MY CREATIVE QUEST 2019

Friday, May 22, 2020

DIY ALPHABET FISHING GAME FOR TODDLERS

Hi all,

Happy to meet you all in an another post. My little S is very poor in learning lower case alphabets so I thought to make it interesting. I made a diy fishing game so she can learn while playing. To my surprise she loved it to the core and I am very happy about it. So let me share the procedure to make this simple diy alphabet fishing game

Things required:

1. Felt cloth (different colors) 2. Magnet 3. String 4. Letter printouts 5. Empty case( I used an empty spinach case ) 6. Paper clips 7. Scissors 8. Pilers 9. Glue gun

Method:

1.Download the template for the fish and letters and print them out. Carefully cut them. You can download from the following link

2. Now carefully trace the fish in the felt cloth and cut it neatly.

3. With the help of the pilers open the paper clips, shape them in the shape of a hook and cut them out. Stick these tiny hooks on the felt fish and finally stick the alphabet letters on them. The tiny alphabet fishes are ready.

4. Take any stick or skewers and carefully attach the magnet to the end of the skewers with the help of the string. Finally drop your fishes in the tank and start fishing.

5. Using the magnet fish the alphabet fishes and match it on the corresponding letters. Happy fishing !!

Thursday, May 21, 2020

DIY WEATHER CHART FOR TODDLERS

Happy to meet everyone after a little gap. Hope all of you are doing good. I always planned for a weather chart for my toddler. I googled so much but I cannot find anything mush satisfying so I thought to make one during this quarantine time for my little S. This time I planned to make it with minimal resources available at home so, I recycled my husband's old table tennis bat which was literally torn off. I made it much interactive and flexible for everyday use. Hope you all like it. Now let's c how to make it.

Things required:
1.Chart 2.Felt cloth 3. Glue gun 4. Weather printable 5. Old table tennis bat 6. Push pins 7. Glue 8. Markers 9. Scissors

Method
1. Download your printable and cut them

2. Now take your felt cloth fold 1 inch from the corners, glue them. Next fold it from bottom to up in the shape of an envelope. Glue them with the help of hot glue gun.

3.Now carefully remove rubber part of your tabble tennis bat. Cut it in the shape of a square and glue it to your chart. I use it as a billboard for the topic " What to wear ?" So that my toddler can chooseher daily costume according to the weather and can pin it up. I have a few downloadable

4. With the help of a marker add heading to the chart.Stick on velcro on all printouts. Use push pins to pin your printout to the rubber sheet.

5. Your weather chart is ready.Ask your toddler to update it daily and have fun learning.

The Quest continues.....

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

HOW TO PACK YOUR RETURN GIFTS

It is quite normal for every parents to panic before their toddler's birthday party. Where to organize the party, where to order the cake, whom to invite. Recently we have organized by little daughter' s party. Our to do list was full from cleaning our house to decorating our home. This year I wanted to make a special return gift for my daughter's friends. Every toddler loves surprise boxes as my little one do. I carefully picked up each of my gift and I organized them in a bags. I try to make it budget friendly as well as useful gifts for the little ones. If you are looking out for return gift ideas. Do read my post!! Hope it helps!

First I choose the gifts. This include pencils , erasers, stamp pad, toddler maze and playdough. I got dozens of playdough at a good deal from amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Play-Doh-Party-Bag-Dough-Count/dp/B0037710BG/ref=pd_vtp_325_28?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0037710BG&pd_rd_r=b23e9d96-bfc7-4970-b0f0-86b9ed050666&pd_rd_w=Ofwui&pd_rd_wg=6vEis&pf_rd_p=fd9c75b4-43e6-4220-9b33-6739e84937cc&pf_rd_r=8TAFVF0R6Y00VZQW6J2D&psc=1&refRID=8TAFVF0R6Y00VZQW6J2D

Next I planned to make a thank you card over my bag. I downloaded my image from google and I printed it out.

I carefully glued my thank you card over my goddy bag cover. Next, I packed my stuffs in the bag and my cute little toddler goody bag was ready. Hope it helps for those who are looking for return gifty ideas.

Quest continues......

Thursday, January 30, 2020

DIY UNICORN PINATA

It has been sooo long that I blog my creations. Today, I had some extra time I thought to make the full use of it , YES!! I going to post my unicorn pinata which I made for my daughter's 4th birthday. To begin with this pinata is budget friendly , quick and the final look was amazing !!! I tried to reduce the production cost as low as possible. I have downloaded the template from https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/542472717607439734/ and the rest I have done it myself. Here is the quick view of my unicorn

I hope you enjoyed it !! Now let's see how to make it

Things required:
1. Cardboard thick one and a thin one ( Cereal boxes)
2. Crepe paper ( White )
3. Black cardboard
4. Pink ribbon
5. Foil paper (Gold)
6. Glue stick
7. Hot gun glue
8. Cellotape
9. Scissors

Method:
1. Cut the template with the help of the scissors. Trace it on the cardboard, Cut it out.

2. Now ,Carefully stick the sides of the cardboard with the help of a glue gun and cellotape.

3. Now stick the another part of the unicorn with the glue gun. Now, add as much as cellotape to ensure firmness, So that it doesn't break.

4. Now make a small hole in the center of the pinata and fill it with candies.

5.Cut the crepe paper into fine strips and stick it on to the pinata start from the bottom to up.Now add the pink ribbon for hair and tail. For the horn I used my leftover gold foil to make a horn and I sticked it on the front.