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Cross Easter Craft for Kids

Cross Easter Craft for Kids with step by step tutorial! If you are looking for a beautiful keepsake that the kids will enjoy making and displaying, you’ll love our Resurrection Craft. It’s a colorful display of hues using easy-to-find art materials right in your church, home, or classroom.

Be amazed at how gorgeous your Cross Easter project comes out with just a few strokes of chalk and blending. With our step-by-step written instructions and short video tutorial, there are no reasons not to try this easy Easter craft. Plus, our Easter Craft Project is perfect for any venue — classroom, homeschool, or Sunday School setting!

The best part about this special Cross Craft opens the doorway to talk about how important the Cross is with your kids or students. Remind them of how Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection is why we are all here today. It’s a perfect Resurrection Day keepsake!

Resurrection Craft Materials

Cross Art Easter Craft Template
Scissors
White and Black Cardstock
Clear Glue
Chalk Pastels
Double-Sided Tape

Easy Easter Craft for Kids Instructions

Print Cross Art Easter Craft Template on white cardstock (preferred).

2. Using scissors, cut out the cross and heart carefully on the black lines’ outer edge. If the student is cutting, use safety precautions with scissors.

3. On black cardstock, add a cross in the middle of the paper with double-sided tape.

4. Use 6 color pastels following a pattern and color each section in increments. Stroke in a zig-zag type pattern with 2-inch sections of the cross, overlapping the cross edges. Follow a pattern of colors if desired: Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. Repeat until the entire edge of the cross is complete.

4. Begin rubbing pastel chalks with index finger for a blurred appearance.

5. Gently remove Cross Template.

6. Using double-sided tape or clear glue, carefully center the heart “He is Risen” on the cross. Glue or tape back of heart for reinforcement. Cross Resurrection craft is complete!

Would you like some more ideas for Easter Crafts? Try our Easter Activity Pack for all of your Sunday School, Homeschool, or Classroom needs below!

Keeping Christ at the Center of Easter

April 3, 2020 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Easter is on its way, and the stores are full of chocolates and bunnies. As Christians, we know what Easter is really about. We want our children to focus on Christ’s resurrection, not just the candy. Here are some fun ways to keep Christ at the center of your Easter celebrations.

Be More Christ-Like Ideas

At the Last Supper, Jesus did something amazing. He bent down and washed the apostles’ feet.

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,

you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

For I have given you an example,

that you should do as I have done to you.

Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master;

nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

John 13: 13-17

Washing the feet of others has become a symbol of service and devotion. Why not try it in your home? You can pair up family members to wash each other’s feet or have each person wash everyone else’s.

You can also do a metaphorical foot washing. Place the name of each family member in a hat or box. Have each member draw one name. Now each person has to decide how he or she will serve their assigned family member. This could be a fun game like “secret Santa.” Or you can serve each other openly. However, you chose to “wash each other’s feet” the point is to serve each other in big ways out of love.

Backyard Easter Scavenger Hunt Game

We all know about Easter Egg Hunts. This is a fun, biblical twist. Print out scripture verses on slips of paper. Fill plastic Easter eggs with the verses. Hide the eggs throughout your backyard. Now it is time to find the eggs! This can be done together or individually. For individual hunts, use color coded eggs to make sure everyone finds all the verses.

Finding the eggs is only the beginning, though. Now it is time for the scavenger hunt. You can hide small toys, candies, or tokens that correspond to each verse or have the children get creative. See who can find a symbol for each verse in your yard.

How to Make Resurrection Rolls

Resurrection Rolls are more than just another Easter treat. They tell the story of the burial and resurrection of Christ. These are easy to make and very kid-friendly. You will need a roll of refrigerator rolls or croissants, marshmallows, melted butter, and cinnamon.

Lay out all the ingredients and wash everyone’s hands.
Pour some cinnamon on a plate and place it next to the melted butter.
Give each child a marshmallow. Tell them that this represents Jesus’ body that suffered to save us from our sins.
Have each child dip and coat the marshmallow with butter. This symbolizes his mother and friends anointing Him with oil.
Roll the buttered marshmallows in cinnamon. The cinnamon represents the spices that were mixed with the oil.
Now give each child a roll or croissant. Stretch them out slightly but be sure not to rip them.
Wrap the dough around each marshmallow, just like Jesus was wrapped in a burial shroud.
Now place the wrapped marshmallows onto a baking sheet and put it in the oven. Tell the children about how Jesus was laid in a tomb that was sealed with a large rock. Close the oven door.
It’s time to set the timer. Just like the centurions stood watch, the timer will make sure we don’t take them out too soon!
When the rolls are ready, take them out and cut one open. The inside is empty, just like Jesus’ tomb.
The rolls will be sweet inside. Remind the children how sweet it is to be forgiven of our sins.

