Simple Activities for Preschoolers - Week 4

Sharing five more easy-to-set-up activities which will help to keep your preschooler playing and learning creatively.

Simple Drawing Prompts for Preschoolers & Elementary Kids

I've rounded up some of our favorite drawing prompts which can help to inject some interest into basic paper and marker invitations.

Favorite Gifts for Kids for $10 or Less

Trying to avoid falling into the junk / novelty gift trap this Christmas? Me too! Here are my favorite gifts for kids which cost $10 or less, and are sure to inspire creative play.

Rainbow Crayons

Recycle leftover crayon parts by making them into cool rainbow crayons!

LOVE Reading Lanterns

Add a fun and novel twist to story-time by making your very own reading lanterns!

The Day It Rained Hearts Bookmarks

Using one of our favorite Valentine's books for some watercolor painting inspiration.

Build a Big Red Barn

Bringing one of our favorite books to life with this fun challenge to build a Big Red Barn.

Make Story Time Magical with a Personalized Ocean Adventure

Let your child enjoy being an ocean hero as they learn all about the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans.

Contact Paper Rainbow Fish

Using contact paper, tissue paper, and tin foil is a great way for toddlers to make their very own Rainbow Fish!

Little Love Monsters

Talking about emotions is so important with kids. One of our favourite books to help us do this is 'Love Monster' by Rachel Bright. Enjoy some fun crafting and meaningful discussions with this activity.

Two Little Love Monsters

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

This is one of my son's favourite books to read. Adding a few props to the story enabled my son to role play and re-tell the story in his own creative way.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

The Paintworks

Using trains to create artwork resulted in nearly two hours of fun for my son. So simple yet so exciting!

Painting with trains.