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Creating an Alphabet Soup Craft

momstown moms and kids are crazy for our alphabet crafts!  And what better activity is there for an “Alphabet Soup” themed Art & Play then making Alphabet Soup! It is such a simple craft that turned out great! It requires a little bit of prep work so make sure you give yourself some time the day before.

 

Here’s how to make Alphabet Soup!

 

alphabet soup craft

 


Materials:

Alphabet pasta
rubbing alcohol
food colouring
Ziploc bags (or other zippered plastic bag)
paper plates (without any design!)
markers
white glue
q-tips

 

 

Directions:
 

The day before

1. In a ziploc bag, pour about ½ cup of rubbing alcohol and about 10-15 drops of food colouring. The more food colouring you put in, the brighter the pasta will be.

2. Add 2 C of pasta. Close the bag and coat the pasta with the liquid. Let sit.

3. Turn every 30 minutes or so for about 3 hours. The longer it sits, the brighter the colors will be!

4. Drain the liquid from the pasta and spread out on parchment paper. Let air dry overnight. If you are in a pinch and need it to dry faster, you can use a hair dryer on low to speed it up.

 

 

The day of the craft

1. Colour the rim of the paper plate with markers. This will be the bowl.

2. Then, colour the bottom of the plate whatever colour desired to make the broth.

3. Find the letters for the child’s name onto the broth. Then, glue letters randomly on the bottom of the plate. Use q-tips and white glue to get small amounts of glue and to work on fine motor skills.

4.  Draw vegetables around your letters.

Enjoy looking at your alphabet soup!
**Please note that once dyed, pasta CANNOT be eaten**

 

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Posted by momstown team on 01/28/2013 - 13:23
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Alphabet Play- J is for Jewel

momstown Hamilton preschoolers love our alphabet crafts. This week we learned all about the letter J. To make it really fun we added a bit of bling to our upper case J's with some Jewels!  For lower case j crafts, we did "juice".  Did you know that momstown has 26 crafts for lower case and 26 crafts for upper case letters?

 

alphabet craft with letter J

 

 

Materials:

PrePrinted "J" on construction paper

Glue and popsicle sticks

Bags of jewels and glitter (dollar store!)

 

 

1.  Using popsicle sticks, put glue on each jewel and place inside the "J".  The kids love to glue so getting a pack of plastic jewels was a perfect way to get them engaged with this letter.

 

2.  Once the "J" is bejeweled, let it dry.

 

3.  While you are waiting for the glue to dry, have a story about J or jewels.  We always incorporate story time and this week we read about Dora going on a treasure hunt where she found a chest full of jewels in the end. Of course, Dora was a very popular book choice for this group.

 

 

Our very proud preschoolers showing off their bejeweled letter J's.

 

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Posted by momstown team on 01/28/2013 - 12:47
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L is for Ladybug- Craft, Song and Party Ideas

Moms and kids love our Chapters Alphabet Craft mornings!  This month, we are learning about the letter L.  This "Ladybug" craft was one of our cutest!  Did you know that we have all 26 upper case letter crafts and lower case letter crafts on our site?  Here are other "L" crafts too!

 

 l is for ladybug alphabet craft

 

Materials:

Red and Black construction paper

Googly eyes

Black bingo dabbers

Glue

 

Instructions:

1.  Precut the red "L" and 2 black semi-circles (cut a circle in half) for the kids.

2.  Glue the Red L onto the full black sheet of construction paper.

3.  Glue on black wings to look like the ladybug is flying.

4.  Gets kids to add on the eyes.

5.  Use Bingo dabbers (found at the dollar or party story) to make the dots on the Ladybug.

 

Do your kids love Ladybugs?

1.  Plan a Ladybug Party

2.  Read some fabulous bug books

3.  Teach numbers with Ladybugs

4.  Make the ultimate bug catcher

5.  Check this Ladybug board on Pinterest

6.  Sing this silly Ladybug song;

Sung to:"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

 Lady Bug, Lady Bug
 she landed on my nose
 I went “kerchoo!” and
 off she flew!
 Her body is round with
 big black dots,
 My mommy told me
 they're called spots.
 Lady Bug, Lady Bug
 she looks really neat
 With her bright red wings,
 And tiny black feet!

