Fun Learning Activities Kids
Pretend play sparks our kids imaginations. With the power of pretend they can be anything they want to be! Encourage your children to use their imaginations and play pretend with them. Here are some activities for pretend play with your child from the posts linked up here on our It’s Playtime! meme. 10 Ideas [...]
You can make a LEGO game. It’s easier than you think with this simple Tic Tac Toe board made completely from LEGOS. We at Kids Activities Blog hope you enjoy playing this fun DIY LEGO game with your kids Make a LEGO Game We are definitely a Lego loving family. Lego is on permanent rotation [...]
The Greek Labyrinth is a fascinating story of mythology for kids. Here are some steps to help your kids learn how to make a labyrinth in which to play out the myth. Kids Activities Blog loves LEGO activities like this that bring learning to life. The Greek Labyrinth We recently built a Labyrinth from Legos. [...]
We have four great ideas for teaching kids about the human body. They can use creative play and pretend to be going to the doctor or they can make a cute skeleton craft. Kids Activities Blog knows that creative play and hands on crafts are great ways to reinforce learning for kids. I had the [...]
It’s important to have family fun. Sometimes we get so bogged down in life we forget how important it is to let loose and have a little fun. You want your kids to have memories from their childhood of silliness and creativity. Our Best Blog feature from this morning, Creative Family Fun, has great tips [...]
Shaunna writes at Fantastic Fun and Learning about the hands-on activities and crafts she does with her 2 daughters and 2 little boys who join them for at home preschool. Shaunna
has a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, and she enjoyed teaching kindergarten and first grade for seven years. She can also be found sharing on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/FantasticFunAndLearning), Twitter (http://twitter.com/Shaunna_FFL) @Shaunna_FFL, Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/shaunnaevans/) and Google+ (http://plus.google.com/ b/114184359195382322220/114184359195382322220/posts).
Pranks for kids can be great fun with April Fool’s Day approaching. “April Fools!” , we shout to one another after pulling a super fun prank on them. For years, our family has enjoyed this silly holiday, trying to trick one another with harmless fun. There are a TON of great ideas floating around out [...]
Playdough is a favorite with most kids. Here is a great project to keep kids entertained with playdough as they make animals. Kids Activities Blog hopes your little one (and you) enjoy this indoor fun activity. Playdough Our preschool lesson themes are based on books and topics that Bear {4 yrs} has chosen to make [...]
Puzzles are super easy to make. Do you still have any valentines or old Christmas cards left at your house? We have a bunch leftover from our holiday season. My son loves his valentines and won’t let me dump them into the recycling bin yet, so we’ve decided to reuse them in a variety of [...]
We aren’t traveling this season, but wish we were! Here is an activity we created so that we could travel around the world – from the comfort of home. Recently we took a few trips around the world, three to be exact, all in one afternoon. It was pretty awesome. Travel Around the World ANIMALS: [...]
We have plenty of November activities to keep your child entertained. Here is one great idea for teaching kids how to tell a story. At Kids Activities Blog, we love activities that promote creativity and develop the art of story telling in young children. November Activities Storytelling is a wonderful activity for children, stretching their [...]
I’ll go for just about any excuse to ditch the regular Math plans and have fun with something like Halloween Math Games! Here are a few Halloween math activities we’ve played the past few weeks. We love featuring ideas like this on Kids Activities Blog because it makes learning fun! Halloween Math Games Hershey Kiss [...]
Halloween is almost here…and you haven’t helped your child make an eerie bat craft yet? Don’t worry because we have the perfect Halloween craft for your kiddo. In case you haven’t noticed lately, Kids Activities Blog is THE place for inexpensive, creatively cute, and rather easy to complete Halloween activities! Here are some of our [...]
Kids love to play with colorful buttons so here are some great ideas for button activities. Color Matching, Sorting, and Patterns can all be practiced with button play. We like to share ideas like this on Kids Activities Blog to help you think of creative ways to use regular household items for kids activities. Button [...]
