Category: Creativity

  • Veggie and Food Print Art

    Your Child Will Learn

    Create art prints using vegetables and fruits

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut different vegetables and fruits in halves and quarters (potatoes, apples, carrots, lemons, grapes, corn, and broccoli)
    2. Pour 3-4 paint colors onto small plates or
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  • Photo Puzzle

    Your Child Will Learn

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Print a photo of your child in as a 5×7 or 8x 10
    2. Cut the photo into strips or geometric shapes to create a puzzle of no more than 10 pieces
    3. Work
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  • Nature Collage

    Your Child Will Learn

    Art can be made with natural materials

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Go on an outdoor walk and ask your child to collect natural materials, like leaves, grass, twigs, pebbles, flowers, weeds, acorns, pine needles, and etc.
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  • Character Portrait

    Your Child Will Learn

    Create a painting for a favorite book character

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Give your child paint and paper to create a portrait of their favorite book character
    2. Ask your child to paint the character’s face and
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  • Paper Plate Mask

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use art and imagination to create a mask

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use a paper plate to create a mask for your child to decorate 
    2. Fold a paper plate in half and use scissors to cut
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  • Paper Roll Figures

    Your Child Will Learn

    Create an animal figure with a paper roll

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use the inner roll from from a roll of paper towels or toilet paper
    2. Have your child paint their favorite animal on the paper
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  • Pasta Necklace

    Your Child Will Learn

    String together and paint materials to create a necklace

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use dried pasta and durable yarn or twine for this activity
    2. Work with your child to thread the hollow ends of the pasta
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  • Ribbon Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    Creative stimulation for touch and sight sensory experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some colorful ribbons that are 5-7 inches in length
    2. Loosely tie 2-3 ribbons to the tips of your fingers
    3. Sit your baby in
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  • Sensory Bottles

    Your Child Will Learn

    Creative stimulation for sight and touch sensory experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Fill 3-4 small plastic bottles with water
    2. Add a few drops of food coloring, dish soap, and glitter to each bottle
    3. Make sure the
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  • Sensory Wall

    Your Child Will Learn

    Creative stimulation for touch sensory experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a combination of soft and textured objects like balloons, fabric, balls of yarn, sand paper, and bubble wrap.
    2. Tape the objects to a wall in
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