There's nothing like a fun day on the beach with your kids! Even if you don't live near a beach, you can still find creative ways to bring the beach home! Your preschooler or toddler will love these fun, beach activities!
Mari Peckham aka Ms. Mari has been an instructor for the Kid Rock creative movement program (Rock-It Productions, Inc.) since 2001 and has published an online AmuseLetter aimed at the parents and caregivers of preschoolers since 2004.
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Kool-Aid Sand Art Bottles
Craft
Materials:
* Inexpensive glass bottle with cork; found at craft stores or any bottle or jar with a lid (The younger the child, the larger the opening of the jar should be.)
* Several different and colorful flavors of Kool-Aid (8 quart presweetened) or other brands
* Dry pudding mix or cocoa, if desired for brown color
* Ice tea spoon
* Small funnel or frosting decorating tips
* Hot glue gun and glue sticks (for grownup use ONLY!)
How To Make It:
1. Open the top of each Kool-Aid container so you can see all of the different colors.
2. Place the funnel in the top of the bottle. If the funnel is too large, use a frosting decorating tip to work as a funnel.
3. Spoon the different kinds of Kool-Aid into the bottle through the funnel in the order that you desire.
4. Fill up the bottle with all of the different colors. For jars with larger openings, you can poke a toothpick down the sides to form designs in the sand.
5. Parents only: Put hot glue around the edge of the cork and place it in the top of the bottle.
Beach Party Cup
Snack
Ingredients:
* Instant Vanilla pudding
* Milk (per instructions on pudding)
* Vanilla wafers (cookies)
* Ziploc bag, freezer or storage
* Rolling pin
* Miniature umbrellas (find at party supply store)
* Fruit rollup (beach towel) or small bounce balls (beach ball) Note: Bounce balls for OLDER children ONLY!!
* Clear plastic drinking cups
Instructions:
1. Follow the directions on the package of instant vanilla pudding.
2. Divide the pudding between the clear plastic drinking cups (box directions will give you number of servings).
3. Place cups in refrigerator.
4. Place vanilla wafers in Ziploc bag.
5. Break the wafers up a bit.
6. Use the rolling pin to roll the wafers into very small pieces.
7. Sprinkle the sand across the top of all the cups. You will want about 1/4" of sand on top of the pudding.
8. Place back in refrigerator until time to serve.
9. When you are ready to serve, remove cups from refrigerator, add the fruit rollup or bounce ball and an opened miniature umbrella to the cup.
Life Guard, Life Guard, Where's Your Flag?
Motor Activity / Game
Lifeguard, lifeguard, where's your flag?
Somebody stole it from your bag.
Guess who! Maybe YOU.
Maybe the monkeys at the zoo.
Wake up lifeguard, find your flag!
How to play:
Have your child cover their eyes while you are saying the chant. While their eyes are hidden, hide the flag (I use a small scarf, but use whatever you have on hand). When the chant is over, let your little lifeguard go search! Encourage your child to use gross motor skills while on their hunt, such as taking giant steps, walking on their tippy toes to look high, walking low with bend knees, and crawling.
Be sure to take turns hiding and seeking with them! Little ones LOVE to trick grownups!
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ArticleCK wrote...
Very well put together lens Mari. I have become a bit of a fan of your lenses. Although this one isn't really relavent to my life lol... Maybe one day.
Posted May 29, 2008
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