Here we are ready to tackle felt boards. And after having to re-felt my felt board I realized that even the simplest task can be made more difficult. But after a bit more patience and perserverence I finally finished my board and 5 Little Snowflakes story. To make this a part of your educational collection you'll need the supplies shown below. A foam board, felt, glue gun, glue sticks, scissors, colored felt for characters, and puffy paint or markers (to give your characters a face).
Next, you'll need to visit one of my favorite web sites:
where you will find the story and templates necessary to complete this activity. Below is a picture of my finished project.
Of course, you can make your sun and snowflakes any way you like. I just find it faster for me to use the templates. Once you've got your felt board squared away you'll be able to build on it by occassionally adding new stories.
Now that we've talked a bit about our felt board we can now review some more activities we received over the holidays. Below is a cardboard house which is made white so it can be colored.
These houses seemed to be advertised everywhere this Christmas so it was only a matter of time when my oldest asked for one. Wouldn't you know it? Santa heard the request. So although this house is made more for my three year old, due to its size, they both had a blast helping me put it together then coloring it. It wasn't that hard to put it up and just as easy to store it back into its original box. So I give it 5 stars.
We also received some art sets, which I am always a fan of. Below is my little ones finished water color.
This is an oversized water color book based on the Nick Jr. characters. I'm not normally a fan of children and water colors. I just find that the colors all end up black and used up by about the second use. But ultimately my feeling that all children should be exposed to art overuled my thoughts of wasted art supplies. And she did me proud. Her paper was bright and the colors still look in tact.
My oldest received a travel art easel with acrylic paints, canvases, and brushes. Here she choose to paint a knight. Although it wasn't completed I thought I'd post it anyway.
The best thing about these kinds of activities is that children can truly learn to express themselves through all kinds of mediums. So if paint is not your thing try clay, or oil pastels, or colored pencils, etc. You and your childs options are limitless.
On my next blog we will revisit our Christmas gift crafts and then work on our bird houses. All you'll need for this craft is one small bird house, glue, glue dots, paint (if desired), and a basket/bag. This will be more about getting outdoors with your child than about being in the house so be ready with your walking shoes and camera.
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