Easter Games for Preschoolers

So I was asked to help with the Easter party at my son's preschool.  I have helped with some others and we have done "Pin the nose on the snowman" and Valentines Bingo, so I was trying to think of something else to do.  So of course I went to google typed in Easter games for preschool, but wasn't really finding anything that I liked.  So...I went to pinterest and typed in Easter games and there were lots of pins.  I visited many of them and narrowed down the ones I like the best and thought I might as well share them.

This first one is more for getting wiggles out:

http://www.littlefamilyfun.com/2012/03/energetic-easter-game.html

I liked this one.  I reminded me of the Cooties game.  I am not sure this will work as is for the preschool class because they may not be able to draw so well yet, but it gave me the idea to make the body parts and then when that number is rolled they "build" the bunny like you would the Cootie's game.

http://www.housingaforest.com/funny-bunny-faces-game/

Here is a site that has a list of games, like 

-guess the number

-Easter Bunny says

-Easter word find

-and some craft ideas

http://www.tescomagazine.com/living/family-life/easter-games-and-activities-for-kids.html

This is an ESL site and there is only this PDF but I liked the swinging toss egg idea.  Almost like a different version of a pinata.

http://learningenglish-esl.blogspot.ca/2011/02/easter-games.html

This site creates an egg hunt looking for a specific color match-up of eggs.  Great for teaching kids.  I thought that it could easily be adjusted for my sons preschool by having them make the mixed up color egg after choosing the egg card.

http://www.makeandtakes.com/on-a-hunt-for-mixed-up-eggs

Here is a site that has some great PDF's.  I already used a bingo style game so I probably won't use this one, but great to have on hand for the future.

It also has a printable for  "bunny, bunny who's got the bunny" (to be played like button, button who's got the button), and Easter tic-tac-toe and a few others.

http://preparednotscared.blogspot.com/2011/04/pdf-files-are-ready.html

This of course is not an all inclusive list, but just some that I liked for the age group I deal mostly with (that would be under 5!!)

ENJOY

Cars Cupcake Birthday Cake

This year for my son's 3rd birthday he wanted a "car" birthday cake.  When I used Google Images to looks at different option with him it became quite clear he wanted a "Cars" birthday cake and anyone would do.  Knowing that I was going to use cupcakes, we settled on a dirt track with cars on it.  I think it could have been any cake with a 'Cars' character on it and he would have been happy.

I put my cupcakes as close together trying to achieve an oval shape, then used a white 1" ribbon wrapped around to hold them together.

The one that that I didn't do that I learned was a mistake, was to secure the cupcakes to the base.  They just slid as a group and I didn't realize this until it was a little to late to solve the problem.

Sorry it was late when I was trying to finish the cake and get it hidden for the next day, so the pictures are a little lacking and I had to use a really shallow focus in order to get enough light.

Anyway frost the cupcakes like they are one unit, just making sure that the frosting is think enough to hold and not just fall through the gaps between the cupcakes.  I used green since I knew that I would be piping on green grass to top it off. 

My race track was crushed up oreo's, with the 'walls' being just a part of the oreo.  Once I scrapped off the cream, I just used my frosting spatula to score a line in the cookie and then it would break right where I wanted it to.  I only used maybe the outside 1/4 of the cookie (so I got two 'walls' from each one chocolate wafer) and then just threw in inside in with the others to be crushed up for the dirt track. 

I then used a grass tip to pipe grass where the track wasn't.

I made some Checkered flags by using a black marker on white paper and then taping it onto a tooth pick.

My son had picked out some 'Cars' toys that we put on the cake. And that was pretty much it.  It was quite simple and took less time then I thought it would.

Top view 

View from the side 

I then added a candle for his age and a little cut out of the cardboard box the cars came in with his name to personalize it. 

Hope this helps you in any way :)

'Mommy I made Potty'

So have you seen the Bleach commercial "mommy I made poopoo?"
Here is the link to it on you-tube if not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imz6jdTME0w).

Well... we had our own little version of this last night.  My kids were in the bath when I could hear the youngest kind of whining, which she usually does after being splashed by a sibling or when she is ready to get out, but this time I went in to discover bobbing in the water by here was some poop.

I pulled out the older kids and sent them to our shower with their dad to assist, while I drained the tub, cleaned it up and then washed my daughter off.

This commercial just was running through my head and despite the fact it is kind of a gross thing, it is kind of funny.

I would have to say that I think all my kids have now done this (pooped in the bath) and around this same age.  It almost comes around the time of potty training...so maybe now my little one is ready to start being potty trained if she is like her older siblings (or at least I can hope so!)