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Easy As Pie!

Can you believe infants made these pies?! Okay, maybe they aren’t edible, but they sure are cute! Here’s how to make cherry and pumpkin pie with just a few materials! Fun for all ages.  Lattice Cherry Pie Materials Needed: Paint or red tissue paper Gallon Ziplock bag (if using paint) Paper plate Brown construction paper Scissors  Glue  Cotton balls To Make: If using tissue paper: Cut a red piece of tissue paper into smaller squares (about 2 inches by 2

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Spooky Sensory Fun

Halloween Sensory Spookiness

Contain the scariness into bins and containers for spooky sensory fun! These make it easy to get into the Halloween spirit . . .  Creepy Crawly Sensory Bottle Materials Needed: Smooth plastic bottle Glue Clear hair gel Warm water Glitter Various creepy crawly additions! These can be found at the dollar store or in the arts & crafts aisles of different stores. We used: black & orange pom poms,  gold circle & star sequins, googly eyes, plastic spiders & skulls

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Rice Cake Piglets

Rice Cake Piglets

March’s learning theme is “Spring & The Farm” and this snack was no only on-theme, but was a huge success with the Wellies! Such a fun twist on a simple snack: Printable Recipe

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Make Snow Art

Make Snow Art!

Though winter may technically end on March 21, in Wisconsin we have snow well past that date and sometimes it takes a while to melt away! Here are a few ideas to get creative with it . . . Snow Spray Paint Spray paint for snow involves only 3 supplies – a spray bottle, water and food coloring! You can use regular food coloring, however you may need to use close to the entire bottle in order to get a

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DIY New Year's Banner

DIY New Year’s Garland

All you need is scissors, string and tape to make this easy banner for a colorful New Year’s decoration! Put the image circles in between each number or put the “2021” together with the image circles on the side. Have fun with it! For extra color and structure, cut out circles or squares of construction paper and glue each circle to one, then tape the construction paper side to the string. Cheers to 2021! Click on links below or on

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How to Plan A Strolling Art Show

How to Plan A Strolling Art Show The Who & What: This year we held an outdoor “Strolling Art Show”, a modification of our typical annual Art Show. Due to safety measures related to COVID-19, only children, teachers and staff are allowed inside the school. This means many of our parents and families haven’t been able to see in-person all of the wonderful creative activity going on inside our walls recently. We definitely didn’t want to cancel our annual event,

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At-Home Activity Bingo

At-Home Activity Bingo

At-Home Family Activity Bingo We love playing games and we hope you do too! We’ve created a printable Bingo card, with fun activities linked in the squares that will keep the kiddos (and sometimes parents too!) busy. Simply print it off and get Bingo once or many times over by completing lots of the challenges. Once you’ve gotten Bingo at least once (use a marker or pen to circle the squares you’ve completed), snap a photo of your winning card,

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How to Plan a Honk & Wave Parade

How to Plan A “Honk & Wave” Parade

How to Plan A “Honk & Wave” Parade by Ellie Heiking, Community Relations Manager and Kim Hinkley, Programming Director/Brand Manager The Who & What: A Honk & Wave Parade is a great way to bring teachers,  families and students together safely during this time. You can show your support for the community that you’ve built and everyone can reconnect, see the familiar faces of their teachers and friends, and have some fun! It’s also a way to connect with and

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