Happy Refer Monster Puppets

In the mornings piece I am getting the kids breakfast or feeding the babe they tin acquire a picayune restless. I beloved it when I am organized plenty to convey a projection railroad train for them the nighttime before thence that when they acquire upwardly they tin do together with I tin listen less arguing. :)

One morn before this calendar week I only pulled some items out of my really messy arts and crafts closet together with decided to role them to convey the kids brand a Name Monster Project.

Materials: googly eyes, foam base of operations (we used small-scale leftover foam Easter eggs), popsicle sticks, glue, alphabet stickers, ribbon, together with scissors.

Open-ended activities similar this are neat for when I require the kids to do together with convey fun without tons of help. I however supervise, but since the materials aren't difficult to do with, sometimes I tin arts and crafts along amongst them or I tin live doing the dishes... depending on the day.

The kids only covered their foam shapes amongst googly eyes together with ribbon to brand faces together with and thence nosotros added a picayune popsicle stick at the halt thence the monsters could live puppets.

My immature adult woman has been practicing recognizing her mention together with making it amongst dissimilar materials piece my boy is currently learning to write his concluding name. Both kids set their names on their popsicles sticks. I wrote my daughter's mention for her together with and thence she matched stickers together with and thence stuck them on overstep of my writing. My boy skilful writing his ain mention (first together with last) on the popsicle sticks amongst a marker.

Once they were done they stuck their foam monsters to their popsicle sticks amongst mucilage (I made 1 too).

Then nosotros goofed some amongst our puppets together with made upwardly some monster stories.

If your kids similar monsters, they could also try...

• Play-doh Monsters
• Purple People Eater
• Silly Magnet Monsters

We also convey several other Name Crafts together with Activities on our Name Crafts Pinterest Board.

What other mention crafts or activities convey you lot done to assistance your kids practise recognizing, spelling, together with writing their names?

Do you lot convey whatever other favorite monsters crafts? Please portion them inwards the comments!

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