Inside: A simple and fun flower theme color matching, counting and graphing activity for toddlers and preschoolers Don’t we all love a simple learning activity? This dot the flowers activity is as simple as it seems. In fact, this activity is so simple that I could set this up in ...
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TP Roll Parts of a Flower Learning Toy
Inside: Learn the different parts of a flower with this DIY learning toy, and enjoy exploring science and nature with your child! Materials for Parts of a Flower DIY Learning Toy They are found in every home and mostly get thrown out every other day. I’m talking about TP ...
Volcano Eruption Painting in a Ziploc Bag
Remember the classic Ziploc bag painting activity? It’s such a brilliant process art for babies and toddlers to explore colors. It can be set up in 1 minute and best of all, it’s completely mess free! So grateful to the genius who came up with this idea. Since we were on a volcano ...
Learn Parts of a Volcano with this DIY Volcano Anatomy Cardboard Puzzle
Inside: A DIY Volcano Cardboard Puzzle for kids to learn about parts of a volcano. Last month, we did a volcano learning unit. Now, I’m pretty sure if there isn’t a volcano anatomy puzzle in the market. Of course, why buy one (if there’s any) when it’s so easy to DIY? One of the best ...
Rainbow Hearts Loose Parts Line Up
Inside: What are loose parts and how children benefit from playing with loose parts in this Rainbow Hearts Line Up activity. In this simple loose part line up activity, children learn SO MUCH! But first, what are loose parts? This idea of 'loose parts' was created by architect Simon ...
Duplo Hearts Letter Matching
Inside: Repurpose your Duplo blocks to make a fun letter matching Duplo puzzle. Read more about this Duplo activity in this post. We have this box of Duplo blocks forever. My son got his first box of Duplo when he was 1 year old. He's 6 now and found his new love for Lego. My daughter who's ...
Symmetry Hearts Printing
This process art activity is designed to introduce preschoolers and young learners to the concept of symmetry in a fun and creative way. By creating beautiful heart-shaped prints using paint and folded paper, children will get to explore the beautiful world of symmetrical patterns. Dive into this ...
Snowman Pompom Drop
Inside: A fun Snowman Pompom colour matching and fine motor activity for your toddler this Christmas! A DIY Fun Learning Toy for Toddlers Our newest DIY toy, a cute snowman pompom drop activity, made with a tissue box! We love converting trash to fun learning toys at our place. This will ...
Duplo Color Matching Activity for Toddlers
Inside: Is your child a big Duplo fan? Repurpose your building blocks for this fun Duplo color matching activity for toddlers. Do you have 3 minutes? That's exactly how much time you need to set up color matching activity! Prepping activity can't get any simpler than this ...
Contact Paper Santa's Beard Activity for Christmas
Inside: How to make a Santa's Beard Activity for Christmas that your children will enjoy! Christmas activities are in full swing at my place now. We stacked some TP roll Christmas Trees, pegged on the antlers on our Paper Cup Reindeer, played with a Christmas Tree Cardboard Puzzle and here's ...
TP Roll Stacking and Counting Snowman Activity
Inside: Make counting fun with this Toilet Paper Roll Snowman Activity (and get the free printable!) Do You Want to Build a Snowman? We are missing snow here but that doesn't mean we can't have fun 'building' a snowman! With toilet paper rolls, 10 minutes and a free printable ...
Symmetry Christmas Tree Printing
Inside: Gear up for the Xmas season with this fun Symmetry Christmas Tree Printing activity for your kids! We had so much fun creating symmetry spider printings for Halloween, so how could we not do a Christmas symmetry printing too? Say hi to this fun art and math activity! Learning ...
Paper Cup Reindeer Counting Toy
Inside: How to create a reindeer counting toy for your child to learn while celebrating the Christmas Season! I love creating DIY learning toys around themes. It just adds on the learning fun for the children like this Paper Cup Reindeer! The children will be delighted to peg on the 'antlers' ...