Christ in Easter Ideas

Jesus asked us to spread the Good News to all the nations! Many people will not get to be with family this Easter. They are too sick or frail to be home. The current pandemic has made life even harder for those in the hospital and nursing homes. Most are not allowing visitors. But there is always hope for those who know and love Christ.

Send messages of hope to your local hospital or nursing home. Make cards, draw pictures, or simply handwrite an Easter card. Include your favorite verse about hope. Let those who feel forgot to know how much they are loved.

Free Easter Mazes For Kids

March 18, 2018 By Abbigail McClintick 1 Comment

Are your kids looking for something fun to do this Easter? Why not try these free Easter mazes from BrainyMaze.com!

This Easter Cross Maze includes a fun color by number activity.

How cute is this Easter Bunny maze? Children get to color in the different designs on the Easter eggs.

Find 13 different Easter Mazes at BrainyMaze.com. Each maze features an educational activity!

Easter Bible Printables

March 6, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Easter is right around the corner and I wanted to share some newly updated resources with you!

On our sister site Christian Preschool Printables you’ll find a great collection of printable coloring pages, games, worksheets, and crafts you can use to teach your children about the true meaning of Easter. New this year, we’ve added in a a Resurrection BINGO game as well as some colorful Easter Matching Cards you can use to play table games. You’ll also find a great collection of Jelly Bean Prayer printables if you want to send children home with a special treat.

If you’re looking for an easy solution for teaching your Easter lessons this year, be sure to check out our Christian Easter Activity Pack:

Easter Activity Pack

Over 80 pages of printable resources at your fingertips this Easter season! This Bible Easter Activity Pack is filled with Bible games, worksheets, crafts and activity pages you can use to teach your little ones the story of Easter. This set is designed for the K-5 teacher or homeschool family and includes multi age resources to connect with different ages and abilities. Look Inside

More Christian Easter Teaching Resources:

New Easter Resources:

Easter Coloring Pages (above)

Color Your Own Bookmarks (above)

Easter Cross Bookmarks

Editable Easter Verse Cards

Most Popular Easter Resources

Bible Verse Easter Eggs

Cross Egg Craft for Kids

Cross Watercolor Art Project

Resurrection Egg Printables

Resurrection Lapbook

Easter Story Coloring Pages

Easter Story Folder Game

Easter Spin to Win Game

Bible Verse Printables for Easter

verse 1 verse 2 verse 3

Resurrection Crafts & Activities

Easter File Folder Games (Bible)

Easter File Folder Games (Eggs)

Jelly Bean Prayer Printables

Naturally Dyed Easter Egg Tips

Easter Mazes for Kids

February 8, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

With Valentine’s Day around the corner and Easter on the horizon, today I’m excited to share a fun set of Easter Mazes for Kids!

This set is available on our sister site BrainyMaze.com and includes cute Easter theme mazes and activity pages to keep your little ones busy this holiday season.

These also make fantastic take home items for those of you who are teaching in a classroom setting as well.

Print Easter Mazes Free Here

Find Thematic Mazes Free Here

Hundreds MORE Free Printable Mazes on BrainyMaze.com

Christian Easter Activity Pack

January 31, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

We had such a huge response to our Christmas Activity Pack last year, that I thought it would be a good idea to put together a similar resource for Easter!

I know many of you are already planning your Easter lessons, so I wanted to get this out in January to give you plenty of time to put these resources to work for you.

And since it’s the 31st I can pat myself on the back for that goal met…. ha!

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Want to peek inside?

This pack is filled with 80 pages of multi-level games, activities and resources to take all the work out of your Easter Sunday School Lesson planning.

Three Different Easter Bible Games:

Seven Easter Arts and Craft Activities:

(Five shown below)

Easter Story Wheel & Easter Story Resurrection Eggs:

Easter Cross Geometric Art Project for Kids:

Easter Story Eggs for Art Projects

(Wreaths, Storybooks, Easter Baskets….etc)

Easter Crowns for Take Home:

There are TONS of coloring pages and Worksheets:

Full Size Easter Egg Coloring Pages

Three Levels of Easter Mazes for Kids

Easter Crosswords, Word Scramble and Word Search

(these make great take home items!)

