With a few simple materials, you and your child can create a groundhog puppet. All that is required is colored paper, glue, popsicle sticks, a paper cup, drawing materials and a good imagination.
Take advantage of this occasion to teach your child about weather and the four seasons. Add a flashlight, and you can do shadow puppetry.
Get galactic on February 14 and take your valentine for a cruise in a rocket ship. Basic art supplies and a cardboard box can ignite your little one’s cosmic creativity. Create cards with black paper and silvery star-shaped stickers, along with captions like “I love you to the moon and back” and “I love you more than all the stars in the sky.” Craft a solar system mobile, compose your own planetary mnemonic, and don’t forget to wish the moon and stars good night.
Show your patriotism on Presidents’ Day with a windsock made from red, white and blue streamers. Dress up in 18th-century-style wigs made from cotton batting and tricorner newspaper hats to add your John Hancock to the Declaration of Independence. Learn about the different denominations of coin and paper money. Put names to faces and start a piggy bank savings account.
