Happy Cheerios Box Diy Portable Play Board {+ Costless Printable}
December 17, 2018
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This post service is sponsored past times Cheerios.
As business office of our Back to School Basics series we are featuring activities that do unproblematic preschool concepts. Today's post service focuses on quick fine motor activities that are fun for preschoolers, slowly to position up, in addition to aid strengthen finger muscles.
We are headed off on our concluding route trip of the summertime adjacent weekend, thence I decided to brand a few portable play boards for my kids using our Cheerios boxes. This agency they'll convey something fun to do spell nosotros are driving that is a footling unlike from our concluding route trip a few weeks ago.
The Cheerios Box DIY Portable Play Boards were truly really quick to brand in addition to my kids had fun testing them out for me along the agency to brand certain they worked. This is a Mom Project but footling helpers are welcome!
Materials Needed for the Portable Play Boards:
- Cheerios box
- Paper cutter/ scissors
- Double-side tape
- Glue gun
- Colored Plastic tape (we got ours at Target, this was much easier to use/cut than duct tape)
- Chalkboard Magnet Board adhesive (purchased at Michaels)
- Black Felt
- Ribbon
- Scrapbook paper* (optional)
How to brand the Portable Play Boards:
One matter I dear nigh these Cheerios boxes I bought was that they were rattling evidently in addition to non covered with games for kids or tons of writing. My kids loved the view bowl on i side in addition to the give-and-take "smile" on the other side.
To start off our arts and crafts nosotros broke the boxes downward in addition to thence cutting the covers into 9x12 (approx) sized sheets.
For our outset portable play board nosotros decided to buy the farm along it truly unproblematic in addition to nosotros used the fronts of the boxes every bit ornament instead of roofing them.
Once they were cutting downward to size nosotros taped a line of piece of job of plastic colored record downward the middle betwixt the 2 boxes to create a spine. I taped each side downward to bind the 2 pieces of cardboard together.
Next I took a 8.5x11 slice of felt in addition to position it downward on overstep of i cardboard side. Then I used the hot mucilage gun to secure it inwards identify in addition to thence I added a record boarder some the felt (and on overstep of the border of it) to agree it inwards place.
After I taped downward the outset side I got out the chalkboard magnet board, hot glued it inwards place, in addition to thence also added a xanthous border some it to agree it inwards place.
Next I took a slice of sturdy ribbon in addition to secured it to each side of the box using tape. The ribbon created a handgrip on each side thence that kids could behavior the play board some with them or hang it upwards easily.
One cool matter nigh the play board is that yous tin dismiss flip it to closed dorsum to dorsum thence that yous tin dismiss either convey a chalkboard magnet board showing or plough it some in addition to convey a felt board showing.
My kids at i time grabbed their magnets to start playing on the board!
Since my preschooler doesn't nap whatever more, I've started using our portable play board for move in addition to also for during her daily tranquillity time. Usually she'll play inwards her room for nigh twoscore minutes in addition to thence volition come upwards out wanting something to do. Since I am unremarkably busy doing projects, I convey her play with this portable play board! She loves it! Below you'll discovery iii unproblematic play board activities we've enjoyed.
Portable Play Board Activities
Here are iii unproblematic activities using play boards that were fun for preschoolers...
1. One of our favorite activities using the play board was to build felt H2O ice cream cones. Click here for the total tutorial.
Manipulating the felt in addition to moving it some was bang-up for my preschooler's fine motor skills in addition to gave her an chance to explore colors a fighting too. She enjoyed telling me which color was which in addition to where it went spell I was trying to work.
2. We also loved exploring with chalk in addition to pigment brushes!
My immature lady is truly interested inwards her name in addition to related activities, thence I wrote it with chalk in addition to thence she used a paintbrush in addition to H2O to draw the letters inwards her cry in addition to brand the cry disappear.
We also only created pictures in addition to other drawings in addition to she magically erased them with H2O in addition to her paintbrush.
3. For our 3rd action nosotros played with felt people on our felt board.
Have yous always made felt people? My friend Sarah made us an adorable position a few years agone in addition to nosotros convey been loving it! The position was personalized for my son, thence at nowadays I am excited to create i for my daughter. She loved playing with his position too.
* I am including a gratis felt people printable with this post service if yous desire to brand your ain felt people (and clothes)! Click here to download it. Just purpose these templates to cutting out your ain felt people & clothes. Mine are super unproblematic but I am certain many of yous could jazz these upwards a fighting to brand them fifty-fifty cuter!
Some of our other favorite felt activities include...
DIY Decorated Play Board
In improver to making i play board super unproblematic with the Cheerios box pic on the front end for my son, my immature lady also helped me add together some color to i play board for her. We used some favorite scrapbook newspaper in addition to to a greater extent than plastic record to comprehend the play board.
My immature lady was ecstatic that she had an entire play board only for herself in addition to she spent a lot of fourth dimension using it! As I brand to a greater extent than felt stories we'll convey to add together them to our collection to play with during tranquillity time! It is thence cool that nosotros were able to brand something thence useful in addition to fun from a box of Cheerios!
Wish us luck on our route trip this week! I intend our Cheerios box creation volition live a large help!
* Please Note: If yous convey super destructive kids thence yous may desire to purpose a thicker ribbon or fifty-fifty cloth to brand your handles thicker than mine. My kids were thence excited to play with materials on the board that they weren't trying to destroy it.
Have yous made anything from a Cheerios box? Share nigh it inwards the comments!
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Disclosure: This post service is sponsored past times Cheerios in addition to General Mills. All opinions are mine.