Easter Copywork

Print, Cursive and Blank available with NIV

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Easter Bible Bookmarks

March 21, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

Easter is right around the corner and I’ve got some more printable resources for you!

These Color Your Own Easter Bible Bookmarks are perfect for children of all ages.

Featuring four different designs, each have their own image to color and the following sayings;

‘He is Risen.” “Jesus Lives,” “Happy Easter,” and “Hosanna!.”

Print Christian Easter Bookmarks Here

I recommend printing these on heavy carstock for children to color in with fine tip markers.

If you have a laminator in your classroom you can turn these into long lasting bookmarks for your children.

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Christian Easter Coloring Pages

March 21, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

Today I have two different Easter coloring pages for you!

Each page features an easy color cross with a heart and reads, “He is Risen” or “Happy Easter.”

These are simple coloring pages that make it super simple for children to color in, or add patterns and designs of their own.

Easter Cross Coloring

Easter Cross Coloring 2

Find More Easter Coloring Pages Here

Find TONS of Easter Printables Here

Easter Cross Bookmarks

March 17, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

If you need a small item to place in your children’s Easter Baskets next month, today I’ve got a great resource for you!

Easter Bookmarks

These free printable Easter bookmarks feature two different sayings, “Happy Easter,” and “He is Risen!” There is a beautiful image of a cross, some flowers, butterflies and the sun’s rays.

Looking for an Easter experience for your entire family?

Try A Sense of the Resurrection Today!

Find More Easter Resources Here

Find More Bible Bookmarks Here

Easter Bible Verse Printables

February 25, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 7 Comments

One of our most popular Easter resources is our Easter Egg Bible Verse Cards for Kids.

There are 10 different cards each with their own memory picture and key scripture. The cards are stored in a pocket that includes a checklist for children.

Recently, I received an email from one of our readers. She had been sending these scripture eggs in care packages overseas as part of an outreach program. She was printing the eggs and replacing the verses with scripture in each countries native language by gluing little squares over the top. It was proving time consuming and she was in need of a blank version.

So I got to work and instead of a blank version, I made an editable version. Well, okay I made both.

Blank Easter Egg Verse Cards

Page 1 Page 2 Pocket

Editable Easter Egg Verse Cards

Page 1 Page 2 Pocket

I just know that there are others of you out there who are looking for small, light weight encouragement items to send to your sponsored children, or to your missionaries and church plants and now you can customize a set in your language of choice.

Additionally, if you make a set do send the files back to share with others!

Spanish Egg Verse Cards

Page 1 Page 2

Indonesian Egg Verse Cards

Page 1 Page 2

NOTE: You will need the LATEST Adobe Reader to use these, but it is very very simple, you just type in your verse in the blank boxes.

Find More Free Easter Resources Here:

New Easter Resources:

Most Popular Easter Resources

Bible Verse Printables for Easter

verse 1 verse 2 verse 3

Resurrection Crafts & Activities

A Sense of the Resurrcection (low cost Easter Countdown)

Easter Cross Watercolor Craft

March 29, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

Today we have an Easter Cross Watercolor Craft for children of all ages.

Calvary Cross Watercolor Craft

What makes this easy and fun is that you can provide younger children with our printable template, making it easier for them to follow along. Â Older children can start with a blank paper.

You start out with a little Â white crayon in select areas:

And you finish up with an amazing watercolor of the cross on Calvary

Click Here for the full Craft Tutorial

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Easy Easter Sunday School Craft

March 28, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

Today we’ve got an Easy but Beautiful Easter Sunday School Craft for you!

All you need is a set of watercolors & our Easter Craft Template

Sometimes Photos are the best way to explain a craft project:

Don’t they turn out so beautiful!

These would be great affixed to a card or something for children to take home.

Print your Template Here

Find More Free Easter Crafts Here

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Easter Bible Verse Cards for Kids

March 27, 2014 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Every year we try to add new and useful printables to our Easter Crafts Page.

This year we’ve added some colorful Bible Verse Cards for Kids!

This set features 10 different verse cards.

Each card is a colorful egg shape and features a key scripture pertaining to the resurrection of Christ.

