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Printable Easter Egg Matching Game and Memory Game

Printable Easter Egg Matching Game and Memory Game

March 4, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

This printable Easter egg matching game for toddlers and preschoolers can be used as a puzzle, a matching game or a memory game! Great as a busy bag! My kids enjoy playing board games, card games, and more! I think it’s a great way to learn and practice turn-taking. We also happen

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Printables Tagged With: Busy Bags, diy, Easter, Games, Homemade, Homeschool, preschoolers, printable, toddlers

Plastic Easter Egg Counting Game for Preschoolers

Plastic Easter Egg Counting Game for Preschoolers

February 16, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

By adding some numbers to plastic Easter eggs, kids are encouraged to count and use fine motor skills in this fun Easter egg counting game for preschoolers.   There are so many uses for plastic Easter eggs! This activity encourages counting, matching and fine motor practice. I first saw this Easter

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Learn Through Play, Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Easter, fine motor, Homeschool, kids activity, learn through play, learning activity, preschool, projects

Dyeing Easter Eggs with Cool Whip or Shaving Cream

Dyeing Easter Eggs with Cool Whip or Shaving Cream

April 20, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Dyeing Easter eggs with Cool Whip or shaving cream is such a fun baby-safe Easter egg activity. Engage in some fun sensory play while dyeing eggs! This method of dyeing Easter eggs with cool whip or shaving cream is non-traditional and sensory inspired, and SO much fun! My kids love getting

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Easter, Holidays, Sensory Tagged With: Easter, easter egg, egg dye, Sensory

Edible Bird’s Nest: Kid-Made Easter Party Treats

Edible Bird’s Nest: Kid-Made Easter Party Treats

April 17, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone 3 Comments

This edible bird’s nest treat is the perfect recipe for a kids’ Easter party! Bonus, kids can make and decorate them all by themselves! This is such an adorable treat for a kids’ Easter party! We got our edible bird’s nest inspiration from Unsophisticook and they were incredibly easy and kid-friendly to make.

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: birds, cooking, Easter, easter party, Homemade, kids, nests, treats

3 Ingredient Peeps Playdough

3 Ingredient Peeps Playdough

April 16, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

  Easter is so close now and we are running out of time for all of our Easter-crafting! M is in heaven with all of the themed projects now that he is really beginning to understand holidays. He loves getting attached to an idea and really delving into it, which is

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Filed Under: Babies, Easter, Edible Sensory Play, Holidays, Learn Through Play, Preschoolers, Sensory, Toddlers, Uncategorized Tagged With: Easter, Homemade, moms, peeps, playdough, preschool, sensory play, stay at home

Easter Sticky Wall

Easter Sticky Wall

April 9, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Today’s activity is so simple to set up, inspires creativity and can be used for a variety of lessons, holidays, etc. I love doing the christmas tree and the Valentine’s heart sticky wall. It is one of our favorite activities and are generally pretty mess-free! This project includes an Easter themed sticky wall,

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DIY Easter Cards: Marble Painting with Homemade Paint

DIY Easter Cards: Marble Painting with Homemade Paint

April 7, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  Marble painting is a wonderful method of crafting for toddlers and young children but traditionally is not the safest activity for babies because of the choking hazard. However, the technique is one that babies love so we adapted it for A (9 months) and used larger plastic balls (used in

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Easter, Holidays Tagged With: cards, decor, diy, Easter, Homemade, spring

Erupting Easter Eggs: Simple Science for Kids

Erupting Easter Eggs: Simple Science for Kids

April 4, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone 12 Comments

Remember that baking soda and vinegar volcano you made as a science project in elementary school?  What kid doesn’t love the fizzy reaction you get when you mix the two together?! We do so many baking soda and vinegar projects around here. It’s one of my favorite ‘witching hour’ activities…I’ve

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