Pretty Paper Place Mats
- Gather your materials. You will need some construction paper or card stock, some glue, scissors, crayons and contact paper.
- Have your child color , write their name, draw a picture whatever they want on a light color paper.
- While they are doing that you can cut out some shapes using another piece of paper , or if your child is able you can have them do this step as well.
- Glue the shapes to the paper,
for young toddlers I would suggest putting small drops of glue on the paper and having them put the shapes on them.
- Cut a large enough piece of contact paper to fold over the place mat.
- Place the drawing/ collage on another piece of paper to use as a backing.
- Place both pieces face down on the first half of the contact paper, then fold the rest over. You want to do it face down to avoid big bubbles on the front of the place mat.
- Trim and you are good to go!!
Books!
” The Princess and the Pizza” by Mary Jane and Herm Auch is a cute revamped fairytale about a Princess who discovers Pizza and independence all at once. There are some sassy parts to this story so you may want to keep this book for older children , but the message of independence is refreshing.
” Mmmm, Cookies!” by Robert Munsch is a silly story about a boy who makes cookies out of playdough and tricks people into eating them, and their revenge. The story itself isn’t extraordinary but the way that the actions in the story are coupled with sounds keeps even the most uninterested reader turning the pages!
” If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Joffe Numeroff is a fun story about a demanding mouse and the consequences of giving into his whims! The illustrations by Felicia Bond have adorable details and compliment the simple but entertaining story perfectly. I like to use this book while teaching sequencing, and after reading it ask the children ” Well what happened next?” .
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