Celebrate Christmas with Mouse by reading these two books and trying these mouse book activities! If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroof, Illusrated by Felicia Bond Activities 1. Cook popcorn and string like Mouse for your own tree. Enjoy eating the left overs! 2. After popping the popcorn, pop …
This year one of the kids’ stocking stuffers is a Stay Up Late Coupon that will be included in the kids’ stockings. I think they will LOVE it! Even though it is only an extra 15 minutes, I know they will be excited to choose when to use it. Feel free to print as many …
Want to make a snowman that doesn’t melt? Make a snowman inside! To make this indoor snowman wrap three different sized boxes in white paper. I used wrapping paper with the white side showing and the patterned side against the box. However, the texture of the wrapping paper makes it hard to use washable markers. …
December is such a fun month and I try to involve my kiddos in every step of it. Here are some hands-on Christmas activities that make December so fun and memorable (for all of us!). A Book a Night Now, being in the classroom for six years left me with QUITE the collection of holiday …
With the weather getting colder, you might be looking for a few indoor, Winter Activities to occupy and challenge your toddler. Set up these winter themed activities and watch your little one explore and learn! Snowball Hide Grab a pill box (mine was from The Dollar Tree) and some small pompom “snow balls.” Tots have …
I am fortunate to meet each month with a wonderful group of women in my MOPs group. At different times throughout the year, we do different crafts. Recently, we made a Family Conversation Starters Jar. Inside the jar, there are a variety of questions/topics for families to choose from to have fun discussions together and …
One of our family’s favorite holiday traditions includes our elf, Pinnochio. He’s from a book/doll set called Elf on the Shelf. When we first bought our little guy, he wasn’t super popular and some people thought he was a little, *ahem*, creepy. But rest assured, he is NOT and will absolutely make your holiday sparkle …
Although we will all be counting down to Christmas with The Activity Mom’s Christmas Countdown, I also wanted something extra for B (5 1/2 years old) to work on during Winter break. He loves building with Legos so I decided to give him a Lego Christmas Countdown. I printed 24 different sets of Lego building …
As the Christmas toy ads start appearing in the mail, my kids’ wish lists grow longer and longer. Sometimes with things they didn’t even know existed until that very moment or with things I suspect would only get played with once. Sound familiar? It is such a special and exciting time of year for so …
I’m so excited to bring you my annual, printable Activity Advent Countdown! I used ideas, printables, and resources (list below) found around the web to make counting down to Christmas fun and educational! 2012 Activity Advent Countdown 1. M&M Wreath 2. Ornament Shape Matching 3. Bow Painting 4. Indoor Snowball Hunt 5. Gingerbread Number Activity …
photo courtesy of Nurture Store Day 24 – Activity Advent Countdown This will be the second year of making reindeer food and sprinkling it for Santa’s reindeer on the lawn on Christmas Eve night. It is such a neat tradition. This year I’m going to let B and N mix their own reindeer food using …
This Christmas Size Sorting printable is a great way to challenge your toddler or preschooler to arrange things from smallest to largest or largest to smallest. Day 23 – Activity Advent Countdown Print the Christmas Sorting Activity Cut out the clip art. Sort the objects into 3 piles (small, medium, and large). …