Popsicle Stick Snowflakes

Popsicle stick snowflakes are a super easy, affordable and fun way for children to create their own handmade decorations. They're fun to make during winter or at Christmas time and let kids recreate the sparkly magic of snowflakes inside to brighten up the house. Follow our easy step by step instructions to learn how make your own popsicle stick snowflakes with your kids.

DIY Season Sensory Bottles

Season sensory bottles are a fun, engaging and mess free way to teach children about the different seasons in a year and how the weather varies during each season. Each season typically has it's own unique weather and sensory experiences and I'm going to show you how to recreate them in these summer, autumn/fall, winter and spring sensory bottles.

June {Winter} Play Activity Ideas for Toddlers & Preschoolers + Free Play Calendar PDF

I'm putting together monthly play activity schedules to make it easy for you to create a month of fun for your kids at home or in the classroom, every month of the year. For the month of June I've actually created 2 monthly calendars, this Winter version and a Summer version, to cater for readers in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. 

The June Winter activity calendar focuses on snow, artic and snowman themed ideas for toddlers, preschoolers and school kids. The activities include a mix of art and craft, science and sensory play ideas as well as books to read aloud during the month.

Each activity is explained in detail below, including how you can extend or adjust the activity based on your child's age. You can also download our free interactive June Winter activity calendar pdf with links to instructions for every activity to save for future reference.

Snowflake Threading Fine Motor Activity

It can be hard to occupy children during winter when it's cold outside and they're spending lots more time inside the house, but don't worry I have the perfect winter activity for toddlers, preschoolers and even school kids. Threading snowflakes is a fun process art activity where children can create their own beautiful unique snowflakes from scratch, no snow required.

Threading has lots of physical and cognitive developmental benefits, but children won't even realise they're learning as they'll be so busy having fun creating their own masterpiece. Snowflake threading takes less than 5 minutes to set up and you only need 2 basic craft items.

DIY Recycled Bird Feeders To Make With Kids

This huge list of DIY bird feeders will give you lots of inspiration to use different recyclables and materials you probably have at home already to create homemade bird feeders with your kids. Making a homemade bird feeder with kids is a great DIY recycled craft activity as well as a way to encourage children to learn more about nature and the native birds in your area. 

How to make a DIY Frozen Inspired Snowflake Sensory Bottle

We're a little bit obsessed with sensory bottles in this house and we're slowly making them for each and every possible theme. Our latest one is a winter snowflake sensory bottle that was inspired by Frozen. It's perfect for little Frozen fans and sensory seeking kids {and adults}.

Sensory bottles are a great tool to help children learn how to self regulate and calm down. It's mesmerising watching the contents disperse and slowly fall back to the bottom. They're also super easy to make at home with just a few items. My 4yr old actually made our winter sensory bottle and only needed help with a few steps.

This Frozen inspired sensory bottle is great to add to a calm down corner, or to use in some Frozen inspired play. The girls love shaking it to create snow storms all the time. It's like an oversized snow globe and shaking it is pretty addictive, even for me!