We’ve even included a printable pocket with a verse checklist you use use to track progress.

This would be a great set to use with your own Easter Curriculum.

Print our Easter Bible Verse Cards From Here

Find More Holiday Bible Verse Card Sets Here

Looking for more Easter Ideas?

Check out our HUGE Easter Freebies List &

Hop over to our latest Subscriber Newsletter,

it’s filled with freebies & links to our most popular resources!

Also, be sure you check out Amanda’s latest eBook A Sense of the Resurrection,

this is a great way to make meaningful memories with your family this season!

Stay tuned for more!

Easter Printables and Resources

March 4, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick 7 Comments

Easter is just around the corner!
Here is a “Pinnable” list of our most popular resources!

On Christian Preschool Printables we have:
Printable Resurrection Eggs
Easter Memory Match
Easter Wordwall Cards
Printable Puzzles
He is Risen Crafts
The Empty Tomb Craft
Easter Bingo
Easter Bookmarks
Easter Cross File Folder Games
Easter Memory Match
Easter Game
Hosanna Crafts
Easter Bible Verse Printables
and more

On Bible Story Printabes we have:

Easter Timeline Cards
Easter Storyboard Set
Easter Coloring Pages
Bible Story Minibook
Bible Verse Copywork Pages
The Story of Easter File Folder Game
and more….

Our Sponsors, Hearts at Home Curriculum
have an amazing deal right now on these animated Easter DVD’s.
You can get one DVD for $5 or 3 for $12.95 until 3/30/13.
(these are high quality videos produced by NEST entertainment!!)

On File Folder Fun we have five different Easter themed games:

Chick-n-Place
Colorful Easter Eggs
Eggciting “e”
Spring Peeps
Shattered Patterns

On LapbookLessons we have a free Easter Lapbook!
Even a Lapbook video for how to put it together.

Don’t forget to check out the fun Stained Glass Easter Crosses we made a couple years back.

One year we even tried out some natural methods of egg dying!
Best of all, most of the resources we had in stock in our kitchen.

Jelly Beans make great resources when teaching children about salvation!
On Little Blots of Faith we have these fun printable poems you can share
with children, as well as MANY more links and resources for planning out an Easter Lesson!

Hope that gets you off to a good start!

Last Minute Easter Baskets

April 24, 2011 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

When I was a child, I had my very own Easter Bunny Basket.
It was handmade (in the 80’s) by the nursery worker at our local bowling alley.
It was a compliation of yarn, ribbon, and a plastic milk jug.

I’m pretty sure it’s long gone now, but here is a photo of the closest thing I could find online.

You can imagine how much I loved it.

And you can imagine how guilty I feel to admit that:

My children do not have Easter baskets.

gasp.

Why? you ask.

How could I have let that happen?

It’s a mixture between wanting their baskets to be keepsakes, keeping Christ in Easter, and just an overall lack of time.

(and a whole lot of procrastination)

…ahem

But that is all in the past, and this year, I was not about to let another Easter morning pass without baskets.

So I bought four identical baskets from Walmart,

And sewed little liners for them:

One for the girl:

And Three for the boys:

You can tell I din’t measure because they are kinda baggy

But for twenty minutes I’m pretty happy….All I did was sew the sides up a fat quarter and then make corners at the bottom:

Then I just added a strip of dotted fabric to make them all a bit similar:

And even though I didn’t have time to make them perfect, I’m glad we now have some!

Eventually I’d like to add a bit more customization for each kiddo,
maybe the first letter of their name or something to make it special for each child.

Any Ideas?

These would look really beautiful with the Naturally dyed Eggs we did last year!

Stained Glass Easter Cross

April 11, 2011 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

Today we started off our day making these beautiful
Stained Glass Easter Crosses!

They turned out wonderful and made a fantastic
display in our window!

We used watercolors so that the light would shine through,
Look how pretty:

I uploaded a free template on ChristianPreschoolPrintables
where you can print it out for your own kiddos to try!

easter cross craft

Stained Glass Easter Cross

These would make fantastic bulletin board displays if you
have a large classroom too!

What Easter Crafts do you have planned this year?

A Hybrid Easter

April 4, 2010 By Valerie Mcclintick 4 Comments

This year for the first time……..
We attempted to use Natural Dying techniques to color our eggs.

