The Birthday Gift

Ana has quite an interest in sewing--probably because I sew all the time.  So for a friend's birthday she drew this cute little flower.  She then (quite decisively) picked out all the material and buttons.  We learned how to sew on a two hole and four hole button as well as doing a little bit of straight sewing on the machine.  How's that for an educational gift?

2 Quick Kids Ideas

Ana loves to play with beads. She is now into dumping them into different pots, pans, and cups. This is a MESSY activity. So, I let her sit in one of her boxes and dump away. It saves tons of time during clean up because the beads can be poured into the container.

Ana was playing with a large clip and I thought "What great fine motor skill practice!" I dug through one of my drawers and pulled out some small clips from Daiso and had her clip them to the side of the bowl. She has great fun taking them all off too. Such a simple activity kept her attention for 20 minutes!