It’s so stressful each year to think of the perfect Christmas gift for kids to make for their families! It has to be kid-made, reasonably priced, easy to create, and be adorable too. So much stress!! No worries, though. This Painted Canvas Christmas Gift that kids can make for their families is amazing. Even when…
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Gingerbread Activities
Gingerbread activities are almost synonymous with the holiday season. Think of all of the gingerbread men baked over the years and all the creativity that goes into making and decorating gingerbread houses! We love to read different versions of the Gingerbread Man story (see the video of our favorites HERE) and then follow up with some…
Soft Gingerbread Play Dough
The best thing about having the perfect play dough recipe is that it is very easy to substitute ingredients (like we did in this Apple Cinnamon dough) to make it into something new. In this case, we just added a few spices to make one that is perfect Christmas – super soft Gingerbread Play Dough….
Penguin Process Art
Recently I was searching for ideas on how to incorporate more Process Art projects into our classroom. The temptation to make “cute” projects for display, or for the parents’ benefit is very strong. Most of these craft project require a lot of teacher preparation (cut out all of the pieces, make a model, etc.) and…