This super easy, low prep E is for Earth craft is a creative way to incorporate early literacy concepts, process art and building fine motor skills into one simple craft. It's a great craft to incorporate into your letter of the week learning for letter E, Earth Day or outer space units, either at home or in the classroom. I've also included a free printable letter E template you can use to make this craft even easier for young children.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
G is for Grass: Letter G Craft
Help children grow their letter recognition skills by transforming the letter G into a patch of green grass. This fun G is for grass craft will help children learn about the letter G in a creative and hands-on way with a nature inspired twist. Whether you use real grass or green paper, it's a great way to connect teaching literacy with the world around us.
I've also included a free printable letter G template you can use to make this craft even easier for young children. This is a great activity to incorporate into your letter of the week learning for the letter G, or nature units, either at home or in the classroom.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
G is for Gruffalo: Letter G Craft
A Gruffalo, what's a Gruffalo?
A Gruffalo! Why, don't you know?
The Gruffalo is a great way to introduce and teach the letter G and its /g/ sound to children. G is for Gruffalo... g, g, Gruffalo. This fun craft turns the letter G into the Gruffalo, helping little learners connect the letter shape and sound with one of their favourite literary characters.
I've put together a free printable Gruffalo inspired letter G template to make this craft even easier. Cutting out the template pieces, tearing the paper and gluing on the Gruffalo features will all help children to build their fine motor skills, hand strength and dexterity.
Friday, March 14, 2025
Torn Paper Easter Egg Craft
Looking for a fun and easy Easter egg craft for kids? This torn paper Easter egg activity is perfect for little hands and packed with learning opportunities! Tearing paper helps strengthen fine motor skills, encourages creativity, and provides a wonderful sensory experience. Plus, it’s a mess-free, budget-friendly way to celebrate Easter.
Whether at home or in the classroom, this craft will keep children engaged while letting them explore different colours, textures, and patterns as they create their own unique egg. Use our free printable egg template to make this craft even easier.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
St Patrick's Day Sensory Play Ideas
St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to add a little magic to sensory play. These St. Patrick's themed sensory ideas bring the holiday to life with vibrant greens, shimmering gold, lucky shamrocks, sparkling coins, and colourful rainbows.
Engaging in hands-on activities like slime, sensory bins, and sensory bottles not only sparks creativity but also supports fine motor skills, focus, and self-regulation. Whether your child loves squishing, scooping, or splashing, these sensory activities provide a fun and engaging way to celebrate Irish culture while exploring different textures, colours and items.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
E is for Easter Eggs: Letter E Craft
This super easy, low prep E is for Easter eggs letter craft is a creative way to incorporate early literacy into Easter craft activities and build fine motor skills. I've also included a free printable letter E template you can use to make this craft even easier for young children. This letter E craft is also a great activity to incorporate into your letter of the week learning for letter E either at home or in the classroom.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Letter F Crafts & Activities for Preschoolers
Whether you're an educator planning Letter F Week in your classroom, or a parent looking for creative ways to teach letters to your child at home, this blog post is your guide to creating a fun letter of the week plan for the letter F through hands-on experiences and imaginative crafts.
I've put together a list of letter F crafts for preschoolers and school children that are for items that start with the letter F and are shaped like the letter F, so they reinforce both the physical formation and the sound of the letter. I've also included lots more letter F activities that include visual, tactile, auditory and movement based ideas. These are great activities to do in kindergarten, at home, in class at school, or during homeschooling with children aged 3-6yrs old.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Love Bug Valentines Crafts for Kids
These adorable DIY love bug crafts are easy for kids to make using recycled materials, basic craft supplies and natural elements. They resemble much cuter versions of real bugs like caterpillars, spiders, dragonflies and butterflies. The finished love bug crafts can also be used as thoughtful, handmade Valentine’s gifts for classmates or friends to give out on Valentine's Day.
Thursday, January 2, 2025
G is for Galaxy: Letter G Craft
Looking for a fun and creative way to teach kids about the letter G? Transforming the letter G into a stunning galaxy is the perfect way to combine different painting techniques, learning, and imagination. Whether you're a teacher, parent, or caregiver, this activity is an engaging way to make learning the letter G fun.
I've also included a free printable letter G template you can use to make this craft even easier for young children. This is a great activity to incorporate into your letter of the week learning for the letter G either at home or in the classroom.
Monday, December 16, 2024
Recycled Christmas Ornaments & Decorations Kids Can Make
Did you know lots of items found in your recycling bin can be used to make adorable Christmas ornaments and decorations? Making homemade recycled Christmas ornaments and decorations is a fantastic way for kids to express their creativity while also learning about sustainability. Reusing recyclables from around the house to create upcycled art and crafts is a great way to teach children how something that's been used can still be transformed into something beautiful, rather than being discarded.
These handmade decorations help the environment, are a budget friendly gift option and can also become a personal, heart warming tradition to include in your holiday celebrations. In this post, we’ll share fun and easy ideas for creating eco-friendly Christmas decorations kids can help make. Lots of these would also be great to make as affordable class take home gifts.
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