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Themed Park Days or in Home Days
Have parents bring something to go along with these themed park days
Bring a toy Truck or car
Wear a certain color (blue, red, etc.)
Bike Day (have child bring a bike or ride on toy) make sure the park allows this.
Bubble Day (bring bubbles or make a batch to share along with fun bubble tools)
Sand Toy Day
Hide and Seek
Use a small bean bag stuffed animal and show it to all the children. Have the kids leave the room or hide their eyes while one person hides it in view. Have the children open their eyes and come back to the room have the children scour the room with their eyes and see if they can spot the toy! For small babies you might want to have them sit in a circle and cover the animal with a small blanket with other blankets around. Depending on their age you can have them lift the blanket or do it for them and say "There it is!" or ask "Is it here? No.".
Music Time
Music Instrument Fun
Have everyone bring their favorite CD or Cassette
You can make your own music instrumnets by recycling different containers from your home
A shoebox or an oatmeal contaniner can become a drum
Fill an empty box or can with uncooked beans or rice and it becomes a musical shaker
Make sure any sharp edges are covered and containers are sealed with Tape or glue to avoid any choking hazards of the beans
Have the children listen to their favorite songs and play along with their instruments.
Dancing Fun
Have a dance class by having all the children dress up and then teach them how to couple dance and singles dance. They LOVE this!
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Let's Cook!
Let kids get in touch with their inner chef.
Make your own Pizzas
Split English muffins make an easy crust, but you can also use roll out dough, or buy a bag of ready made dough at Trader Joe's or an Italian Deli.
Give each child sauce in a small paper cup, mozzarella cheese, and your choice of additional toppings. Let kids get creative by using veggies to make pizza faces. Have it potluck style and have the other parents each bring one topping
Decorate a cupcake:
Bake cupcakes and leave them plain for the kids to frost and decorate
use canned frosting, sprinkles, and frosting tubes. Have each child make one for mommy and daddy too to take home.
Quick Kids Crafts
Happy Faces
1. The kids draw a face/circle on a piece of cardboard.
2. They glue big eyes on there.
3. Draw a smile for the mouth.
4. Draw a nose or precut different noses for them to glue on.
5. Have them name their person/character.
Items you'll need:
Wiggly eyes
Pictures of noses you can punch out
Pens
Cardboard
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Guardian Pompom Angel
Get pompom balls, wiggly eyes, feet that you peel and stick to the pompom
1. Kids pick out a color pompom
2. glue a set of wiggly eyes onto the pompom
3. stick the feet on
Viola, you have a guardian pompom angel.
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