Tag: Christmas in July

Snowman Colors

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Need a COOL way to practice COLORS? Check out these amazing Snowman Color cards! I love the bright colors!

Grab pom-poms, a pair of tongs, and this FREE printable and start the learning I mean FUN!

Your little will work on fine motor skills and grip strength as they pinch the tongs and carry the pom-pom to the cards. Place the pom-poms on the snowflakes and talk about color matching, sorting, visual discrimination, and counting!

You can use the entire rainbow of colors, or just one or two colors at a time. You can even have your child place colored blocks, beads, or stickers on the snowflakes!

My daughter still calls this color “lell-low” and there is something so endearing about it that I hope no one ever corrects her!

Pull out the colors your child struggles with and focus on those cards. This is a fun way to seek and find the colors in the pile of pom-poms.

Make it a little “competition” which snowman card will fill up first?!

And check out those 2 different shades of green pom-poms! This is a great time to talk about color variations!

Such a simple activity that has tons of benefits! I cannot wait to hear how you use it!

Don’t forget to grab your FREE printable HERE!

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Happy Counting and Color Matching!

Decorate Your Own Christmas Tree

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I love activities that let creativity and imagination bloom!

Check out this super fun Christmas activity! Your readers can decorate their own Christmas tree and let their own creativity run wild all while developing their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. In fact, you can even sneak in a little color and shape learning!

Decorating your own Christmas tree doesn’t take special materials or even superior creativity. Pull out what you have:

  • markers
  • crayons
  • paint
  • stickers
  • string
  • paper shapes
  • buttons
  • ribbon
  • glitter (if you are super brave 🤣)

Anything goes!

The best way to inspire my kiddos creativity is to first read and then have them complete the activity. I love these classic Christmas stories and both feature decorated trees to inspire your readers.

This activity is super versatile. You can print the FREE printable (on white or colored paper!) and decorate right on the paper or you can cut out the tree, decorate, and glue it onto a bigger collage. The options are endless!

We read Christmas stories at our community story time this week and then the kiddos completed this activity. I always love seeing what they will come up with. Each tree is as unique as the artist who created it!

I love that these activities make wonderful festive decorations!

Don’t forget to grab the FREE printable, HERE!

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Happy Decorating!

Decorate the Cookies Playdough Mat

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If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that I adore playdough. I love the texture, smell, and versatility. It is my favorite “surprise activity” to calm down rambunctious kiddos or focus free spirits.

Playdough mats are a wonderful way to inspire your readers’ creativity!

One of our favorite Christmas activities is decorating cut out cookies and taking them to all our neighbors. The kids love the cookie cutters, colorful icing, and sprinkles! For our Christmas in July theme I decided to take that same idea and turn it into a playdough activity that can be done anytime. Check out this fun cookie plate full of cookies ready to be decorated! And no baking necessary!

Grab the FREE printable, HERE!

Pull our different colors of playdough (or get super fancy and make your own!!) , cookie cutters, and tools. Then, get to work! I love that their creations are different every time. The uniqueness and creativity is my favorite part!

I highly recommend laminating your playdough mats so that the playdough doesn’t stick to the paper.

PRO TIP – print this free printable playdough mat and one of our other Christmas playdough mats. Then, put the pages back to back before using your laminator. Now you will have a 2-sided play dough mat that will keep your kiddos busy for hours!

Happy Decorating!!