Fireworks
Pom-Pom Fireworks
Purchase some craft pom-poms in different sizes and colors from the craft store. Find a basket that can hold all of the pom-poms that you can keep on a shelf or in a drawer. When your kids are getting antsy and need to get some energy out, bring out the basket and tell them its time for some fireworks! Grab a handful and toss them in the ...(read more)
Fireworks Art
Your budding artist will have a blast smacking out these fireworks creations! Be sure to do this activity outside. Place a dollop of paint on a large piece of white paper (butcher paper works well). Use a plastic lid from a margarine tub or other container and place it upside down over the paint. With a wooden mallet, smack the container top and the paint will ...(read more)
Glitter Fireworks
These fireworks pictures are great decorations for 4th of July or New Year's. Spread glue on paper in radiating shapes (with rays like the sun or branches like trees). If the glue is soft enough, put some on the paper and blow air at it through a straw to create interesting shapes. Sprinkle glitter onto the glue. Slide the extra glitter off of your paper and ...(read more)
Firework Headbands
This is such a simple concept, but kids really get a kick out of making their own fireworks with this simple craft activity. Cut multiple colors construction paper into strips. The larger 12x18 paper works best. Cut in 1" strips on the long side. Place one strip horizontally (this will make the headband) and glue strips vertically along the length of the headband. Kids can ...(read more)
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A Great Book Rhymes!
Kids are a funny bunch. They are often loath to change and anything new. But still, our little ones are open to so much -- and so much more than we more ossified parents are! Think of poetry: preschoolers happily read and repeat poems with ease and
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