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Easter Sensory Bin with Colored Rice

Easter Sensory Bin with Colored Rice

February 22, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This Easter sensory bin is made with colored rice, plastic eggs, little chicks and fine motor tools. Bright and colorful, this rice bin is fun for all ages.   One of our favorite ways to celebrate the holidays is by making a themed sensory bin! This Easter sensory bin is

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Perfect Valentine, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Activities for 1 Year Olds

Perfect Valentine, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Activities for 1 Year Olds

February 10, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Activities for 1 and 2 year olds that celebrate Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. Easter activities for 1 year olds that engage and are fun!    I know technically Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day are in Winter, but I like to think of them as Spring holidays.

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Filed Under: Easter, Holidays, Learn Through Play, Valentine's Day Tagged With: 1 year olds, 2 year olds, Easter, st patricks, toddlers, valentines

Easter Activities for Kids PLUS an Easter Gift Guide!

Easter Activities for Kids PLUS an Easter Gift Guide!

March 10, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Who doesn’t love a good themed activity? Here are some of my kids’ favorites from this blog for Easter! Sensory egg dyeing, yummy party treats, and even edible play dough! I would love to hear which of these Easter activities for kids are your favorites! Easter Activities for Kids [Tweet

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Easter Gift Guide for Kids: $15 and Under!

Easter Gift Guide for Kids: $15 and Under!

March 9, 2016 By Katie Chiavarone 1 Comment

Are you, like me, totally into celebrating holidays but kind of over all of the junk that comes along with it?? I have a major sweet tooth, so do my kids, AND I am all about moderation with just about everything in life, so this is by no means a

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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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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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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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Water Bead Play: Celebrating Spring

Water Bead Play: Celebrating Spring

April 12, 2014 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Have you tried playing with water beads yet?? It is definitely one of the coolest trends in sensory play. Mack (3 years old) LOVES playing with water beads. Everything about the process in which they expand, how difficult it is to see them in water, and how they feel in

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