Not much is needed to make fun and simple oobi puppets for your kids. Eye finger puppet will not be an original but kids will love to play with it just the same. This eye finger puppet craft for kids can be set up in a minute, can be created individually by kids who are at least 3 years old, or you can make these for younger kids in a minute.
What you'll need: some white buttons and chenille stems.
You can cut chenille stem in at least 3 pieces and you'll have 3 sets of Oobi eye pupets. Instructions are easy enough: just put one side of chenille stem through both button holes and secure by twisting, then do the same with the other side of chenille stem. Show your kids how to do it, then let them do it themselves.
And now, play time!
For those, who would like an originals, there is a pack of 12 oobi puppets, or even larger ones you can use as a party favor:
Ah, which little 2 or 3 year old doesn't want to be just like Dora the Explorer? Well, I haven't met many! And my 3 year old girl certainly doesn't fit in that category!
She was thrilled to receive Dora the Explorer backpack for a gift! She carries it around where ever she goes and always put some of her stuff in and take it out!
This is wonderful gift but also very convenient bag for little ones. And mommy loves it too! What i like about this backpack is that it’s not too big for toddlers, it’s soft (made of plush) and it holds well. And, it can be washed like any other plush toy – on low temperature.
What my little girl loves about this backpack is: It’s Dora’s backpack! Well, that first! Than, after that, she loves that it has attached map and a little maze is painted on it (you can see it on the picture). She turned it into her own little magical backpack and puts her treasures inside. It’s like a little magic box, only not a box but a bag! :)
My 3 year old girl really loves her backpack. She brings it where ever she goes. Always changing what she’ll bring along but there are couple items that she always carry around like her mini baby doll and few mini cats. :)
One of my girl's birthday presents came in nice, colorful wrapping paper. It was shame to throw away so I've decided to cut out pictures (images) and make a couple of memory / concentration games of it.
This is how it turned out:
This picture shows 4 sets - I have glued and laminated each of the sets on different color of construction paper for easier managing of sets.
These are really simple to make. This is what you need:
You cut out the images, pick two of each image for one memory game set, glue them or tape them on construction paper and laminate of you wish.
We have left one of these sets at home and gave away 3 of them to our day care center.
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Last part of creating Write and Wipe Activity Book for my toddler's favorite cartoon character Dora the Explorer. I've created some simple mazes and added Dora the Explorer stickers to complete them.
And we have completed our Dora the Explorer workbox (better said workbag!) and you can check what we've got inside our Dora the Explorer backpack!
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Continuing yesterday's post about creating Dora the Explorer Write and Wipe Activity Book... today, more printable worksheets completed with Dora the Explorer stickers.
Here are the pictures (text on pictures is on Croatian but you can find links with same printables on English at the bottom of this post):
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Trace the letter - B for Benny and Connect the dots - cirlce
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Connect the dots - triangle and Trace a number - 1
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How many on the picture? - 5 and Trace the letters - Dora
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Trace the letters - Diego and How many on the picture - 3
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How many on the picture - 4 and Trace a number - 2
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Trace a number - 3 and Connect the dots - heart
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Connect the dots - square and Trace the letters - Boots
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Trace the letters - Benny and Trace a number - 5
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Trace a number - 4 and How many on the picture - 2
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How many on the picture - 1
I still have 4 pockets in my photo album so for Thursday I'm planning to create some mazes. :) Stop by to download them. And here are the links for today's printables:
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After Dora the Explorer reusable counting cards and making memory cards from Dora the Explorer stickers, my next step is creating Dora the Explorer Write and Wipe Activity book.... from stickers, of course! :)
OK. Let's start, here is what I needed:
- one photo album - kind you get at the photo shops when you take your picture for developing, very cheap version for 13 cm x 9 cm photos (5 in x 3,5 in)
- Dora the Explorer stickers
- some printable worksheets I've created and you can use for free (link further down the page)
- scissors, pen and transparent tape
- and... your kids will need some dry-erase markers after you're done! :)
To put together Dora the Explorer Write and Wipe Activity Book, simply print out these pages:
After you print those pages out, cut around the outside line of the big square - two pages together! You'll fold them and place them in photo pockets when you're done sticking your stickers on them! Like this:
(Oh yes, I've added sticker on piece of cardboard and glued it on the front page of the photo album!)
