Supplies needed- Wooden blocks, printed art or drawings, Mod podge or watered down school glue, old brush, scissors, ruler, pencil, paint. I picked up one of those grab bags at the thrift store. I wanted the craft supplies in it, new paint, brand new brushes and card stock papers. I use those grab bags for…
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DIY pom pom crafts
I am a big believer in keeping children off the screens as much as possible. Doing crafts with the kids helps keep them busy and teaches them skills. Yarn crafts are fun and frugal ways to make cute animals and pom poms to decorate with or play with. Making your own toys is always fun….
ASD tabletime crafts…counting cups.
Supplies needed: Jelly beans, small package of toy carrots. Holiday seasons are the prefect time to shop for home school products. You can use jelly beans for math lessons for adding and subtracting. Or you can make a jelly bean necklace counting as you string them. There are all kinds of little erasers and Spring…
Needle felting hearts
I decided to try my hand at felting hearts. With Valentine close by and hearts everywhere, I wanted to try and make some hearts myself. I’m getting more comfortable with this newest hobby of mine. It takes time to get the feel of it, just the differences in needles and wool textures can be intimidating…
Natural Christmas confetti sensory craft.
Supplies needed: Leaves, white and red acrylic paint, sharpies, or paint pens, hole punchers in assorted sizes and shapes, tiny clear glass bottles with lids (most dollar stores have them), plain sticker labels (optional) small assorted papers (optional). assorted seeds. First for the fun part, unless you are somewhere that is packed with snow right…
DIY Fabric Pumpkins.
Supplies needed:Assorted Fall fabricsNeedle and threadcotton stuffingYarn- assorted colorsScissorsRuler or tape measure Cut strips of fabric for different sizes of pumpkins. 3X6, 4×8, 6×12. Three inch width and six inch length and so on. Sew up one side using a back stitch or on sewing machine inside out. Turn right side out after stitching and…
ASD table time crafts…bean bags.
Bean bags are a fun sensory toy to use for playtime skills with your children with ASD. And they are so easy to make. You can use beans, rice, plastic pellets and even tiny weighted Bee bee’s. Just draw out some simple shapes and sew inside out, then turn right side out and fill with…
ASD table time crafts…sensory dough.
“ Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein Happy World Autism awareness month. I missed the official day of course because honestly it is hard keeping up with all these days. This…
Our Little Red House 