Time for Tots - Actiivity #14

Hello everyone! It’s time for my weekly tot activity! I meant to post it on Tuesday, but I got side-tracked with Miss Gabrielle’s spring photo shoot!

The little ones are learning about the letter M so we made ‘Macaroni Necklaces’!

You Will Need:

Macaroni noodles

Craft paint of your choice

String

Paint tubs

Paint brushes

Aprons

Spaghetti noodles stuck into playdoh (to thread your painted noodles onto to dry properly).

Lay newspaper over the table and give each tot a separate paint tub, paintbrushes, noodle dryer and a container to put their own macaroni noodles in to avoid conflict!

Step 1:  Paint the noodles your desired colour...

Step 2:  leave them to dry on your homemade noodle dryer.

It is hard work painting such a small noodle, but the tots will love it!

Don’t worry if they mix up the colours and start painting the noodles some weird brown colour – I did and it didn’t help, they just kept right on making ‘new colours’!

Step 3:  Once the noodles have dried, take them off the dryer and thread them onto a piece of string long enough to fit over their heads when the ends are tied together.

You or your mom will have to help the very small tots!

Step 4:  When you have created a colourful necklace, tie the ends together and...

You’re done!!!

Beautiful jewellery handmade by the tots – Beth age seven, Gabrielle age four and Rebekah age two.

Don’t forget to link up YOUR activities in the Tot School page, here! You have the rest of the year join in the Time for Tots fun. I post a weekly tot activity on my blog, but if you have any new ideas then I’d love to see them anytime!

Have a fun-filled day further ~

 

‘To the tots’,

Kelly-Anne

Time for Tots - Activity #13

  

Hello everyone! It’s time for another tot activity on Beautiful Girlhood!

Let’s celebrate warmer weather with the tots!

The Three Blind Mice {Beth age seven, Gabrielle age four and Rebekah age two} and I made paper bag kites.

What you need:

 

Powder paint

Cold glue

Paper collage materials (Pompoms,

Streamers, Feathers, etc.)

String

Large paper bags

Paint brushes

Hole puncher

Paper ring reinforcements

1. Punch holes on each of the four corners of the bag (at least 3cm from the edge of the bag). Put a paper ring reinforcement on each hole.

 2.  Cut two pieces of string to a length of about 80cm.  Tie each end into a hole to form two loops.  3.  Cut a 3rd piece of string about 80cm long.  Put it through the two loops and tie it.  It will act as a handle.

4.  Bag can be painted as desired.

5.  Glue on paper collage materials and streamers.  Allow to dry.

Let the tots paint a picture for fun with the left over paint ~

~ And pull a funny face :D

6. Now it’s time to play with your beautiful kite!

Run and play...

Have fun...

Go wild in the wind!!!

This activity is for tots of all ages and is from the book: ‘Children’s Arts and Crafts’ – The Australian Women’s Weekly Craft Library.

Don’t forget, you can join in the tot fun too, here’s how:

Create a new (no back linking allowed!) post on your blog with your tried and tested toddler activity and lots of photographs.

Or

Email your entry to me and I will enter it for you, so be sure to come back here and check it out!

Give a link to Beautiful Girlhood on your blog so that others may find me and enjoy playing along, too! You are welcome to use my Time for Tots button above. Just right click on the picture and ‘save as’. Use it as a picture in your post.

Come back HERE to this post and leave your link in the comments section which is below.

You’re done! I will come around and have a look at your ideas after you have linked up and leave you a comment!

You can join as many times as you wish, each time with a new toddler activity!

At the end of a tot school year, I will pick five of my favourite toddler activity ideas and each finalist will receive a ‘Tot Champ’ button....BUT, the ‘Top of the Tots’ will receive a ‘Tot Box’ filled with fun goodies to make and do with 1-5 year olds!

Go HERE to see some more of my Time for Tots activities, and those of others!

‘To the tots’,

Kelly-Anne

Time for Tots – Activity #12

Hello everyone!  It is time again for me to share my weekly tot activity with you!  But first I would like to show you all.......

...My new Tot School Sidebar buttons! These two adorable buttons are for you – they are for your blog’s sidebar. You can use either one of these buttons, top or bottom, if you want to – just right click on the picture and ‘save as’. Then you can upload it as a picture onto your blog if you would like to show off my ‘Time for Tots Link Up Party’ every week! The very top one is for your tot activity ideas so don’t forget to use it in your blog post for the link-up party! Read more here.

