Halloween Cookie Cutter Art

Cookie cutters aren't just for baking, you can paint with them too! Your child can create spooky shapes using Halloween cookie cutters. This art activity is not only fun, but promotes fine motor skills and creativity in children!

Creepy Thumbprint Spiders

Here's another fun Halloween art project. It's super simple and can be done with children of all ages.

Spooky Footprint Bats!

Last week when we made our footprint ghosts, I decided to also create some footprint bats so that we could make some Halloween cards for family members.

Footprint Ghost Craft

Here's a cute Halloween craft that can be done with a child of any age.

Pots and Pans Band

Although this activity can get pretty noisy, Its a nice distraction for children especially on a rainy day. Allowing children to play with these simple kitchen items promotes fine and gross motor skills as well as hand eye coordination. Its also a great way to teach rhythm and is also appropriate for children of all ages.  

Materials:

Large spoons

Pots

Pans

Musical Shakers!

This is great craft to create with a preschooler or toddler and also something a parent can create for an infant! When I worked as an infant caregiver, I created shakers using different types of things such as rice, beans, bells, coins and pasta! 

Not only are musical shakers fun instruments for preschoolers but they are great discovery toys for infants and toddlers and promote motor skills. I made a shaker for E and she loves playing with it! She explores by rolling it around and listening to the noise it makes.

Activity Tuesday: Handprint Fish

I wanted to post a summer activity before the summer ends so I went through my portfolio and old lesson plans and found an art activity thats appropriate for all ages!

Making handprint fish with infants is a little harder then it would be with other children, but it can be done! I've done it in the past with infants as young as 4 months old and they've come out pretty cute.

Activity Tuesday: Water Play!

Water play is a great sensory activity for keeping kids cool during the hot sumer months. It's developmentally appropriate for all young children and can be done indoors or out. You can also use regular household items for this activity such as a dish tub, measuring cups and spoons.