Adorable Healthy Snack ideas for Kids

I'm always looking for ways to make our day a little extra fun. I love Personal Creations’ adorable snack ideas for kids. From a superhero pita for your little warrior, to a penguin cucumber for the animal lover, these snack foods are not only delicious but will put a smile on your child’s face. Using a few common grocery items and less than 20 minutes creation time, these snacks are easy to make and cost effective. Make these with your children, or send them to school with a surprise treat in their lunch box. Your kiddos will love their unique snacks, and you’ll appreciate how healthy they are!

They go along perfect with our Monthly Holiday Calendars.

How cute would the Penguin Cucumbers be next week for World Penguin day

or I'm dying over the superhero pita for National Superhero Day!

Head over to Personal Creations and find the recipes for 27 Healthy and adorable snacks!. Your kids will love it!

Small and Simple Things FHE

I love General Conference, the messages and feeling of the weekend, but it seems like it comes and goes too quickly.  I try to read as many talks in between but this time I've decided to spend more time studying and using the talks for family home evening.  I'll be sharing many of them as we go.

This first one is inspired by President Dallin H. Oaks talk "By Small and Simple things."  I love that it reminds us of the power that our actions have on our life.  Its a great reminder that even if we can't see progress after a day, week, or even a year at some point we will be able to look back and see a significant change.

Download Lesson Plan here

 I realize that we are all going to have different quotes and thoughts that come to us as we read these talks.  I included an outline that I used for my family but pick and choose what works for you.  Here's a run down of whats included (all the printables and game pieces are in one download at the end of this post) 

2 printables-We used the first one to keep track of our answers to the question: What are some small and simple things we do? The second one we keep displayed in our home for the week as a reminder of what we learned.

A page of quotes that I used in the lesson.  You can cut them out and have others family members read them out loud. 

Boat Board Game includes the board, 1 page of boats, 2 pages of cards, and dice.  

To assemble:

Print (cardstock optional)

 Tape the game board together

Cut out as many boats as needed (play as teams or individually)  There are 9 to choose from.

Cut the cards apart (yours will not have "the move... spaces" I tweaked the game a little after we played)

Assemble the dice-cut, fold, and tape together

 To play:

Take turns drawing a card.  Read the senario and decide if that action will help you move upstream or downstream.  Roll the dice and move that many space either foward or backwards based on your card.  The first one to the finish line wins.

You might be wondering why I used a boat theme, well it comes from this paragraph:

"We are surrounded by media influences and cultural deteriorations that will carry us downstream in our values if we are not continually resisting. To move upstream toward our eternal goal, we must constantly keep paddling. It helps if we are part of a team that is paddling together, like a rowing crew in action. To extend that example even further, the cultural currents are so strong that if we ever stop paddling, we will be carried downstream toward a destination we do not seek but which becomes inevitable if we do not constantly try to move forward."

I loved the visual of paddling a boat upstream to our destination and the need to keep going.  I couldn't find any paddle boat clip art but hopefully the connection will still work.  In the lesson plan I shared how I explained it to my kids.

Download Printables Here

If you want just the scripture print or need it in a different size you can find it here

Free Unicorn Number Hunt

Your kids will love this fun Unicorn Number Hunt game!  It combines hide-n-seek with some fun number recognition.  

This Free Download includes these adorable number cards (0-9) all ready for you to print and cut.  I printed mine on card stock and laminated.  We are using them for a few other activities so I wanted them durable.

 Hide them around the room and let your little one go on a unicorn hunt.

After you find them you can use this cute tracker to match up the numbers.  They can be colored, use dot markers, or crossed out.  You can also laminate it and cross out with white board markers to use it over and over again.

Once your done keep the learning going by putting the numbers in order, let you little one hide them and you find them, or use them as flash cards.  I'll be back with some more fun ways to use these cards so keep them handy :)

You can Download your Free Unicorn Number Hunt Activity here!

Find more unicorn ideas here (we're adding more as we go!)