But now onto my weekly activity and that activity is...

Recycled Egg Box Caterpillars made in six fun and easy steps!

What you need:

A big egg box, cut into strips
Different coloured powder paints
Cold glue
Pipe cleaners of any colour, each one cut into three equal pieces
Googly eyes
Funky ribbon (optional)
Aprons for the tots and you!
Newspaper laid over the table

Step 1:  First paint the egg box strip your desired colours (be careful not put too much paint on your caterpillar or else it will become soggy and break!)

Paint it any way you like – plain green or multi-coloured to make it fancy!

Take your time to give it the finishing touches of an artist.

Step 2: ...Take a break at snack time to wait for your soggy caterpillars to dry in the sun...

...Read a story or two...

Step 3:  Using an awl, poke a hole through your caterpillar’s body for his/her legs.

Step 4:  Bend the pipe cleaners a little once putting them through the holes.

“It’s hard work”!  Rebekah age 2.

The legs should look like this underneath.

Step 5:  Poke another two holes on your friend’s (the caterpillar, that is) head.  Thread the pipe cleaner piece through to make feelers.

Step 6:  Glue two googly eyes onto your caterpillar’s face.

You’re done! Tie a bow in your favourite ribbon if you want to and give him/her a bow-tie!

Three gorgeous caterpillars made by the tots – Beth age seven, Gabrielle age four and Rebekah age two – Supervised by me, age fourteen:D

Go here to see the rest of my tot activities and those of others! I would love to see yours, too, so start linking up using your blog or email! The link up party is open all year!

‘To the tots’,

Kelly-Anne

Time for Tots – Activity #11

Yeah! After a tiny break to work on some more toddler activities for the upcoming season, I’m back with a whole lot of new ideas for things to do with tots! (Hope you like the new Tot School button?!)

Before I go on to my activity for this week, I’d like to announce that at the end of the Tot School year, five of my favourite activities will be listed on my blog and each finalist will receive a 'Tot School Champ' button for their blog. But...the 'Top of the Tot’s' will receive a 'Tot Box' filled with fun things to do with 1-5 year olds! So now start sharing those fun ideas with me using your blog and you could be a ‘Tot Champ’! Read more here .

How about having a Tot Tea Party this week with your Little Ones? That is what Gabrielle, Rebekah and I did one fine morning this week! We enjoyed Tot Tea under a shady tree and chatted about fun things...we had a glorious morning and Nancy and Rebekah had made Mini Melting Moments with icing and sprinkles on the top!

Mommy bought them a new plastic tea set so we (Gabrielle and Rebekah) had tea in style! I was the photographer slash supervisor, but enjoyed it (almost) as much as they did!

Tea time for Rebekah age two, Gabrielle age four and me age fourteen...

Pouring the tea...

Putting in the sugar – rainbow sugar crystals, excuse me!

Pouring in the milk...

 And stirring!

Tea time! ...But wait! We forgot the biscuits!

 

 

Finally, after much pouring and stirring we enjoyed tea!

Oh yum...see the pink finger?  Yup, definitely a ‘biscuit thief’!

And – we are off again!  ANOTHER cup of tea for Madam Rebekah!

...Sip...

...Slurp (gulp!)

...Savour every moment!

...And tea time might be over...

 

I didn’t say quite over...don’t look so worried Madam Rebekah!

Now, when you have little sisters enjoying tea and biscuits like real ladies, do you think you would stand by and watch...? I didn’t think so...Nancy and Beth made a tea table for themselves! Now, we have school, chores and things to do, but help! We cannot miss out on all the toddler fun! Oh, no! Dear me!

They played ‘tea for ladies’.

...“More tea, darling?”

I hope you enjoyed my tot activity this week…and yes, don’t forget the ‘ladies tea party’:) I hope you are encouraged to have fun with your tots, I know they will love and enjoy having you make a fuss of them at tea time! An interesting thing to remember about doing things with little ones is that, once you have ‘filled up their little tanks’, as my mother’s good friend always says, you will be surprised how easy they will be! They will go off and do something on their own for a little while leaving you to do what you want to do for an hour or so! Another helpful and wonderful thing is having more than one tot…yes, sometimes there can be ‘double trouble’ but generally on the whole, they should get along fine and play nicely together!

Remember to share your ideas with me in the ‘Tot School’ page. Please go there for more information and to see the rest of my activities and those of others who shared their toddler fun with me!

‘To the tots’

Kelly-Anne