Themes

Spider Painting

M is not a big fan of painting and tries to avoid anything that gets her hand messy. But I believe painting is a great way to express yourself as well as get your creativity flowing. So I want to gently push her to try and explore some painting activities. Here is the set up …

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Spider Playdough Invitation

No theme will be perfect without some playdough fun!! I always prefer to make it at home as the texture is more smooth and it won’t dry as fast as it does for store bought ones. Also we can whip up a lot of playdough to have ample sensory time too. I have already shared …

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Spider Egg Sensory Bin

It’s Halloween time and a spider theme is perfect for this time of the year. I got this water beads from Michaels and I thought about a sensory bin with them. Water beads are a great sensory base with smooth texture and kids will love playing in it. But strict supervision is required if given …

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Pumpkin Patch painting

We went to a company organised fall festival and had tons of fun there. The farm had a pumpkin patch and kids happily ran around in their costumes and picking their own pumpkins. It was so much fun pulling down the pumpkins to our car in a wheelbarrow. Back home we tried an art activity …

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Jello Pumpkins

Halloween is almost here and kids are all around having fun being in costumes and collecting candies. Going to pumpkin patches is also fun to pick different sized pumpkins plus taking some gorgeous photos for your FB or IG or just to share with your family ✌️We were lucky to go to a pumpkin patch …

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Fizzing Pumpkins

Pumpkin theme is so much fun and there are countless activities that you can try with this ‘October vegetable’. I got some mini pumpkins off the list from our weekly grocery shopping on a whim. At home I brainstormed some ideas to use it and landed on these fizzing pumpkins science experiment.Materials needed Mini pumpkins …

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Pumpkin Playdoh Invitation

We all love playdoh but the mess it creates.. ‘nah I will pass’. It’s very intimidating to break out the playdoh but the skills they learn out of it are numerous. Lots of imagination and creativity along with sensory input and fine motor skills are involved in playing with playdough. I love to set up …

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Pumpkin Sensory Bin

It’s almost Halloween time and a pumpkin theme is perfect to kickoff the celebrations. To start off the theme I put together this sensory bin. We always love to start our theme on a sensory bin. It’s so much fun while learning many skills together. Materials needed: Black beans Orange glitter balls( Michaels) Pumpkin candy …

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Leaves Activities

Fall offers a variety of learning opportunities with all the abundance in nature. Pine cones, Acorns, colorful Leaves, Sticks the possibilities are endless. Just a walk in nature is so refreshing and engaging for all senses. We always end up coming home with a bag of leaves. Here are some collection of activities that you …

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Leaf Stamping

M attend a playgroup every Tuesdays and they have something new on craft table every week. Today it was leaf stamping using potatoes. I was intrigued by the meticulous cuttings on potato to make a leaf pattern. Hence evenif M was not much into artworks I wanted to try it at home. Materials needed: Halved …

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