Find the unicorn counting cards here

Adorable graphics from Instruct and Inspire, Jen Hart Design, and Krista Wallden-Creative Clips. Fonts from Hello Literacy

"By Small and Simple Things" Free Print

I love this scripture and I was so inspired by the talk from President Oaks this past General Conference.  He said "We need to be reminded that in total and over a significant period of time, these seemingly small things bring to pass great things."  I sometime get caught in the trap that I need to do something big for it to matter but the reality is it is the small every day decisions and actions that shape the person we become. 

So this print is my daily reminder to keep doing those small things, those things that seem too simple to really make a difference.  

To print: Click on the link below to download the size you want.  Save to your computer and print from home or your favorite print shop.

8x10

5x7


We used this talk for FHE this week and I'll be sharing the lesson plans and printouts a little later this week.

Free Baby Girl Monthly Milestone Stickers

Sometimes I wish I could freeze time.  It flies by so fast and there is something about a baby that makes it seem to go even faster.  Well maybe the sleepless nights feel like the will never end.  Its at this stage in life that I like to have my camera ready at a moments notice to capture every little change.  

The funny thing is I'm convinced when I look through those pictures I'll always remember the details, ages, and dates.  I've found that is not the case.  That is one reason I love the idea of the monthly milestone stickers.  Its an easy way to document you little ones age and how much they grow during the first year.

To make you own download my free set of stickers here.  Print on label or sticker paper.  Cut around each circle and store until needed.      

Then each month grab the coordinating sticker, peel of the back and stick it on your little ones shirt.  (A white onesie is ideal but not necessary).  

Then take a picture or two so you'll always remember how little they were at each age.

I also included an extra page for the first month because they change so quickly.

This would make a cute baby shower gift as well.  Have them cut and ready for the mom to be and add a set of onesies to help her get started.

In case you missed the link...Download you free set of Month Sticker here.

25 Fun Holidays to Celebrate in April

Is it just me or do the months seem to be flying by so fast!  It's time for the next monthly holiday calendar.  April has so many fun holidays that your kids are going to love.  I like to incorporating some of these fun holidays into our preschool schedule or use them to inspire an after school activity so my older kids can join in.  

This month I found 25 fun holidays to include on our calendar April (most I didn't know existed).  Pick a few or all and have fun :)

Download a copy of the calendar, print, and display.  After that have fun creating some special memories with your little ones.

Download your copy here

I'll be posting ideas as I finalize my plans and also as we celebrate some of these holidays.  My hope is that this will be something fun for your family and a way to create some special memories.  I'd love to hear your ideas and see pictures of your celebrations! My Facebook page is a great place to share :)

Here are a few fun ideas we've done in the past that would work with some of these holidays.

For Easter: Match game

Preschool Crafts and Activities

Earth Day: Recycled Egg Carton Flower Craft

National Dandelion Day: Flower Stamping

D.E.A.R or any of the book days: 

Reading Bingo

Read-a-thon

World Penguin Day:

Letter Craft

Feed the Penguin Counting Mats

Penguin Number Hunt

Holiday's came from here and here. 

Amazing graphics from Kari Bolt Clip Art, Prettygrafik, Molly Tilyer, Teacher's Gumbo, Educlips, Dorky Doodle, My Cute Graphics, Studio Devanna, Creative Clips, and fonts from Hello Literacy

Free Woodland Animal Prints (Floral Set)

  

There is something so sweet about little woodland animals.  These new prints take the cuteness to a whole new level!  There are 6 adorable animal included and the prints are Free! These floral set would be perfect for a little girls room or nursery, baby shower decor, or the little bunny would be so cute for Easter. 

I love that printables make decorating so easy and affordable.  To use these prints download the pdf link below, print, cut to size, and frame. (there is a jpeg. version available as well).  These prints fit an 8x10 frame.

 *These are for personal use only please.*  

Aren't they cute!!

Download all prints here in PDF form for easy printing

Jpeg. Version is now available exclusive library for my email subscribers. Just a reminder the code/link is at the end of all my emails. If you need the code again or have any problems downloading the prints please contact me.

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Amazing clip art comes from Prettygrafik design, My cute lobster, and ClipArtisan.

You can find my other woodland animal printables here.