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Valentine's Day Crafts

Submitted by Andrea on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 21:18.

My three year old is super crafty and since I am off on mat leave, she does crafts A LOT lately. She wanted to make valentine's for her friends. I actually had found her a template, but she had a better idea.
You will need: construction paper, scissors, tape, lollipop, google eyes and glue. (I also had to get a heart shaped cookie cutter as neither of us could free hand a good heart.)
Glue google eyes to sucker. Draw two hearts and cut out. Glue heart tips together. Tape sucker to the hearts as the "body/head". Write your holiday greeting.

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Mother's Day Crafts and a Song

Submitted by Andrea on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 14:36.

It's been a while since we've had an update, but today we have a couple of Mother's Day crafts, and a cute song for the kids to sing.

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Christmas Crafts

Submitted by Andrea on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 01:03.

Here are two great Christmas themed crafts for Toddlers, and one for Preschoolers.

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Remembrance Day Activities

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 15:29.

Here's a few simple crafts that should be good for all age groups, to celebrate Rememberance Day.

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Halloween crafts

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 01:14.

You asked, we answered! Here are more Halloween crafts for your little witches and goblins (or princesses and spidermen) to help decorate your classroom.

Pasta Skeletons

Materials: Different shaped pasta, glue, black construction paper.

Tie in your science discussion on the human body with some spooky crafts. Simply let the children use the pasta as bones and create their own skeleton.Older children may choose to paint the pasta white beforehand, but either way makes a nice contrast to the black paper.

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Some Older Crafts

Submitted by Andrea on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 13:33.

As we get in to October, I thought now would be a good time to revive a few older articles. For our Canadian readers, next week is Thanksgiving, so here are some activities for your Toddlers to do:

http://www.askanece.com/crafts/toddler-thanksgiving-arts-and-sensory-activities

And for everyone, Hallowe'en is coming up, and we know how exciting that is. Here is our two part article from last year on Hallowe'en crafts:

http://www.askanece.com/for-teachers/crafts/halloween-crafts-1

http://www.askanece.com/for-teachers/crafts/halloween-crafts-2

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Winter Crafts

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 17:45.

A winter/snowperson theme is perfect for dreary January with no major holidays to celebrate and lots of snow days to look forward to. We have had lots of success at my centre with some of these creative (and snow based) tactile activities with our preschoolers and toddlers.

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Halloween Crafts - Part 2

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 16:55.

As promised in Halloween Crafts Part 1, we now present the Gross Haunted House crafts. This is 5 simple crafts that really work well together, and are great fun for the kids. The theme here is "body parts", as you will see. You can use these to create an awesome haunted house afternoon, and is a nice candy-free Halloween day.

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Toddler Thanksgiving Arts and Sensory Activities

Submitted by Theresa on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 00:50.

Here is a few fun activities for your toddlers to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Halloween Crafts - Part 1

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 22:48.

It's October, and that means Halloween is coming. This is a great time of year in daycare, since the programming pretty much takes care of itself. That means you need some craft ideas for the season. I have several that I use, and I'm going to start here with one of the most popular. This is a nice, short craft, and works for toddlers as well as the older kids.

Don't forget to check out our other Halloween crafts when they're posted in the next few days.

Styrofoam Ghosts

Required Materials

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