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How to have an egg hunt while social distancing

April 10, 2020 ·

Before this week I almost forgot about Easter. I just was so consumed with everything going on with the global coronavirus pandemic I hadn’t thought about the holiday since I first bought Cadbury eggs in February. However, egg hunts are the best and I was really looking forward to this year since Pierce would be somewhat into running around and finding eggs.

BUT we can still have egg hunts while we are social distancing. We just have to be creative! Here are some low-lift ideas on how to still host an egg hunt while social distancing. Maybe you will even discover a new tradition that you love!

Window egg hunt – organize a window egg hunt with your neighbors or friends. Ask them all to cut out egg shapes and decorate them any way they want and hang in their windows. Drive or walk around and see how many you can find!

Indoor egg hunts – some variations on a normal indoor hunt are:

– Putting messages in the eggs

– Write actions and place inside eggs and whoever finds the egg has to do what is inside (hop on one foot, sing a song, skip, do jumping jacks, chirp like a chick, etc)

– Glow in the dark hunt: add glow sticks to eggs and host it at night

– Word search: each egg has a letter and at the end you have to figure out what words/messages they spell

– Puzzle eggs: put one puzzle piece in each egg and at the end of the hunt you all help put the puzzle together

– Color-coded eggs: divide into groups and each group can only grab eggs of their assigned color

– String: tie a string to a basket full of eggs and thread it all over the house, follow the string to the end

– Blindfold hunt: blindfold participants and give hot/cold clues when they get close to the hidden eggs.

Search and find photos – Hide eggs around your home, take photos of the room/s and send the photo to anyone participating. If they find all of the eggs in the photos give them a prize (maybe a mailed card or a gift certificate or just kudos)

Instagram egg hunt – similar to the above but post the photos on Instagram and tag them with a unique hashtag. Everyone who participates has to post at least one photo with the hashtag. Whoever finds all the eggs gets a prize (or bragging rights).

Virtual egg hunt – host an egg hunt virtually via FaceTime or some secure video app and take turns looking for eggs.

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Posted by Malissa / Filed In: Crafts, Easter, Stay at Home

Free You are Loved Poster

April 8, 2020 ·

I have absolutely loved seeing people throughout the world spreading cheer during this pandemic by putting rainbows and cheerful signs in their windows! My sister-in-law did the cutest handmade sign saying “Today is a good day to have a good day.” After that Machelle put up “you can do hard things” on her window that she made with her kids.

To be honest, my favorites are the handmade signs. They give a personal touch in a time when we so desperately need that. With contact being limited and most of our social lives being virtual seeing a handmade rainbow or message makes it feel more meaningful and like you are not alone. However, I still wanted to make it as easy as possible for folks to hang messages for others to see and brighten their day.

So we will be sharing some of our favorite message in easy downloadable form! I made this one in both 18 x 24 and 24 x 36 sizes and have one in white and one in pink!

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Posted by Malissa / Filed In: Free Printables, Stay at Home

How to spend time outdoors under quarantine

April 7, 2020 ·

Children need time outdoors to explore and learn. Current recommendations are for children to spend up to three hours outside a day. Now, we are not under normal circumstances and I don’t know how most of us can hit this goal following stay-at-home guidelines unless you have a yard and can watch your kids play outside for hours a day. But after hours on end inside our homes trying to come up with games or find new shows to binge, it is enormously helpful to get outside and breathe fresh air.

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Posted by Machelle / Filed In: kids, Stay at Home

Easter Toddler Week

April 6, 2020 ·

Last week I talked about having a theme for each week at home. It really helps me when planning out each week and day to have something to narrow my focus. Pierce’s daycare has themes for the week that they structure crafts and learning time around and I love it.

Easter is this Sunday and it will be a much different Easter than we are all used to – no matter how you celebrate it or even if you don’t celebrate Easter at all. Living through a pandemic makes every day feel strange. But I still want to find fun ways for Pierce to experience the holiday since it is one of my all-time favorites. This is driven mostly by the candy selection but can you blame me? Reese’s and Cadbury eggs alone are just the best. Here are some ideas I am adding to my weekly schedule for this week. And you can definitely still buy candy and put together baskets for your kids! Just see how much Pierce loved his last year!

Easter basket

Books

I wanted to pick some books I already had that were Easter-themed. I am going to try and read these during every reading time this week. The closest I had were:

  1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
  2. The Runaway Bunny

Some other great books that I found and would be great to include are:

  1. Llama Llama Easter Egg
  2. I Love You, Funny Bunny
  3. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime

Songs

  1. Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny
  2. See the Easter Bunny

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Posted by Malissa / Filed In: Easter, kids, Stay at Home

Weekly Toddler Schedule | Free Printable

April 2, 2020 ·

As I started using my daily schedule I found myself jotting down ideas for each day in my notebook. By the second week, I decided another paper with every day would be helpful to use in conjunction with our daily schedule.

Weekly Toddler Schedule

 

I found that having one of the following every day helped: a sensory bin, an indoor activity, an outdoor activity, a craft project, and a walking route. We definitely do not always get to all 5 but I found having something written down in each category helps with my anxiety about the day.

To help me come up with these I decided to pick a theme for the week along with a song or songs and a focus book. Last week I attempted to do pets and this week I am trying to focus on transportation. I am not strict about it but it helps limit my brainstorming and online surfing at night.

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Posted by Malissa / Filed In: Free Printables, kids, Stay at Home

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