I've created these in my native Croatian too and they are free for download:
Now that you have downloaded printables and cut them out, you should add stickers on the designated spots. Here is how it should look like (note, text on pictures is in Croatian but you have your English version):
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Which one is the biggest? and Trace a letter - I for Isa
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Trace letter (on picture is Z but English version is: S for Star)
and Which are the same?
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Which one is different? and Trace letter: D for Dora
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That's it for today. I'll be adding more worksheets you can download for free tomorrow.
I've tried to make these printables as generic as possible. So, these pages can be used with any other cartoon characters!
See you tomorrow!
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Well, this one is even simplier than yesterday's craft for making reusable Dora the Explorer counting cards! :)
Let's begin! Here is supply list:
- piece of cardboard (inserts from shirts or similar)
- pencil
- ruler
- scissors
- Dora the Explorer stickers - our booklet had 2 of each stickers inside. I couldn't find this exact online but you can purchase some cheap booklets and see if they have a matching pictures.
HOW TO:
Cut pieces of cardboard in squares using pencil, ruler and scissors. Our cards are 5 cm x 5 cm (2 in x 2 in) but size of the cards will depend on the size of the stickers you have so measure them first before cutting the cards.
After that, simply stick same stickers on 2 pieces of cardboard cards you've cut. Here is how our cars turned out:
You're all set to play! Have fun!
Of course, you can pick some other cartoon character or theme for your child's memory cards! Which ever theme you want to work on!
We'll have a little break from Dora til Tuesday :) On Tuesday, I'll share how to make your own Write and Wipe Activity Book with Dora the Explorer!
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My 3 year old girl loves watching Dora the Explorer! She watches it in English, Spanish and her native Croatian! Speaking about multilanguage education! :)
As a result, mama has come up with couple games that will prolong her enjoyment with Dora, without watching TV! ;) All of the ideas I'll be sharing in next couple days are pretty cheap and simple to create by yourself.
And here we go! Starting with:
Dora the Explorer Reusable Counting Cards!
What you'll need:
- piece of sturdy cardboard (I've used those shirt inserts that comes with shirt package when you purchase a shirt)
- Dora the Explorer stickers - those from the picture came with Dora the Explorer magazine but you can use some similar to these
HOW TO:
First, you cut from cardboard 10 cards for each number 1-10. Our cards are app. 10 cm x 12 cm (4 in x 5 in). Than you use marker to write on each card a number (both digital and written name for number). I have written them in left top corner of the cards. After that, you stick as many sticky velcro piecese as card should hold. I know it's best to have visual image of what you should get so here is the picture of counting cards:
Next, making counters.... You stick your Dora the Explorer stickers on cardboard and cut them in little squares. Size will be dictated by size of the stickers. After that you stick pieces of sticky velcro tape on each of the counters. This is what we got:
And, you have created your reusable counting cards! :) Now, place them on the table, put stickers in some kind of bowl so they are not all over the room and let your child play and count!
Here is the final result:
Of course, you can pick some other cartoon character or theme for your child's reusable counting cards! Which ever theme you want to work on! Beauty of all of this is: for your next game with counting cards, you'll only need to make counters! You already have cards you can reuse over and over again! :)))
Now, as I mentioned, this is 1st of the number of ideas I have for our Dora the Explorer learning time. To make sure that you've got all the ideas, subscribe on this blog by mail, follow blog using Google Friend Connect or follow us on Facebook (all the links on right sidebar). See you back here tomorrow!
Have fun crafting and counting! :)
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after you're done! :)
and see if they have a matching pictures.
