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Preschool Spider and Web Craft for Fine Motor Development

Jackie Currie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:56:07 +0000

If you're looking for a cute and easy Halloween activity for toddlers and preschoolers, this web weaving activity is terrific!

It's simple to make and great for developing fine-motor skills.

Kids will love the adorable pom pom spiders, and learning basic weaving skills this way is so fun.

Click the link below to check it out.

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3 Cute and Easy Spider Crafts for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:04:30 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers will love these cute and easy spider crafts. They’re great halloween crafts for tots, and they’d be good for a preschool bug theme too. They’re quick and easy, fun to make, and require minimal supplies. Halloween is right around the corner, so I’m sharing some of my favourite spider crafts for toddlers...

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Adorable Paper Towel Roll Butterfly Craft for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Wed, 16 May 2018 07:09:32 +0000

Hooray! It feels like Spring might finally be here! It's been a long time coming this year, but things are really greening up out there and the temperatures are on the rise.

To celebrate spring, we recently made these paper towel roll butterflies.

You just need a few basic supplies, and the kids will love the process.

And just look at them. I think they're the most adorable butterflies we've made yet!

Click the link below to see them!

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Fluttering Monarch Butterfly Mobile for Kids to Make

Jackie Currie — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:46:01 +0000

I am in love with our latest fall craft and I hope you will be too!

We turned our coffee filter monarchs into this delightful mobile to hang on or back deck.

I've made a little video to show you how they flutter in the breeze, and how pretty they look with the sun shining through.

Just click the link below to see our butterflies in action and to get the instructions for making a mobile of your own! It's perfect to hang in a window at home or in your classroom!

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Monarch Butterfly Craft with Painted Coffee Filters

Jackie Currie — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:00:17 +0000

Woohoo!

Every so often, we make a craft that's just so beautiful I can't contain my excitement.

The other day we set out to make monarch butterflies, and oh-my-goodness, I can't wait until you see them!

They're so vibrant, and they look SO real scattered about our garden! Imagine these beauties on display in your home, or bordering a bulletin board in the classroom!

Click the link below to check them out! Go! Go!

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Gorgeous Monarch Butterfly Craft with Coffee Filters and Liquid Watercolours

Jackie Currie — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:43:09 +0000

This monarch butterfly craft is quick and easy but the results are stunning. Have the kids make a bunch and decorate your home or classroom with a kaleidoscope of monarch butterflies this fall. I have another great butterfly craft to share with you today! Last week we made these coffee filter butterflies and we decorated them with...

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Crumpled Tissue Paper Butterfly Craft for Kids

Jackie Currie — Tue, 23 May 2017 13:15:47 +0000

This one will take you right back to your childhood. Remember making tissue paper art when you were a kid?

Toddlers, preschoolers AND big kids will love this classic art process.

They'll learn a new skill too, if you have them pre-plan and colour-code their designs like we did!

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Paper Plate Butterfly Silhouette Art for Kids

Jackie Currie — Sun, 14 May 2017 15:00:52 +0000

Remember the gorgeous symmetrical butterfly craft we made the other day?

And remember I told you we'd be making something great out of the painted paper plate leftovers?

Well, this is it!

Check out these gorgeous butterfly silhouettes!

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Gorgeous Symmetrical Butterfly Craft for Kids – with Free Printable

Jackie Currie — Fri, 05 May 2017 16:36:40 +0000

I am SO excited to show you this gorgeous symmetrical butterfly craft! It’s super easy to do, using a classic preschool art technique – ink blot painting. Toddlers and preschoolers will totally love the process, but the results are so beautiful, your big kids will want to make these butterflies too! Another one for the...

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Dragonfly Craft from Starbucks Stir Sticks

Jackie Currie — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:29:24 +0000

It might not be dragonfly season, but you won't be able to resist making these adorable stir stick dragonflies with your kids sometime soon.

Just grab a handful of stir sticks when you're in Starbucks (ask first!), and your kids can transform them into glittery, shimmery dragonflies.

They're fun for play but I think they'd look wonderful suspended in a window, or strung into a mobile similar to the pinecone mobile we made last month.

Check them out, and tell me what you think! They're SO EASY!

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Paper Plate Spider Craft for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:46:34 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers will love this paper plate spider craft. It’ll have them painting, cutting, stamping and gluing… all the crafty stuff that little kids love best. We’ve been making lots of Halloween crafts this month, and I wanted to share our latest spider craft with you. I LOVE crafting with paper plates! I always have...

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Paper Plate Ladybug Craft for Toddlers

Jackie Currie — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 04:41:08 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers can use buttons and corks to make this cute and easy paper plate ladybug craft! It’s a simple spring craft that lets kids explore painting, gluing and stamping. We LOVE paper plate crafts! You can make so many things out of a simple paper plate. One of the cutest that we’ve made lately are...

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Bug Headband for Kids with Paper Bags and Pipe Cleaners

Jackie Currie — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:27:03 +0000

All you need for this adorable bug headband is a paper bag and pipe cleaners! The other day we were playing outside, doing garden-type activities, and on a whim, I whipped up these simple bug headbands for the girls. If you’ve been following along lately, you’ll know we’re all about paper bag crafts here at...

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Banana-Graham Butterfly Snacks

Jackie Currie — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:27:33 +0000

Make snack-time fun with our Banana-Graham Butterfly Snacks! It’s a healthy snack to accompany a butterfly craft or activity or to serve at a kids spring party. We all know that kids love snacks that are fun. Even the pickiest eaters are more likely to try a new food, or a food that they don’t...

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Paper Towel Butterflies (3 Ways)

Jackie Currie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:15:47 +0000

Paper Towel Butterflies are easy to make, and provide a great opportunity for toddlers and preschoolers to observe and learn about water absorption. I love that the internet is finally starting to fill up with spring crafts for kids. Flowers and rainbows and butterfly crafts are filling my newsfeed, and I am loving all the COLOUR!...

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Butterfly Fridge Magnet Toddlers and Preschoolers to Make

Jackie Currie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:26:54 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers can make adorable fridge magnets with this simple butterfly craft. It seems odd to be doing Spring crafts and thinking about butterflies, and then bundling up with hats and mitts and winter coats for play, but we are, and here is the sweet, little butterfly magnet craft that we made today. This is...

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