Christmas Tree Cardboard Puzzle
Presenting our latest addition to our cardboard puzzle family - this DIY Christmas Tree Puzzle is perfect for adding some Christmas fun, while your child learns about SHAPES at the same time! And so my DIY puzzle days began... My children are such puzzle lovers, one day I figured I had ...
Dot Stickers Christmas Lights Learning Activities
One activity and 5 different ways to learn! This dot stickers Christmas lights activity will be a hit in your home during this Christmas season. Easy Peasy Dot Stickers Christmas Lights Activity for Siblings I have a 5.5yo and a 3yo at home. Half the time, they want to do the same whatever ...
10+ DIY Gift-less Christmas Countdown Activities for Kids
Inside: A collection of homemade Christmas countdown activities that will make the holidays magical and meaningful for the whole family. DIY Christmas Countdown Activities that are Fun, Affordable and Earth-friendly One thing about Christmas that can be challenging if you are trying to ...
Milk Carton Chimney - A DIY Kids Advent Calendar
Inside: Step-by-step tutorial to make this fun kids advent calendar with milk carton. Watch Santa move down the chimney every day! A DIY Christmas Countdown Toy Every December Creating a fun Christmas Countdown toy every December has officially become a family tradition. This saves me from ...
TP Roll Stacking and Counting Christmas Tree
Inside: Make your own Stacking and Counting Christmas Tree toy, and learn how to use it for both toddlers and preschoolers. Hands-on Stacking and Counting Christmas Tree for different ages Instead of spending money, why not make your own DIY learning toys? Toddlers, preschoolers ...
Paper Plate Snowman Countdown Craft
Inside: An easy DIY Snowman Countdown Craft for kids looking forward to Christmas! My kids are so excited about Christmas, they will ask me every day in December if it was Christmas. Since 2 years ago, I have made a countdown activity every December as a fun way for my kids to visualize the ...
Favorite Toddler and Preschool Christmas Theme Activities
Inside: A collection of our favorite toddler and preschool Christmas theme activities! Every year, we can't wait for December and do all things fun the whole month to celebrate Christmas. There are so many opportunities for creativity, whimsy, fun, and learning! I can’t wait to share with you ...
Santa Down the Chimney Christmas Countdown Craft
One of my favorite things about Christmas is... counting down to Christmas! Here's a fun Christmas countdown craft that we made in my home, for the kids. Fun way to visualize the number of days left to Christmas This Santa Down the Chimney is SO (or too) fun, to be perfectly honest, half ...
TP Roll Christmas Tree Learning Activity
I have a toddler and a preschooler at home. And I'm always trying to maximize the use of the learning toys I create. Like this TP Roll Christmas Tree Learning Activity! I made one learning toy, but there are multiple ways to learn and play with it for kids of different ages. 1 Christmas Tree ...
Spider Symmetry Printing
Inside: How to use this Spider Symmetry Printing activity to explore science, math and art with your child. Wait a minute, did you say Science, Math and Art all in one activity? You heard me right! We love multi-skills and cross subject activities here. As simple as it looks, this ...
Monster Hands Craft & Math Activity
It's full on Halloween fun this week at Happy Tot Shelf HQ and I just have to give everything a Halloween makeover. Like this clever idea of counting in 5s with hands from lnnally and Chalk Academy that I bookmarked few months back. Before we can get to the counting part, we first need to make ...
Cute Monster Eyes Counting Activity
Inside: How to make this monster eyes counting activity, and how your kids can play while learning to count! Sticky Stuff and Kids Inspired by these cute monster counting cards on Playdough to Plato, here's a sticky variation of it. I know right, why a sticky version? Because there's ...
15+ Halloween Activities for Preschoolers
Inside: Spooky fun Halloween activities for preschoolers! We need an entire month for Halloween, who's with me on this? There are so many fun Halloween activities for kids, every year we run out of time to complete all the things on our Halloween to-do list! Scroll down to check out all ...