Looking for a great Halloween game to play with your kids? Check out this idea for some Halloween fun as a family with the Mummy Game. We love family fun and silliness here at Kids Activities Blog! Ah… the lure of the toilet paper roll. I don’t know about you, but I have followed my [...]
Would your LEGO enthusiast love to wear a giant LEGO costume for Halloween this year? Let us help you with this fun idea – just one of our many homemade Halloween costumes. We at Kids Activities Blog just love costumes like this that are cheap and easy to make! LEGO Costume We try to make [...]
I love homemade Halloween costumes! I love being crafty, and my kids love to play pretend, so a home made costume is just an extension of our personalities. Thanks to everyone who submitted ideas to Kids Activities Blog and told us about your kids costumes. These ideas are so great we just had to share [...]
Activities for 1 year olds? There are so many activities and games out there for toddlers and preschoolers, but having become a mom for the second time around, I am remembering what it was like to stare at my new baby and think, “Now what?” When our kids start to toddle, it seems easier to [...]
These fun activities for one year olds will encourage your tot to explore her surroundings. Our favorite toddler activities have been researched and tot-tested! Play with baby doesn’t require fancy toys or the perfectly designed nursery. Activities for one year olds often use things already found at home in a unique way. Favorite toddler activities: [...]
Pumpkins. My Preschoolers love to play with and decorate pumpkins. It is our fall family tradition and it seems we are not alone in that! There were more than 2 dozen pumpkin posts linked up last week in our weekly Kid’s Meme, It’s Playtime. . I love Miss Piggy, the pumpkin above was created [...]
Kids can get really creative if you let them build a track for their toy cars around the house. Just take a look at this fun idea for a speedway made from masking tape! The Dog Days of Summer are upon us here in Texas! Indoor activities like this one where kids can build a [...]
Flower arranging with children is a great kids activity for a lot of reasons. The activity is simple, inexpensive and uses real objects. Benefits include fine motor development, concentration and self regulation. Plus the materials are easy to gather: a vase and flowers. If you can, gather the flowers together outside or at a farmer’s [...]
Felt Apple Activity Your kids will enjoy this felt apple activity over and over throughout the year. My little guy loves the texture of felt and really enjoys playing with it so we have been working on lots of felt projects that you can check out over here. If you are familiar with the [...]
Monsters. If we didn’t just have a reptile birthday party for the kids we would have totally had a monster bash – these activities look cute and fun. Thanks to all the bloggers who have linked up to our weekly kids meme, It’s Playtime. We glean most of the posts we feature here and on [...]
Can you tell what object was placed under the green cup? Look at the picture above and see what object is there, but is not in the picture below. Memory Game We had fun taking turns hiding objects from each other. My son decided I was too good at the game and needed to have [...]
From an early age, my kids have loved riding bikes. Always looking for something new & fun to do outdoors, we decided to try to come up with some fun games that involved riding our bikes. Here are a few fun ones we liked: How Slow Can You Go? Using sidewalk chalk, draw a 4-inch [...]
Our summer has been filled with trips to coastal locations- Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia, and Big Sur. My toddler and preschooler have spent a lot of time in the water and have been really excited by all of the boats they’ve seen. Today I wanted to share a simple paper boat craft we created based [...]
Play Bubble Shooter A bubble shooter: a brilliant mechanism combining bubbles and the act of shooting. This Play Bubble Shooter was borne out of desperation. At one time we had many bubble wands. They have since disappeared into their secret hiding places somewhere in our garden. No matter, this Do It Yourself Bubble Shooter is [...]
My son, like many kids I know, loves monsters. He likes to pretend monsters are coming over for parties. He likes to paint monsters. He was thrilled when I made him these 3D paper monsters from an origami paper cup. He had me drawing silly faces the other day. (He likes telling me what to [...]
Monster trucks are all the rage at our house and have been for quite a while. Recently, my son Bear {4 yrs} and I created a fun new game called Monster Truck Bowling. It was a huge hit! So I expanded on this success with math and messy art activities. Prior to beginning the main [...]
