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Preschool themes


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January

Happy New Year
A Hand 4 Seasons
Snowman Theme
Winter Theme

February

Fun with Clothes Theme
Groundhog's Day Theme
President's Day Theme
Valentine's Day Theme

March

Bear Crafts  for Kids
Musical Instruments Theme
St. Patrick's Day Theme
Easter Day  
Crafts Recipes Theme

April

Dinosaur Crafts
Bug and Insect Crafts
Kids Love the Earth - Earth Day Activities for Kids

May

Mother's Day Kids Crafts
Flowers Activities for Kids
Farm Preschool Theme

June

Circus Crafts  for Kids
Father's Day Crafts
Space Crafts

July

4th of July Crafts for Kids
Ocean Crafts for Kids
Water Crafts and Art

August

Alphabet Crafts and Activities

September

Letter Activities and Crafts

October

Apple Theme
Leaf Theme
Pumpkin Theme
Scarecrow Theme

November

Native American Crafts
Pilgrim Theme
Thanksgiving Activities
Turkey Themes and Crafts

December

Christmas Decorations Crafts
Kid-Made Presents Theme
Happy Birthday Jesus Theme
Reindeer and Santa Theme

 

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Four Seasons Preschool Theme Crafts

by Aunt B

Copyright 2004-2006 Story Soup Kids, a division of Enchanted Corner

Four Seasons Crafts for Kids

“Spring”

Tulip Hands
Pink or Purple Paint
Green Paint
White or Light Blue Paper
Paint Brush

Paint the child’s hand with the pink or purple paint. Paint their arm with the green paint. Holding the fingers closed have the child lay there hand and arm on the paper to create a Tulip.

“Summer”

Sunny Hands
Yellow Paint
Paper
Paint Brush 

Paint just your child’s palm yellow and make a print in the middle of your paper. Next paint your child’s whole hand and make prints going all the way around the single palm print. This will look like a beautiful sun.

“Fall”

Apple Tree Hands
Green Paint
Red Paint
Brown Paint
Paint Brushes 
Paper

Paint your child’s hand and arm brown. With the fingers spread open print this onto your paper. Next give your child green paint to dip there fingers into to make finger print leaves all around the tree branches. When they are done have them do the same thing with the red to make apples finger prints.

“Winter”

Evergreen Hand
Green Paint
Paint Brush
Paper

Paint your child’s hand with the green paint. With the palm side up at the top of the paper, print four hand prints next to each other. Print three on top of those four, print, two on top of those, and one on top. This will give you an Evergreen Tree affect. 

Recommended Four Seasons Books to read

A good book!
Turning of the Year (Bill Martin Instant Reader)
Written by: Bill Martin Jr.
Experience the changing of the seasons in this dreamy picture book. 

To Every Thing There Is a Season: Verses from Ecclesiastes
Written by: Leo and Diane Dillon 
The memorable passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible is beautifully illustrated using a variety of different art styles from around the world in this picture book 

Four Stories for Four Seasons
Written by: Tomie DePaola
Journey through the year with four fast friends! Enjoy four different stories set in the four different seasons.

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