A Quick Guide to Choose Learning Activities for Kids
Searching "learning activities for kids” on Pinterest is overwhelming. Immediately, thousands of activities pop up. My head spins as I scroll through all the ideas. Exhausted, I wonder:"Will this be suitable for my son?”“When do I introduce letters to my daughter?”"Will my child be ...
Apples Theme Learning Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers
Inside: If you love all things apple like we do in our house, read on for more fun apples theme learning activities for preschoolers and toddlers! "Way up high, In a tree, Two little apples Smiled at me. So I SHOOK that tree Just as hard as I could! And down ...
Letter Matching with Play Dough in a Box
We were getting ready for our Back to School theme, and having fun with this alphabet matching with play dough activity from Rowdy Rascals. So this idea of doing the letter matching activity with play dough in a lunchbox popped up! Most children start to learn to recognise the alphabet between ...
Apple and Caterpillar Letter Matching Activity and Printable
Inside: Make a fun Apple and Caterpillar Letter Matching Activity, and learn to tweak the difficulty for different age groups! Apple and Caterpillar Letter Matching Activity My secret to getting kids interested in a learning activity? Create a fun context around it! Say hi to our cute ...
15+ Amazing Back to School Theme Activities for Preschoolers
Inside: Ready for a new season of school? Check out these amazing Back to school theme activities for children! This year, I made a huge decision to homeschool my children. You know how the first day of school is such a unique and amazing experience for the children. I want to make it as ...
Singapore Theme Learning Activities and Shelf
One of our favorite way to celebrate Singapore's National Day is to learn more about our country through some fun Singapore themed learning activities! Read on for my list of fun ideas for children to learn about Singapore's flag, culture and famous landmarks. Related: A free Singapore theme ...
Letter Symmetry with Duplo
Inside: A super fun activity for children who know their letters and have an understanding of symmetry. Is your child a master of symmetry yet? If your child has mastered the basics of symmetry, he/she is in for a new symmetry challenge! In this activity, we are exploring symmetry in ...
Fun Way to Learn Symmetry with Duplo
DUPLO for the win! I mean, why learn shapes and symmetry the boring way when we can make them fun? Especially if your kid is a Duplo lover too! What do you need for this Duplo symmetry activity? Secure the yarn at the centre of the Duplo base board with sticky tape. This will be the ...
Pool Noodle Fishing Game
Inside: Kids and adults will love this DIY fishing game! Get a step-by-step tutorial on how to make this fun DIY fishing game with pool noodles. I'll admit it. I wanted a fishing game so badly for an Ocean theme play date. Determined to not spend money on another toy, I thought: "I've ...
Shapes Sorting Suncatcher
Inside: How to make an easy shapes sorting suncatcher learning activity for your toddler. Shapes Sorting Suncatcher Activity for Toddlers This is such a delightful invitation for young toddlers to create beautiful suncatchers and learn about basic shapes at the same time! What Do Kids ...
Fish Sewing Board - Sewing Learning Activity for Kids
This DIY fish sewing learning activity is wonderful for toddlers and preschoolers to practice threading and basic sewing. No fancy materials needed, you probably have everything at home to make this one in under 5 minutes. What do kids learn from this sewing activity? 1) Fine motor skills ...
Castle Theme Graphing Game (Printable available!)
I’m convinced that I can get my children to learn anything with a good game. Here’s a castle theme game I created that’s fun to play and so much learning for the toddlers and preschoolers! There are 2 versions of this game: 1) Castle Graphing Game Recommended age: 2 to 4yo Learning ...
Castle and Dragons Theme Learning Activities and Learning Shelf
This theme is chosen by my son who is obsessed with all things dragons now. Do you have a little dragon lover at home too? He/she is going to love this shelf! Here's a summary post of all the Castle and Dragons theme learning activities we did for this month. To read more about how we do ...
Moon Phases Learning Toy
A fun and interactive way to learn about phases of the moon, there is little wonder why this is our most popular DIY learning toy! As the cup turns, the child will see the moon change throughout the lunar phase. Here’s how to make one! Materials * This list contains affiliate links. ...