Preschoolers

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3-4 year olds (and even early 5 year olds) is the age range often called “preschoolers” in Sydney, Australia, where we come from. This is the age that Bee is now.

Whilst my girls did (and do) go to a play-based preschool a couple of days a week, we don’t limit their play, learning and activities to just what is done at preschool. There are loads of fun things you can do at home, and below are some of the fun activities we’ve tried.

I really love this age!
 

Fun Activities for Preschoolers

  • Two ingredient Slime that Glows
    Two Ingredient Slime that GLOWS!

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  • Painting Fireworks
    Easy Fireworks Painting for Kids

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  • Sheep craft for Chinese New Year
    Paper Plate Sheep Mask for Kids

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  • DIY Dice Games for early maths skills
    17 Dice Games for Kids (that teach early math skills)

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  • Rain Sticks
    DIY Rain Sticks

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  • Emo Dolls - for empathetic play
    Emo Dolls {DIY dolls that encourage empathy through play}

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  • Snowman
    Make your own Play Snow!

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  • Two ingredient Bread Dough
    Two ingredient bread dough – that kids can make, play with, and eat!

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  • How to make a babyccino at home
    How to make a babyccino at home

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  • Cheese Monsters
    Cheese Monsters

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  • TP Roll Dolls
    Toilet Paper Roll Dolls

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  • Edible Peanut Butter Playdough
    Edible Playdough Recipe

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  • asy melted pony bead ornament for preschooler gifts
    Melted Pony Bead Ornaments

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  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cardboard Roll Craft
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar Kids Craft

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  • Easy Sydney Harbour Bridge Craft for Kids
    Sydney Harbour Bridge Craft

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  • DIY Fairy Door
    An invitation to the fairies: DIY Fairy Door

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  • 9 Reasons to Gather Natural Art & Craft Materials
    9 Reasons to Gather Natural Materials for Art & Craft

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  • Stamping with nature
    Nature’s Stampers: Impressions in play dough

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  • Painting with nature (and a peg)
    Painting with Nature (and a peg)

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  • Monster craft for kids
    TP Roll Monsters!

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  • bottle-cap-painted-poppy-field-art-for-kids
    Field of Poppies Art for Kids

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  • Tearing and pasting aluminium foil for fine motor play
    20 Fine Motor Activities with Aluminium Foil

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  • Water beads that fluoresce
    GLOWING water beads

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  • Stick People
    Stick People Community

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  • Aussie Wattle Craft for Kids
    Australian Wattle Craft for Kids

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  • Pom Pom Rainbow for learning colours
    Pom Pom Rainbow Collage

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  • Kids can make a Tipping Teapot with downloadable free printable ~ Danya Banya
    Make a Tipping Teapot tutorial (with free printable)

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  • Rose Scented Play Dough
    Rose Scented No Cook Play Dough

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  • Five Little Ducks
    Five Little Ducks Hand and Finger Puppets

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  • Christmas Lights Cards from Kids Fingerprints ~ Danya Banya
    Christmas Lights Cards from Kids’ Fingerprints

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  • Zoo Animal Face Masks
    How to make zoo animal face masks

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  • 12 Days of Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
    12 Days of Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

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  • Proud Aussie waiting for the glue on her Australian flag to dry
    Australian Flag Craft for Kids

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  • A Positive Alternative to Dont Touch!
    A Positive Alternative to ‘Don’t Touch!’

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  • Gross Motor Number Recognition Game
    Gross Motor: Number Recognition Play

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  • Advent Calendar (made from loo rolls)
    Toilet Paper Roll Advent Calendar

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  • Hand strengthening with lemon scented play dough
    Squeeze! Hand strengthening with lemon scented play dough

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  • Phone number bracelets
    Phone Number Bracelets {that kids can help make}

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  • Picking flowers to stick on to DIY nature cuffs
    Nature Cuffs

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  • Make some Paper Plate Pandas for preschooler threading skills
    Paper Plate Panda

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  • dolls hair cut
    Should I let my daughter cut her doll’s hair? I think so, and here’s why.

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  • Using nature as a paintbrush
    Printing with Nature

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  • Dashi Octonauts Cake
    Octonauts Party… starring Dashi!

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  • paper plate koala (with pouch) and joey craft for kids. Cute Aussie activity for Australia Day or an Australian unit, and a great way to learn about this native Australian animal..
    Koala and joey craft for kids

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  • Make a Nature Mobile
    Make a Nature Mobile

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  • Easy fun for toddlers! Painting on mirrors with shaving cream
    Toddler and preschooler sensory play with shaving cream and mirrors

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  • Apple Scented Play Dough
    Apple Scented Play Dough

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  • Water beads for summer sensory play
    We Love Water Beads!

