This is one of my favorite Mother’s Day art projects the preschool kiddos have made. Of course, I’m biased, and I always think their art is beautiful! The kids’ love of our drip-drop coffee filter flowers inspired their Mother’s Day art. Are you following Fun-A-Day’s MOTHER’S DAY Pinterest board? Mixed-Media Mother’s Day Art Using Kids’Keep Reading
Handmade Father’s Day Gifts from Kids
We’re out of school by the time Father’s Day rolls around. Despite that, I love making gifts with my preschoolers for the dads (or father figures) in their lives. We always have a blast making gifts for moms, and I never want the dads to be left out. Here are some awesome HANDmade Father’s DayKeep Reading
Falling Hearts Tree Valentine Handprint Craft
Oh, how I love using kiddos’ hands and fingers to create art! With my preschoolers, I like creating some kind of handprint art with the kids each month. This artwork gets saved and added to their end of the year portfolios. For February, the kids and I tried our hand at a fun valentine handprintKeep Reading
Parent Appreciation Ideas: Hand Print Art & Poem
My preschool coworkers and I have been “researching” parent appreciation ideas recently. We’re a small, non-profit preschool, so our families pay tuition AND then help us out with so many things (snacks, donating materials, organizing parties, and so on). So our preschool staff wanted to say thank you! This month, we made a cute handKeep Reading
20+ Ideas for Hand and Footprint Art
Oh how I just love hand and footprint art! Little kiddos have the cutest feet and hands, which just makes for fun art projects. They also make great keepsakes for parents. One of my end of the year traditions in preschool is my preschool portfolio, which contains hand print art for every month we’re inKeep Reading
Winter Hand Print Tree with Snowy Fingerprints
Every month, I use my students’ hands to create keepsake art. I then have the children tell me a story about the picture. We then work together to write the story, or I write their story for them. These are saved until the end of the year, when I create a preschool portfolio of theirKeep Reading
Snowman Fingerprint Ornament
a snowman fingerprint ornament makes a great keepsake Helping my students make their parents Christmas gifts is always fun! I love helping them create meaningful, sentimental presents. I’ve done some variation of these snowman fingerprint ornaments many times over the years. They are cute, use the kiddos’ fingerprints, and they get the children involved inKeep Reading
Negative Space Fall Hand Print Art
In the past, I’ve had fun making fall hand print trees with my preschool students. This year I wanted to try something a little different. When I came across No Time for Flashcards’ “Fall Art Project”, I had an idea about how to change it up. I was inspired to explore negative space with theKeep Reading
Easy Preschool Apple Bulletin Board with Kids’ Hand Prints
I don’t tend to go for fancy bulletin boards. In fact, I’d much rather use children’s artwork and writing to decorate. This apple bulletin board was easy to make, and I loved that the kids helped me put it together. Great way to display artwork during an apple theme. How to Make Apple Hand PrintsKeep Reading
Easter Art Activity – Easter Egg Hand Prints
Each month, I like to have my students make a piece of hand print art. At the end of the school year, Mary Poppins and I use their hand prints as part of their “preschool portfolio“. In the past, I’ve done shamrock hand prints, leprechaun hand prints, and bunny hand prints. This year, I wantedKeep Reading
