One hard-boiled egg
One inch squares of tissue paper, any colors
White glue
Small paint brush
Egg carton
Paint glue on the hard boiled egg and then lay tissue squares on the glue-covered egg until the egg is covered with tissue. Set the egg into the egg carton to dry.
We parents are the ones that are responsible for teaching our children to talk to God. This will help you teach them to pray for their families, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc
Supplies needed
Method one
Little plastic photo album with about a dozen or more pages
Photos of all on your family prayer list
All you have to do is slip the photos in the book and keep it by their bedside so they can use it every night. Prayer is simply talking to God. This is also great when some relatives live far away and it will help the child to remember what they look like. We are always just a prayer away.
Method 2
Supplies needed:
A dozen or more sandwich size ziplock bags
Photos of those on your prayer list
Hole punch
Ribbon
To make you prayer book put you photos in the ziplock bags and stake to make a book. Punch 2 holes near the edge of the zipper. Run the ribbon through the holes and tie a bow.
Last night I went to my daughter Ruths home and discovered her dinning room table set with placemat made by her children years ago when they were preschoolers….two are now in college. Of coarse Grandma had led the activity. These placemats are used every year and everyone loves of memories of days gone by. So I just have to pass it on to you cause I know you must have some valentines around your house today.
Supplies needed:
Valentines, paper lace hearts, stickers, etc.
Poster board cut into placemat size for the mats (one for each person in the family plus quests)
Glue and scissors
Put the materials on table and give each person his own placemat to decorate. It should be their design. When they are finished let them write their name on it so it can be identified in years to come. Mom and Dad be sure you make your mats along with the children to make it more fun for everyone.
As you can see I am back again. Sorry for the long break but as you know last year was a difficult one with my husband’s illness. He is doing good now and we are so grateful. I got a recent summary of my first year blogging and I had over 4,000 hits on the 72 blogs that I posted. (unbelievable to me)and many good comments. My goal was to do 101 ideas and I hope to work hard to get it done.. Since I have a birthday coming up I hope to complete this project by March 15 when I will turn 77. So stay with me we are almost to the finish line….unless I get a second wind. Thanks for you support through it all.