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  • Phasmids are harmless - kids can let them walk all over them
    How to care for a pet phasmid

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  • Crayon Resist
    Crayon Resist ‘Magic’ Paintings

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  • Easy No Sew Peppa Pig Finger Puppets
    Peppa Pig Finger Puppets

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  • Old MacDonald had some wooden peg farm animals
    DIY Old MacDonald Peg Farm Animals

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  • DIY Photo Puzzle and an apology to your ovaries
    DIY Photo Puzzle

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  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired cardboard roll paintings

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  • Using Nature as a Canvas
    Nature Art

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  • My redhead!
    Invite your child to draw on a mirror…

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  • DIY Foam Dough
    Foam Dough

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  • Gingerbread Play Dough for Christmas sensory play for kids. (No cook recipe)
    {No Cook} Gingerbread Play Dough

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  • How to make a frangipani flower lei necklace - nature craft for kids
    How to make a Frangipani Lei

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  • Kid-made fruit skewers
    Kids in the Kitchen: Making Fruit Skewers

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  • Little-finger-biting fish pegs craft for the nursery rhyme 1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive
    Which finger did he bite? {12345 Little finger biting fish peg craft}

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  • Decorating Christmas Baubles
    Four Fun Ways Preschoolers Can Decorate Christmas Baubles

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  • Nailed it with a yarn spiral
    Pumpkin Geoboard

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  • 120+ ways to play, craft & learn with flora
    Play, Craft & Learn with Flora: The Ultimate Guide

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  • Paper plate rose
    How to Make a Paper Plate Rose

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  • Orange Faces
    Orange Faces!

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  • Five little speckled frogs finger puppets made from a rubber washing up glove
    Easy Five Little Speckled Frog Finger Puppets

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  • Yarn-Wrapped Paper Plate Jack-o-Lantern kids craft for Halloween
    Yarn-Wrapped Paper Plate Jack-o-Lantern Craft for Halloween

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  • Four Leaf Clover Window Craft
    Four Leaf Clover Window Craft

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  • Little Bo Peep and her two lambs with wagging tails2
    Toilet paper roll Little Bo Peep and lambs

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  • DIY Rapunzel Hair

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  • Make a Nature Collage
    Nature Tree Collage

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  • Upcycled Polystyrene Boats
    Recycle & Create: Polystyrene Shape & Colour Boats

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  • The Very Busy Spider web craft
    Spider Web Craft based on The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

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  • Chocolate Crackle Easter Eggs
    Kid-Made Chocolate Crackle Easter Eggs with DIY Painted Foil {and on encouraging kids to plan}

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  • Number recognition jumping play on the trampoline
    Number Jump! {a number recognition game}

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  • Decorating Eggs with edible paints and markers

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  • Easter sensory tub with chicks, eggs, flowers and of course, The Easter Bunny
    Easter Sensory Bin for Kids

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  • Emo Santa - helps kids understand emotions through play ~ Danya Banya
    Emo Santa doll, with changeable facial expression

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  • Play with cookie letters!

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  • Easy DIY Spring Flowers birthday party invitations, that kids can help make!
    Flower birthday party invitations – DIY tutorial

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  • How to make glow ice
    How to Make Glowing Ice

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  • ABCs and 123s ebook cover
    Is your child interested in letters, numbers or shapes?

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  • Kid-made Suncatcher Window Clings
    Kid-made Suncatcher Window Clings

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  • Using Sticks in Sensory Bins
    Make a Sensory Bin with Sticks {part of the 40 Days of Sensory Bin Fillers series}

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  • Homemade ornament idea Christmas tree pine cones
    Pine Cone Christmas Trees

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  • Summer ocean themed water play in the backyard ~ Danya Banya
    Summer Fun! Ocean Themed Water Play

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  • Easy DIY homemade yarn Christmas tree cards - that kids can make. Square
    Yarn Laced Christmas Tree Cards

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  • Jingle Sticks - percussion that kids can make and play with
    Jingle Sticks – percussion instrument craft for kids

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  • Cloud Dough Sand for Beach Small World Play

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  • Water beads sensory play on the light table
    Playful Science: Exploring Water Beads on the Light Table

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  • Dot Painting

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  • egg carton rose
    How to make an Egg Carton Rose

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  • 2D Shape Stamping with 3D Blocks - geometry and process art for kids
    Geometry Art: 2D Shape Stamping

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  • Hand sewing for kids: Heart & Star Decorations

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  • Backyard sensory play party with Moon Sand cupcakes
    Backyard sensory play party with Moon Sand cupcakes

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  • Gift Idea: Painted Beer Holder
    Kid made gift that Daddy will LOVE!