(And before you get all “eggy” and Easter Bunny…Pagan Fertility on me….I’ll have you know that my daughter….on her own accord prayed this evening that we would not get caught up in all the chocolate eggs tomorrow and forget what Easter is really about!)

Ha. She thinks she’s getting Chocolate!

(Doesn’t she know that at precisely midnight tonight her mother will be found scouraging the kitchen cupboards, for any kind of sweet morsel left over from Halloween? (A holiday we’ve also discussed at great lengths but that’s another post) Seriously, instead of writing this I should be pulling out the fridge and checking to see what kinds of goodies have fallen behind it over the last year…..lest the kids get only Easter eggs in their baskets. (Baskets that I haven’t found yet).

Anyway, back to the egg making.

So, having laid somewhat of a foundation with the wee ones, I thought a little Easter Egg fun wasn’t completly out of the question.

So this afternoon we scoured around the house for anything and everything that might leave a lasting color on our eggs. Here’s what we came up with:

BlueBerries for Grey/Blue:

Orange Peels & Curry for Yellow:

Coffee for Beige/Brown:

Beets for Red/Pink:

Okay, you got me.

I didn’t really have Beets in my fridge. Totally made an extra trip to the store for these….buy hey, we picked up some eggs while we were there, and those were completely necessary.

We had great fun ~~all~~ ALL afternoon making the different dyes and letting our eggs soak up the color! (Yes, we added vinager to make the color stay….we’re not complete doofs.) Okay, well we might have forgot it for part of the afternoon….but NOT the whole afternoon.

For first timers, we had a blast, and the kiddos thought Mom was a flippin genius pulling out a trick like that.

(Kuddos to Me)

And then of course we helped the colors along a bit with those Natural little Tabs that you can pick up in the Organic Kits at the Whole Foods Store. You know the ones…..

So here are the Natural Eggs (on the right) with the Hybrid Eggs (on the left):

(Again….they are Hybrid because we added just a tad of those Natural Powders to our Natural Dyes)

All together they make a pretty Spring Basket:

I think the Coffee Eggs are my Fav!

Anyone Else Use Natural Dyes this year? What worked….I’m jotting down notes for next year!

Handmade Easter Baskets

April 12, 2009 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

I just found this amazingly simple tutorial for making you’re own felt Easter Baskets. I made a set for Sissy and Bubba in like 30 minutes, and I’m so excited to have something homemade that we can use for the years to come.

I just used a sheet of children’s craft felt (like you get in the kiddy craft isle at Walmart)

They’re small, but I think they’re just the right size for the amount of treats we give them anyway :) I think the’ll look even better when they’re filled up.

Instead of flowers like in the tutorial, I gave Sissy some butterflies,

and Bubba some palm trees. (Not very Eastery….but maybe he’ll remember the palm branches or something?)

Anyway, just thought I’d share in case anyone else is looking for some quick ways to add a little personality to their holiday traditions.

This might even be a project that I teach my daughter how to do, she just got a children’s sewing machine for her birthday…..Oh let the adventures begin!

Trick or Treat Alternatives

October 2, 2020 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

After so many months of life being different, you may be looking for ways to bring some normalcy into your life. A hallmark of Fall is trick or treating with family and friends. However, as with most of 2020, this year Halloween will look a bit unusual. So what can you do to make this a fun time if you can’t do what you usually do? Here are 7 trick or treat alternatives for celebrating Halloween without the Trick or Treating part!

Host a Small Get Together

If you are able and willing, bring the celebrating to you. Get together a small group of your closest friends or family. Host your party outdoors or in, either way it will be a treat. Here are some ways that you can make a small get-together into big fun:

Have a movie night with popcorn and movie-style candy boxes
Serve crazy, Halloween themed drinks. Check out these ideas!
Munch on fun Fall food like popcorn balls, caramel apples, or funnel cakes.
Play Fall themed games like these.

Create an Escape Room in Your Home

Want to make your party a total experience? Why not try creating an escape room in your home. It’s an exciting alternative to trick or treating. Escape rooms are action packed, family entertainment that will keep your mind active. Transport your family to a riveting adventure without leaving home. Here are some resources for planning your own escape room party at home.