 

Thanks to Paula from momstown KW for this idea!

Posted by momstown team on 01/23/2013 - 18:28
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Alphabet Craft and Songs- Lower Case n

Our monthly alphabet crafts are always a huge hit with moms and kids!  Remember that letter recognition is important for both upper and lower case letter and at momstown we have a craft for both!

 

"n" is for night night

 

Materials Needed

lower case letter n cut out of construction paper
night cap cut out of construction paper
glue stick
crayons
star cutouts or stickers
"blankie" try using a felt square or an old receiving blanket

 

alphabet craft, letter n

 

Letter N Songs


Dr. Knickerbocker (Number Nine)


Doctor Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker, number nine
He likes to dance and he keeps in timeNow let's get the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]Now we've got the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]Now let's get the rhythm of the number nineOne, two, three four five six seven eight nine


Doctor Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker, number nineHe likes to dance and he keeps in timeNow let's get the rhythm of the feet [stamp stamp]Now we've got the rhythm of the feet [stamp stamp]Now let's get the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]Now we've got the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]Now let's get the rhythm of the number nineOne, two, three four five six seven eight nine


Doctor Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker, number nine
He likes to dance and he keeps in time
Now let's get the rhythm of the head [nod nod]
Now we've got the rhythm of the head [nod nod]
Now let's get the rhythm of the feet [stamp stamp]Now we've got the rhythm of the feet [stamp stamp]Now let's get the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]Now we've got the rhythm of the hands [clap clap]
Now let's get the rhythm of the number nine
One, two, three four five six seven eight nine

 

For more letter "n" songs and activities check momstown Burlington

Posted by momstown team on 01/14/2013 - 14:48
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Book Review - I SPY Letters from Scholastic

momstown's Alphabet-themed crafts and activities are perfectly complemented by a great book for toddlers and preschoolers in the "I SPY" series. I SPY Letters is our Scholastic book of the month - it's a great pick for letter recognition, letter sounds, and picture cues.

 

I Spy letters

 

Written in rhyme by Jean Marzollo, this book takes children through the alphabet, brought to life visually by the photographs of Walter Wick.

 

Each page explores two different letters, in alphabetical order and gives children a chance to identify the letter, the sound, and familiar things that start with that letter.

I Spy letters

The combined use of visuals and simple text makes it possible for children to 'read' along - the can identify a familiar item and help to read the story. It's a great length for a storytime at momstown's Tales for Tots program, and has lots of opportunities to stretch kids' thinking - 'What else can you SPY in the room that starts with D?"

 

There are many books to enjoy in the I SPY series, with age ranges from toddlers to school-age. Click here to see the full series details, get printables, play online games, and more!

 

 

Posted by momstown team on 11/13/2012 - 14:41
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Alphabet Soup- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Crafts

This past week when momstown Burlington met for Baby Basics, she read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  It's one of her favourite alphabet books of all time because of the rhythm of it, and the sound of the words.

 

chicka chicka boom boom crafts

 

Here's a fun way to take this story time and create a fun alphabet craft!

When I held up the book, I'm not sure that all the mommies were entirely convinced that their babies would like story time (and to tell you the truth I was a little worried myself).  But all our babies were totally entranced, there were smiles and giggles, there was bouncing and hand clapping - but most of all we had a room of thoroughly engaged babies.  That's what a really good story can do.  It can capture even the youngest baby, even if they don't understand all the words.  And your voice and enthusiasm can go a long way in bringing the authors words to life.  Never underestimate your own abilities to entertain your little one!

 

After we read the story, we made our own coconut trees - with our feet.   In this craft, brown construction paper becomes coconuts and the tree.  A little green paint on a foot (or alternatively a hand) makes for some excellent palm fronds!   And heading up the coconut tree were the letters of our name.

 

chicka chicka boom boom alphabet craft, momstown


Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Will There Be Enough Room?

 

If you love his craft for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, try the Jungle Alphabet Tree, T is for Tree and A is for Alphabet.

 

And if you're looking for other great Alphabet Books to add to your home Library, check out this list from childrensbookguide.com on the Best ABC Books of All-Time.  Scrolling down I found even more of my favourites - and a few new books to try.  Hopefully you can too!

Posted by momstown team on 11/13/2012 - 10:42
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