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  • DIY bauble stamper from toilet paper rolls
    Make your own wrapping paper & a DIY Christmas bauble stamper

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  • Our Warnings System how to discipline good kids gently
    Warnings: How to Discipline Good Kids

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  • Kid-made Robot Costume

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  • Backyard insect habitat
    Backyard Bug Hotel: “Nou Opin” for residents

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  • Recipe for No Cook Candy Cane Play Dough that sparkles! Great for Christmas sensory play for kids
    Super Sparkly {No Cook} Candy Cane Play Dough

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  • Christmas window decorations craft that kids can make in the holidays
    Christmas Window Clings {with a touch of bling}

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  • 6 Coping Strategies for when the Kids are driving you Insane
    6 coping strategies for when the kids are driving you insane

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  • DIY Garbage/Trash Themed T-Shirts
    DIY T-Shirts for a Trash Obsessed Boy

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  • TMNT card
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle birthday card

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  • Painting a Jacaranda - splatter art for kids
    Painting Jacaranda Trees: Splatter Art for Kids

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  • Painting on Seed Pods

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  • Christmas Emo Dolls
    Holly the Emo Christmas Fairy

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  • Kid made Christmas Cards using bubble wrap details ~ Danya Banya
    Bubble wrap print Christmas cards for preschoolers

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  • Meet Fristy the snowman toilet paper roll 'emo' doll
    Frosty the Snowman Emo Doll

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  • Creating balloon art
    Balloon decorating: process art for kids

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  • Life Skills Squeezing Regular and Blood Orange Juice
    Life Skills: Squeezing Fresh Orange Juice

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  • Watercress Heads
    Growing Watercress Hair

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  • Book Review & Giveaway: Sophia’s Jungle Adventure

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  • Shell spiral land art
    Shell Spiral: Collaborative land art at the beach

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  • 8 ways to encourage good old-fashioned backyard play by Danya Banya
    Good Old-Fashioned Backyard Play

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  • Fairy Play outdoors in the garden
    Fairy Play in the Backyard

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  • Preschooler Easter egg window art drawing with textas on sticky contact paper
    Four Fun Easter Decorations for Preschoolers

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  • Painting with LEGO Duplo
    Lego Painting {Guest Posting at Octavia & Vicky}

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  • Halloween decoration idea: upcycled CD Ghosts
    CD Ghosts

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  • Stick the clothes on Henry the Octopus party game
    Henry the Octopus!

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  • The apple worm
    Apple craft idea {with wriggly worm!}

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  • Exploring the Blue Mountains with Kids!
    Exploring the Blue Mountains {with kids}

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  • Learning Letters with Thumbtacks
    Learning Letters with Thumbtacks

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  • easiest DIY upcycled fruit & veg fridge magnets ever, and they are totally free
    Easiest DIY fruit and veg fridge magnets ever

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  • LEGO Juniors bricks are especially designed to be achievable for little hands
    LEGO Juniors – for first experiences

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  • Cute Gaspard and Lisa puppets, would be an easy and fun craft idea for preschoolers, and guess what they used to paint Lisa
    Gaspard and Lisa Puppets

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  • The Very Best Toddler & Preschooler Crafts of 2013 by Danya Banya
    Best of 2013

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  • Painting Feathers - nature process art for kids
    Painting Feathers: Nature Process Art Idea

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  • Painting with Vehicles

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  • Five Little Ducks Play Dough

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  • toddler-made cheese snacks
    Cheese Flowers ~ a healthy snack that kids can help make!

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  • Backyard Twister Gross Motor fun
    Backyard Twister

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  • Colour Swatch Tree Christmas Cards
    Paint Colour Swatch Tree Cards {that little kids can make}

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  • Sorting leaves and enjoying the great outdoors
    On platypus hunting and sorting leaves

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  • Strawberry ice cream play dough
    Strawberry Ice Cream Playdough

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  • Ocean Dough for under the sea themed imaginative sensory play
    Ocean Dough

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  • Bacon Nutella Toasted Sandwich
    Bacon and Nutella Toasted Sandwich

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  • Egg Carton Colour Sorter

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  • Our family leaf

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  • Rainy day healthy snack for kids
    Rainy Day Healthy Snack for Kids

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  • Paper mache princess castle for imaginative play
    Paper Mache Princess Castle

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  • Blow up a balloon
    A Letter to JJ (3 years, 11 months)

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  • Easy DIY washi tape peg matching and fine motor game for toddlers
    Washi Tape Pegs

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  • A Letter to JJ (3 years & 3 months old)

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  • 10 ways to encourage kids to think green
    10 ways to encourage kids to Think Green

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  • Best Kids Activities of 2015 on Danya Banya
    Best Kids Activities of 2015 | Danya Banya

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  • Our annual new years day interview with the kids
    New Years Day Tradition: annual interview with the kids

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  • Travelling with young kids
    5 tips for day trip travelling with young kids

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  • A Letter to JJ (3 years, 5 months)

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  • Top Arts and Crafts for Kids posts from Danya Banya 2014
    Best of 2014: Art & Crafts for Kids

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  • Danya & Bee on ice
    On Ice

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  • d is for dinosaur recycled paper craft
    D is for Dinosaur

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  • Backyard Day Spa
    Backyard Day Spa

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Have you got any suggestions for fabulous activities that 3-5 year olds can do at home? I’d love to hear them!


 
xx Danya