Chinese New Year is an important Chinese holiday. A few interesting details: It’s believed that it is important to start the New Year off on the right foot, so eating something sweet for breakfast symbolizes a sweet and pleasant beginning. Having new clothes for the New Year is important. It is considered unlucky to...
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Mardi Gras is traditionally celebrated on the Tuesday prior to the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras translated means Fat Tuesday. Many people also enjoy the Polish sweet pastry, paczki on Fat Tuesday (in English, the common pronunciation is ponch-kee). Get in the celebration by making masks and downing festive attire. Make a Mardi Gras...
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Materials: pine cone string or pipe cleaner peanut butter plastic knife or spoon bird seed Take a pine cone and attach a piece of string to the top or a pipe cleaner. Have your child cover it with peanut butter with a plastic knife or spoon. Then roll it into bird seed. I had...
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I have never met a child that their eyes didn’t light up when they were given an opportunity to make anything to their hearts desire. On a day that it’s too cold to play outside, watch your child stay busy and happy for hours! Materials: gather interesting and clean containers from everyday items like:...
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Your child may enjoy creating cities with roads, buildings and cars to explore the new snowy world. Or just some clever snowmen!  It could definitely get people laughing! They can use sand box toys or other plastic containers make the building up of the snow easier. If they create a village, they may want...
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Snowflake.com Snowflakes are more than just a pretty face! Check out snowflakes using a dark mitten or scarf. Read the book, The Snowflake Man: A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley. For more information on “The Snowflake Man” Wilson A. Bentley, check out this website. Snowflake activity.
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Headless snowman gets everyone involved from Family Fun. This snowman is missing its head – but never fear. The head is happily supplied by the kids in the neighborhood – temporarily. Let your child make a snowmen with everything except a head. Your child and all the neighbor kids will enjoy taking turns placing their...
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Picture taken from Google. Materials: bowl of ice and cold water vegetable shortening plastic bag a bowl with ice and  some cold water. Steps: You can ask your child to imagine he was a polar bear swimming in the Arctic (the bowl of cold water), ask, “How would you stay warm?” Let them put ...
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Picture from Wikipedia. Your child will love being able to take two snowballs in the house for this experiment. Materials: 2 snowballs kitchen sink cold water Steps: One snowball needs to be packed very hard and the other fairly soft. Inside put them in the sink filled with cold water. What happens? Just like...
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Materials: Your child’s endless imagination assorted clothes – hats, gloves, scarf… for the snowman Sandbox pails to form shapes Assorted items to make interesting mouths, eyes, hair, ears – like mushrooms for the nose, red pepper for the lips, spaghetti for hair Steps: Make snow people in groups having fun. Your child can give...
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