Virtual Escape Rooms

Perhaps you really want to play with family and friends. However, getting together is just not possible. Virtual escape rooms let anyone and everyone join in, restrictions or not! These games can be hosted over Zoom and offer exciting entertainment that makes you work together, even when you have to be apart. Here’s some of the best options for family online escape rooms:

Hold a Virtual Costume Contest with Family and Friends

All dressed up and no where to go? Don’t let that fabulous costume go to waste. Host a virtual costume contest with family and friends. Have everyone dress up in their favorite costume, then create categories and prizes. Prizes can be mailed or a simple, printable certificate that can be sent over email. Next set a time to gather online and show off what you have. If full blown costumes are just too much, simplify but keep the fun. Some ideas for simplified contests are face painting contests, make-up contest, crazy hat contest, or best mask contest. This is the Best Facepaint kit, especially if you have sensitive skin.

Have a Candy Hunt Alternative to Trick or Treating

Trick or Treating is so much fun. The thrill of what each house is handing out. The excitement of counting and sorting your bounty. Oh, and let’s not forget about trading for your favorites. Just because you can’t go trick or treating, doesn’t mean you need to miss out on that annual fun! Have a candy hunt in your home or backyard. You could even set one up at a local park with a handful of friends.

This works the same way as an Easter egg hunt. Hide candy around the yard or house. You can hide individually wrapped candy or fill these adorable pumpkins with treats, pennies, or candy and hide where you want.

Host a Harvest Festival in Your Backyard

Make your backyard into a festival wonderland. A harvest festival doesn’t have to be overly elaborate or expensive. Set up stations that are easy to do without a lot of oversight. This is a fantastic alternative to trick or treating around the neighborhood. Here’s some station ideas:

Halloween or Fall temporary tattoos
Paint a mini pumpkin
Knockdown the cans
Plastic duck pond
Fall scavenger hunt
Craft station
Bob for apples
Cider and donuts
Backyard games center (think Bocce, volleyball, or crochet)
Decorate a candy bag
Pin the tail on the donkey
Egg and spoon races
Make your own mask
DIY games

Compete in a Pumpkin Carving Contest at Home or Virtually

Put some skin in the game with a pumpkin carving contest. Like the costume contest, set a time and pick categories to compete in. These could be age-based or themes. Then have everyone make their pumpkin. Gather round in person at home or online to show off your masterpiece. Have an impartial judge participate to choose a winner. Take a picture, or screenshot, of each pumpkin and send it to all participants and add them to a PDF. Send it to participants as a keepsake of this unusual but exciting Halloween season.

Got a kid who loves building with bricks? Try our creative Building Bricks Fall Activity for hours of fun!

Monthly Preschool Themes & Topics

January 23, 2020 By Crafty Team Leave a Comment

Preschoolers are naturally curious and excited to learn. You may be wondering what to teach your preschooler and when. A new year is here with 12 months of learning opportunities. One of the easiest ways to structure your schooling and still have plenty of room for fun is with preschool learning themes by month. Each learning theme gives you a topic to springboard off of. Add in crafts, stories to read, activities or experiments, and maybe even a field trip.

Using Preschool Learning Themes by Month

You may be wondering where to start with preschool curriculum planning. It can be overwhelming to fill a whole year with lessons that are engaging, fun, and educational. This is where themes come in. By planning your month around a few or even one topic, you can be more direct in your lessons and not be looking for inspiration every day or week.

This style of teaching helps tie lessons together in a memorable way. Preschoolers can easily relate to these learning themes. They will be eager to learn more and participate in lessons. Best of all, it will be easier to incorporate play, imagination, and practical skills into your preschool day.

January:

Kick off the year by choosing from the following themes:

February:

Stay warm this February with these sweet learning ideas:

March:

Comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb, but you will have tons of fun in between with these:

April:

Spring has sprung, so dive into these learning themes with your preschooler.

May:

May is full of flowers and fun, now it can be full of learning, too:

June:

It’s getting sunny and warm, with long summer days. Keep your learning going with these preschool themes:

July:

Liberty, life, and days at the beach. July is hot, hot, hot for preschool learning.

August:

Summer fun is winding down, but your preschooler will still be learning strong.

September:

School is heading back and Fall is blowing in, how about you try some of these:

October:

Leaves are falling and pumpkins are getting round, here’s some themes to keep you growing, too.

November:

It’s time to start gathering as a family and give thanks for all we have.

December:

The end of the year is here and the magical holiday season has begun these learning topics will make the season that much more special.

Looking for more learning fun? Check out the preschool printables at Preschool Mom.