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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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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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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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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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Programming Theme Idea - Countries

Submitted by Andrea on Sat, 08/18/2007 - 22:04.

I'm really excited about this week's programming for the daycare. We have decided to do a theme based on food and link it with a different country each day of the week. We are lucky enough to have a full-time cook at the child care, so we have altered this week's menu to highlight foods from Ireland, Mexico, Italy, China and Sweden.

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Great Project Idea

Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 00:53.

I find science one of the hardest subjects to program for when it comes to childcare. More so now with toddlers, preschoolers and school-age all sharing a room at one time or another. My daughter's daycare provider sent me a link to Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories website and told me about some of their items that might be suitable for daycare.

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