For me Arts and Crafts for kids should not be hard to make! They should have fun with simple and easy directions. As they get older you can do complex but some times they enjoy simple things. Red Leaf Yellow Leaf – Yarn Tree This fall yarn trees is one of my most popular art…
This is a fun way to use the dot marker printables. This dot maker wreath is part of the Christmas pack. There are so many ways to do and use these pages. This is just one fun way we have been using them. This is easy to set up and do. You could do any…
This month we read Mossy by Jan Brett for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. Yes, I know she has a lot of Holiday books but I wanted to do one that was not holiday to show some of the different books she has! What you need: green construction paper, white paper, flower foam stickers,…
A fun menorah craft for kids to make for Hanukkah that has a great book that you can read as well. You can read the book and make this great craft. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah Crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we…
If you missed our November Virtual Book Club for Kids, December is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Jan Brett! She is one of my favorite authors! Here are some of the great books you can read by Jan Brett. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book…
The Yarn Poinsettia is a great addition to the Christmas crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. We read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola and made…
A great fall theme is a corn. There are lots of different activities that you can do for it. We did this fun and simple to use craft and learned about corn. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links…
There are so many great dinosaur books that you can read with kids. We load exploring and reading new dinosaur books when we can. We also like exploring new authors. So today we did a little of both a new dinosaur book and a new author (who quickly became a FAVORITE to read) for us…
We read Five Little Pumpkins and did a finger print Jack-O-Lantern. What we used: stamp pads and dot marker jack-o-lantern. First Amelia did the the green. Then she did the black. Last she did the orange. The Final Product. Check out all the Halloween activities on 3 Dinosaurs: Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
We read the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon. Then we took kitchen utensils and painted with them. What you need: paper, paint, and kitchen utensils. We started first with spoons. The girls used knives. The girls liked using the knife to spread paint around. Then they used forks. Rose and Amelia…
We read Peanuts: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The girls put the stickers in the book for the right places as we read the book. It was lots of fun! What we used to make the Finger Paint Pumpkins pumpkin template orange finger paint paper plate black crayon How we made the Finger Paint…
Today I’m guest posting over at Crayon Freckles! I did a craft that went with a books from last months books finds. It is The Sunflower Sword (Andersen Press Picture Books) by Mark Sperring and Miriam Latimer. So hope over to Crayon Freckles and check it out! Be sure and tell her hello while you…
What do you do when mom is not feeling good? Let the girls create their own space story. This is so easy to set up and do. We have so much fun doing activities like this. Everyone gets to feel like they were part of the creation! The set up is easy just roll out…
What you need: scrubber, tree on page (can be found in the Fall Pack Extra: Dot Markers 2), and paints: red, yellow & orange. We reviewed the colors she would be using. Mary started painting with the scrubber. She has lots of fun and did some slight color mixing while painting. The Finished product. Cassie…
We read Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman. The girls loved the story and the simple black white and red colors. It was a delightful story. We made yarn acorns. What you need: acorn cutout, glue and yarn light and dark brown. We compared the top and bottom of the acorn and the light and…
We made a Fall Window similar to the Spring Window. We talked about changes that happen in the fall. We looked at the Fall Word cards from the Fall Pack. What you need to make this craft blue construction paper 3 short and 3 long strips of brown construction paper green construction paper glue stick,…
After reading this great post by In Lieu of Preschool. My girls asked to so some big chalk activities. I said yes you we could. The after first time we read Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert, we went outside and did a chalk drawing. We started with a basic tree. We added leaves…
An easy fall tree craft that any age can do. We did this fall yarn tree that any age can do. It has red, yellow, and orange colors of fall! One of our favorite parts of fall is the color of the leaves on the trees. They are super pretty to look at as they…
We read Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Lois Ehlert . After reading the book we went and gathered leaves outside. We also picked up some pine cones. Then we made leaf art work. What you need: leaves, glue and paper. We went outside and gathered leaves. We compared the leaves…
We read Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert. Mary loved the great story about the squirrel and the girl. We had fun exploring the many different pictures in the book. What you need: squirrel cut out, tray, q-tip, white paint, black paint, paint brush, and paint holder. Mary mixed the black and white paint today….
A simple apple craft that is great for kids of different ages. You use an apple template and yarn to make this craft. And kids will have fun making their red apples, or maybe they make a green or yellow apple. The yarn apple craft is a great addition to the apple crafts on the…
Apple is a great theme for the fall. This is a fun and easy-to-do Apple craft and book learning for kids! Torn paper crafts are one of our favorite crafts to do! They are simple and easy. And the torn paper apple tree makes a great paper apple tree craft for kids! We have included…
Looking for a different way to use the Color by Size? Don’t limit yourself to just using crayons to color. This is just one way we use them! You can always have fun with fingerprints. What you need: Stamp pad and Apple Color by Size pg 21 Fall Pack Part 4. We reviewed the different…
We are always looking for fun ways to reuse the paper rolls in the house. These peacocks are a fun and easy craft to do with kids. What you need for this actvity paper rolls orange construction paper eyes feathers blue crayons How we made this activity First we colored the paper roll with the…
We read Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff by Sarah Burell and Bryan Langdo . It is a story about a rattlesnake that comes to a town in Texas and the sheriff tells him he is not allowed. So the rattlesnake finds a way for people to like him. What you need: construction paper, scissors,…
We read the book Birds by Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek . This book will be one of the books I used for the Bird Pack! What you need: paper with tree outline, bird foam sticker, leaf foam sticker, and stamp pads. (Originally we tried to use pencils, but did not work as well as…
After looking for girl dinosaur shirts and not finding any. My oldest asked if we could make some and that is just what we did. Kids love to get creative and make their own things! Plus there are not tons of girlie dinosaur shirts out there! What you need for this Activity t-shirt fine point…
What you need for the Fingerprint Olympic Rings stamps pads black stamp pad coloring ring page from the Olympic Pack How to Make the Fingerprint Olympic Rings They used their finger to mark the rings. Our Final Olympic Rings Check out all the fun Olympic Games Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
We have joined the Virtual Summer Reading Program hosted by Toddler Approved. July’s author is Don & Audrey Wood. We read Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood & Mark Teague. It was a pie fill with lots of sugary candies and then what happens while the pie is made and after everyone eats the pie….
We got Meet Our Flag, Old Glory by April Jones Prince and Joan Paley from the library. It was a nice book about the American Flag which I guess is out of print now. You can get it from your library. We talked about the main features of our flag and about some of the…