Kid Drawn Notepad

Martha Stewart has a fantastic idea for Dad.  Buy a sticky-note cube and let kids draw pictures or even scribbles for the little ones.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/274269/fathers-day-gifts-and-crafts/@center/307033/spring-holidays#272680 

Water Painting

What's more fun than painting?  Water and painting.  Have the kids draw with markers or stampers onto paper towels or napkins and then give them water droppers to add water and see the colors bleed.  It's a good opportunity to see colors blend and combine and learn about primary and secondary colors too.

Father's Day Paper Cup Trophy

Easy preschool craft turns two paper cups into a trophy honoring Dad for Father's day.  Kids can decorate with foam stickers and markers to personalize a cute message.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/fathers-day-trophy-cup-craft-1.html

Cloud Paintings

Shaving cream is great fun for kids it's fluffy and can often smell intriguing.  One way to have kids have fun with shaving cream is to have them use it with paint brushes or just their own fingers and hands and paint clouds onto blue construction paper.

Sensory Sorting Box

One way to mix up the sensory bin experience is to provide an action to go with the experience such as sorting the contents of the bin.  Kids can sort by color, object type, size, texture, or think of their own ways to sort. 

Sensory Cards for Babies

Babies love to touch and feel (often with their mouths).  One way to help give them more objects to play with but keep them safe is to glue the objects onto card board squares or even paint chip color cards from the local paint shop.  There are so many options:

- strips of lace
- a dried out sponge
- bubble packaging
- felt
- feathers
- sticky tape
- cotton balls
- velcro - both sides
- sandpaper
- crumpled alumnim foil

Toilet Paper Roll Nature Bracelets

Toilet paper rolls always make a great upcycled craft.  For littler kids with tiny wrists cut the tube in half and have them find flowers and leaves and other objects from nature and glue on to the tube.  You can also use double sided sticky tape and have the kids stick the objects on as they go.

Twitches uses stickers and colors them with markers.

Get the instructions here:
http://twitchetts.com/2015/04/toddler-craft-toilet-paper-ro.html/