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No need to slow down your creative thinking
after the holidays. There are
some great art activity ideas for young
children.
January is oatmeal month. Turn oatmeal into a
great kindergarten art activity. You know you
don't always have to eat oatmeal. With a little
flour oatmeal and water you can make oatmeal
objects that you can then actually paint.
January is also the home of
old rock day.
Kids love to paint and decorate rocks
with all kinds of stuff. You'll get some real
interesting characters and animals and other
creations when you turn your kids loose finding
interesting rocks and having them paint them
January Monthly Arts & Crafts
Painting on Rocks for Kids
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February – |
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The obvious is
Valentines Day.
But one of my favorites when the kids were
kindergarten aged was
Groundhog Day. With just
a small bit of research you can come up
with several art activities centered on
Groundhog Day.
February Monthly Arts & Crafts
175 Easy-To-Do Valentine Crafts
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Kite month
- Make kites out of small paper bags
St. Patrick's Day
–shamrocks and green things
First day of spring – flower power
March Monthly Arts & Crafts
Crafts For St. Patrick'S Day
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Arpil – |
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Easter
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Eggs, bunnies, baskets,
chocolate and more.
Rainbow day
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is great fun for kindergarten art activities.
Garden Month is something you can certainly add
to your preschool and kindergarten
Ladybug crafts
- take the kids out and gather up some rocks or
other oval shaped object and with some black and
red tempera paint and some clear coat spray to
put on them after they dry, you can have lots of
fun.
Math Month
- Make some big cardboard cut out shapes of
numbers and have your kids color and decorate
them. This will be the beginning of recognizing
and naming each number.
April Arts and
Crafts
175 Easy-To-Do-Easter Crafts
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May - |
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May Day
- Make some pretty baskets
with treats and give to family and friends
Mother's Day
- There is an abundance of mother's day
activity, arts, and craft ideas for you from
handprint dishcloths to tissue paper carnations.
Just be creative, Mom!
Circus Day
- Fun with drawing, coloring, painting clowns,
and clown faces.
Mother's Day
Crafts
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June - |
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Father's Day -
Have Dad and your
child make imprints, cardboard cutouts, or
tracings of their hands and feet. Then overlay
the child's over Dad's and see the difference.
Dairy Month
- June is dairy month. Have some fun cows!
Zoo and Aquarium Month
- how 'bout a field
trip
National Gingerbread Day
- Make and decorate
cookies.
Flag Day
Father's Day
Crafts
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July - |
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Independence Day
- No better time to
combine some very important history lessons with
flags, fireworks, and family picnics.
National Hot Dog Month
- National Ice
Cream Month - I'm
sure your kids won't have any objection with
these two ideas for your homeschool calendar!
Art Activity
Desk
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August - |
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Friendship Day
- Celebrate this day by making some cards and
crafts for all their friends and discussing the
importance of friendship and how to be a good
friend to someone.
Watermelon Day
Clown Week
- is the first week in
August
July and
August Idea Book
Watermelon Day |
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Library Card Month
- What a great time to get your child their
first library card and begin to get them
interested in all the things your local library
has to offer... and you too!
Read a Book Day
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Teddy Bear Day
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Play-Doh Day
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National Grandparents Day
- is the first Sunday after Labor Day
September Arts
and Crafts
Make Your Own Teddy Bears & Bear Clothes
Play-Doh Fun And Games |
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October - |
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Apple Month
- How about an apple for the teacher!
Popcorn Popping
Month - Lot's of
recipes for making popcorn balls. Anything
involving recopies and the kitchen are great
activities for kids. It introduces them to art,
shapes, sizes, and math all at once.
Columbus Day
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Halloween
- Trace around your child's forearm and hand the
forearm is the trunk and the hand is the
branches. Then decorate your tree for Halloween.
October
activities
Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday
Household Item...
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November - |
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Thanksgiving
- Hand turkeys, baskets, pilgrims, Native
Americans, our history just take your pick and
take off.
Good Nutrition
Month - A great
opportunity to head into the kitchen and be
creative and educational with your child. Part
of our homeschool schedule always included time
in the kitchen.
Moms and Dads Day
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November Monthly Arts & Crafts
All New Crafts for Thanksgiving
Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday
Household Item...
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Christmas
- Decorating, cooking, crafts, and most of
all... giving and being thankful.
Read A New Book Month
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First Day of Winter
- Make some construction paper snowflakes.
December Monthly Arts & Crafts
Christmas Decorations Kids Can Make
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TIP: |
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I used to make copies of many of my favorite
pages in the books then put the copies into a
3-ring binder in sheet protectors so I could use
them more than once and I always knew where they
were as I also organized them by activity and
month. Hope you enjoyed the sampling of all the
different preschool art activities and
others you can add to your
homeschool calendar!
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