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Candy Cane Letters

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There’s so much fun and excitement around the holiday months at preschool, it’s easy to forget to incorporate the alphabet. It’s important to continue letter work and what better way than creating candy cane letters! This post includes a free alphabet printable template.

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Candy Cane Letters Alphabet Work

Preschoolers can choose the letter of their name or use your focus letters for the month to create candy cane letters.

For this simple activity, you just need a few supplies and the prep work is quick and easy.

Supplies:

Candy Cane Letters Alphabet TemplateDownload
Letter A candy cane project

Preschoolers practice alphabet letters and AB patterns during the holidays with this simple letter activity.

Letter B candy cane project

My group enjoys using glitter glue so it worked well to use with this project to give our letters and icy wintery look.

Letter C candy cane project

There you go! A fun and festive way to work on letter identification during the holidays!

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Santa’s Reindeer Snack

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This time of year, everyone wants to make fun memories and enjoy special moments but there’s so much to do. That’s why I like this Santa’s Reindeer Snack. It’s a fun but not completely sugar-laden snack for little ones. Plus it’s super quick to make at the last minute with ingredients you probably already have on hand. This idea is from the Experience Early Learning Preschool Curriculum.

Santa's Reindeer Snack - Experience Early Learning Preschool Curriculum

A Snack from Santa’s Workshop

Santa’s Workshop is a printable Celebration Kit from Experience Preschool Curriculum. It’s a booklet full of ideas to celebrate Christmas.

As you can see there are some fun ideas in here to supplement your holiday activities. I enjoyed making the Santa’s Reindeer Snack for the kids one day for morning snack. You can certainly have the kids make their own.

Maybe I should have thought to have the kids assemble their own, but I was thinking of surprising them with this cute snack instead.

Santa's Reindeer Snack

They were very pleased! It does look like a reindeer! We used a red M & M for the nose to make it Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.

I tried a couple different versions, using a half of a cracker or a whole crackers. Both turned out cute!

Santa's Reindeer Snack

Have you read about the real story behind Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer? It’s interesting!

Enjoy a tasty reindeer snack with a glass of milk and an applesauce pouch or strawberries. Read a Christmas story or try a fun Invitation to Create snowflake project from Experience Curriculum!

How To Make Santa’s Reindeer Snack

Santa's Reindeer Snack
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Santa's Reindeer Snack

Adorable Christmas snack kids can make themselves!

Ingredients

  • Graham Crackers
  • Creamy Peanut Butter
  • Mini Pretzels
  • Raisins
  • Red M & Ms

Instructions

  1. Spread peanut butter on graham cracker.
  2. Add raisins for eyes.
  3. Put M & M on for the nose.
  4. Place two mini pretzels for the antlers.
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Turkey Handprint Potholder

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We’re feeling in the Thanksgiving spirit now that we’ve made some Thanksgiving handprint turkeys! It’s one of my favorite traditions with young children. Each year parents can pull out this turkey handprint potholder and remember that 2020 wasn’t all bad.

Turkey Handprint Potholder

Since we make turkey handprints every Thanksgiving, I like to switch it up and make something unique each time. Here are some we’ve made in the past:

Turkey Handprint Potholder

Tips For Making Turkey Handprints

  1. This can be tricky with younger ones because they want to close their hand. I demonstrate how to hold their hand open with fingers spread.  You might need to remind.
  2. Keep paper towels nearby in case you need to start over. Even with older children, I help them because you really don’t want to have to remake your canvas…  
  3. As I paint their hands, I say, “here is the turkey’s body, this is the turkey’s head…let’s paint this feather blue, this feather yellow…”
  4. Guide the child’s hand to make the print and lift it off quickly so they don’t smear it.
  5. Keep paper towel or hand wipes near by to wipe the excess paint off the hand or for a quick clean up if paint gets spilled.

Types of Paint to Use

I used acrylic paints because that’s what I had on hand. Fabric paints would also be a good choice and would create more vibrant colors.

Turkey Handprint Potholder

The potholders we used are from the Dollar Tree. They are silicone (or similar) on the back, very nice for $1.00!

Turkey Handprint Potholder

After the hand prints dried, I added the legs, beak, waddle, and eye with a Sharpie marker. It was faster than using paint, but not as colorful as paint would have been.

Turkey Handprint Potholder

I used my Cricut Maker to cut iron on wording and my Easy Press Mini for the first time. Love it! It was perfect for these little projects. Then I tied on an orange burlap ribbon just for fun. The parents loved them! Happy Thanksgiving!

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Count Down to Halloween

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It’s almost time for Halloween! Let’s count down to Halloween with a bucket list of fun and festive ideas for the whole family. Start out with making some candy apples and decorate for Halloween. You can do more than one a day or plan a weekend of scary fun. Print out the count down to Halloween Bucket List below.

Families need to plan some fun together during this strange time of Covid-19. You can do many of these activities at home without exposing yourself to more germs. Create your own fun and traditions your family will remember for years!

Count Down to Halloween Bucket List for Families

Count Down to Halloween Free Printable Bucket List for Families

Need some ideas? Here you go!

Print the bucket list and share with your kids. See what they want to do! What a fun way to include everyone in the planning. Maybe you can’t do all the activities, but each family member can pick one.

Count Down to Halloween Bucket List for families
Halloween Bucket List for FamiliesDownload

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2021 Handprint Calendar Template Printable

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UPDATE: The 2021 calendar template has been posted at the bottom of this post.

Note: Please understand that this calendar is NOT editable.  I also cannot accommodate every request for various pages, languages and changes. However, it is free. I will consider your requests on the next go around! Thanks for understanding.

2017 Handprint Calendar Template Printable I started this calendar template a long time ago and I should have had it out to you sooner. Life just gets in the way somehow. Thanks for your patience! I do really like this project and I’m so glad so many of you do as well.  It’s such a fun gift for parents to receive from their little ones. I will be working on this project with my group too for the next holidays.

PRINT ON 8.5 x 11″ CARDSTOCK.

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About the 2021 Handprint Calendar Template Printable

Calendar template for creating a child’s handprint calendar. Each a month features a poem and a coordinating handprint. Print pages on cardstock for best results. Can be printed in color or black and white. Help the child create handprints on pages by painting design on the child’s hand. After it dries details can be added with a marker. Handprint patterns are also included. Alternate pages included for:

  • March (Shamrock/ Leprechaun)
  • November (Canada/US)
  • December (Snowman/Santa)

Below are little images of the pages included. handprint calendar pages handprint calendar pages 2017 Handprint Calendar Template Printable handprint calendar pages 2017 Handprint Calendar Template Printable 2017 Handprint Calendar Template Printable

2020 Handprint Calendar |PDF

2021 Handprint Calendar|PDF

 

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