I hope everyone has been enjoying the weekend! It’s been so fun to see all the great hybrid projects…isn’t amazing what you can do?
Every time I sit down at the computer or the craft table to start a project, I have a little one asking to help. My little one loves to create and I needed something that we could both do…together.
That little one inspired a whole line of kid-friendly printables and projects that are now available in The Digi Chick shop. I wanted to share some of these projects that are easy, educational, and hybrid, too!
First up is the Color Book:
Use old magazine or catalogs and let your little one find objects of each color. Then paste them on the ready-to-print pages. Then using some paper lunch sacks, bind them together to create a cute book.
We bound this one with ribbon and added some extra to the sides. Included in the kit are pages for nine colors and the title page plus an extra page of shapes and all the color words in both English and Spanish.
Another cute little project to complete with your kids is the ABC Book Badge Album.
This album features cards with each letter, both upper and lower case, in a dashed font so that your little one can trace and learn the letters. Also included are some sight words. When you place the cards in the plastic badge album, the plastic serves as a kind of white board…you can easily use dry erase or write-on/wipe-off crayons to trace and then erase! This one has been a real help around our house! It’s also a perfect size to stick in your purse for trips to the doc, grocery store, or even in the car. There is also the 123 Book that can stand alone or serve as an add-on to this pack. It features tracing pages for the numbers one through ten and also a poem for each describing how to make each number…”Line straight down, then we’re done. That’s the way to make a one!”
However, my favorite just might have to be the Book Club for Kids series! The first book is the beloved The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
This kit is jam-packed with printables, projects, and activities that all reinforce the themes of the book. The activities cover everything from the butterfly life cycle to the days of the week and it even comes with a mini scrap kit. Also included are two complete albums… one is a printable paperbag book and the other is the cutest little numbers badge album book. Both of these projects are also sold separately.
Creating something with your kids doesn’t have to be hard, expensive, or fancy… just enjoy the time together!
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how fun!!! I remember my daughter having to take 3 pictures for each color each week in preschool. GREAT way to teach colors and FUN way to do it Mel!!!
Super cute projects!
These are so darling, Mel!!! My kiddos would absolutely *LOVE* them
Will have to be better about incorporating them (rather than waiting until they are asleep to try and play)!
These are all so great ideas for the kids and mine love The Hungry Caterpillar pack. I love the idea of doing these projects with my boys as they always want to get into my punches, scissors and glue when I’m scrapping and they can learn some things along the way. Keep your fab ideas coming Mel!