Educational Kids Activities

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Sorting Activity

April 17, 2023March 6, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Sorting Activity: This is a quick and simple toddler activity that is a super fun way to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of those books that all of my kids have loved to tatters since the day they were introduced to Eric Carle’s world of color. There is just something about his books that invites readers to get lost between the pages.

Being that Meatball is just starting to pique interest in sorting and matching and that Eric Carle is well known for his vibrant illustrations, we decided that the best way to kick off our Caterpillar learning would be through a fun and colorful activity!

Rainbow Building: All Construction Should Be This Sweet!

April 17, 2023February 26, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Rainbow Marshmallow Toothpick Engineering

Tooth-pick Marshmallow Engineering: Building structures with tooth-picks and marshmallows is one of those classic kid activities that should be a part of every childhood! Construction play is such a fantastic way to learn for kids of all ages (and easily adaptable to fit your child’s stage)!

One thing I really LOVED about this activity was that it got the entire family involved. It was so much fun to see everyone sitting down and collaborating as they built their rainbow cities. Dad and Meatball created the tallest tooth-pick tower while Livia created a castle for Cinderella — she even built her own marshmallow Cinderella using the various colored marshmallows!

Pom-Pom Squish Bags

April 22, 2023February 24, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Pom-Pom Squish Bags: Squish bags are a wonderful way for kids to have a squishy, gooey sensory learning experience without the mess! We love using our squish bags to work on color identification, size sorting, and early math concepts!

Squish bags only take about 5 minutes to set up, are easy to take with you wherever you go, and are great fun! Ours lives in my purse and ALWAYS does it job of distracting my kids when we need to buy some time!

Educational Dinosaur Toys

April 12, 2022February 23, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

15 Educational Dinosaur Toys: Do your children love dinosaurs? These educational dinosaur toys will take your kids back 65 million years to an era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth! We promise your budding Paleontologist will LOVE these!

Dinosaur Toys are a fun way to get your child exploring through hands on exploration! For your little one play is one of the most constructive methods of learning. Below are some of our favorite finds!

Dinosaur Stomp Painting

April 12, 2022February 21, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Dinosaur Stomp Painting: This process art activity could not be any easier or fun. This is an EASY kid craft to use during a dinosaur theme week that works well with any age.

When it comes to art activities for kids process art projects tend to be our favorites! This activity could pair well with some of other process art posts such as DIY Texture Paintbrushes, Homemade Scented Paint, or even our DIY Textured Finger Paints!

This week while we have been exploring Dinosaurs I knew I wanted to do something to tie in some art projects. It seems like we have been on a pretty strong science kick lately and haven’t done much for arts-n-crafts. I just honestly have not wanted to take the time to set up a craft activity– lazy I know. Then I came across this dinosaur painting activity and knew it was something simple that we could easily do!

Meatball is absolutely loving the whole dinosaur theme — we have them driving cars, taking baths, eating spaghetti…they have become one of his can’t put them down right now toys. So today we painted with dinosaurs.

It turned out pretty awesome! Gotta love simple fun!