All you need for these crafts .... Sugar paper, glue, pictures cut from catalogues and magazines, felt, feathers, satin type fabric, wool, ribbon, stars, pictures of birds singing, pictures of musical instruments and paper plates. For 'Things I like to smell' spray the pictures with perfume beforehand. (If you can have some real items for… Continue reading Our five senses craft
Category: Toddlers – our senses
Thank you God for my nose..
For the Bible story we used Luke 7:36-46. This is a difficult story to tell as it probably seems strange to us that someone would anoint a persons feet. You need to explain that in those days people would wash their feet when they went into a home as they would be dusty and hot.… Continue reading Thank you God for my nose..
all about me – I can smell!
Young children have lots of discoveries to make. It's fun to help them discover their senses. There are different activities that can show them that they can smell. Of course they already knew that! We can help them know what the smells are that they like or dislike. Sometimes a smell gives us a warning - the toast… Continue reading all about me – I can smell!
Thank you God book – for toddler group
Over the past term at our Toddler Group we have made a 'thank you God book' - this is an overview of what we did Title page 'our thank you God book' Then the following pages - with pictures added from google images. Each page was A3 and was laminated. 'I am wonderfully made' Psalm 139… Continue reading Thank you God book – for toddler group
Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs
Easter decorations - eggs and more eggs, some to decorate and some to eat! It's very straightforward to make salt dough eggs but you do need to do this ahead as the dough shapes need to dry out. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need… Continue reading Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs
Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
Easter is nearly here! In toddler group we have been learning about being 'Wonderfully made' and have already talkied about our mouths that shout, whisper and taste' and our ears that can 'hear shouts and whispers'. The Bible story that we are using to develop this is the Palm Sunday story that we read in… Continue reading Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
Our Amazing bodies! – our mouths
At toddler group we've been learning about our amazing bodies during story time. This week it's the turn of our mouths. We think about two things in the story, songs and craft - we use our mouths to speak and we use them to eat. Our focus is, 'I am wonderfully made'. Story time- our… Continue reading Our Amazing bodies! – our mouths
Scented flower craft
This is a scented flower craft for young children to make. There is some preparation needed but it's worth the effort! Craft time This is an idea for under three's that we used at toddler group. Older children could also make this and could be allowed to do more of the cutting out but if… Continue reading Scented flower craft