Do you pile up heaps of your kid’s paintings, drawings and other artwork? Do you upcycle them in some way? Today we share how we used several paintings created by my daughters to create this colorful and cheerful Spring accordion wreath to welcome Spring and decorate our doors! Yesterday we played and learned with calendar…
Calendar Numbers Sensory Bin
Does your child recognize and can name numbers? Do they connect name and sign for a number? Here is a simple and fun numbers sensory bin to assist toddlers and preschoolers to learn their numbers faster. My toddler began to recognize if written mark is number or letter. She still can’t match a name of…
Tin Foil Bangles
My daughters love to dress up, both toddler and older. For today’s play, we created shiny tin foil bangles using things either from our recycle bin or things we had on hand. In case you want to recreate these, keep in mind that you can reuse aluminium foil – simply wash it and put aside…
Simple Egg Carton Spring Flower Garden
Plant your Spring flower garden and enjoying the better weather as Spring approaches! This activity combines a bit of art (painting flowers) and fine motor skill practice as toddlers “plant” their flowers. You surely have some empty cardboard egg cartons around? Right? Then join us in today’s #junkplay and create this easy to make Spring…
Hickory Dickory Dock Color and Number Matching Activity
Hickory Dickory Dock is one of my toddler’s favorite nursery rhymes. It’s great little rhyme that helps little ones to learn their numbers and time in an easy and fun way. In Hickory Dickory Dock activity, we used clothespins to reinforce fine motor skills, match numbers, colors and learn to tell time. Today we bring you…
Recycled Stick Puppets
It’s awesome that you can make stick puppets almost from everything! For today’s #junkplay activity, we recycled some of the greeting and birthday cards we had received previous years. This “light” activity for kids is instantly gratifying – they get to play with something they make in only couple minutes and without any money spent…
Cellophane Paper Poppies
Poppies are one of our favorite flowers, so delicate and beautiful. We created poppies using materials from recycle bin like cellophane paper and egg cartons, combining a bit of painting, crafting and fine motor practice as kids put them together. Have you seen other junk play ideas shared by fellow bloggers since the beginning of…
Simple Felt Board with Storage
Today we’ll share how to make simplest possible felt board with storage. It took me under 5 minutes to put it together, and that’s including the time I needed to gather supplies around the house! I know it’s hard to believe, but somehow it happen that we don’t have a single cardboard box when needed! Today’s…
Bubble Wrap Easter Egg Painting
For today, we decided to try something different than usual (for us!) and use bubble wrap for painting! We created bubble wrap Easter egg paintings! With upcoming Easter, this is such an easy painting idea both my 3-year-old toddler and my 7-year-old enjoyed! My kids adore playing with bubble wrap and we used it before…
Bottle Cap Name Recognition Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers
For today’s #junkplay prompt, we had plastic bottle caps. Since my daughter is currently learning how to write her name, we decided to use bottle caps to make a name recognition activity. This activity is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers who want to learn how to read and write their names. This simple name recognition…