30 Days to Hands on Play : Family Time

DAY 6 CHALLENGE:

 FAMILY TOGETHER TIME

Puzzles, Game Night, Coloring.

Perfect for a Sunday afternoon or evening!

Some together time as a family before the work week hits us again.

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CraftProjectsIdeas.com : Kids Crafts

CraftProjectIdeas.com is a one-stop shop for all things crafty for kids! With project ideas for rainy days, seasonal crafts, even educational projects!

Its exciting to tell you that CraftProjectIdeas.com is a new sponsor for hands on : as we grow.

The craftiness may go off the charts in this house!

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30 Days to Hands on Play : Pretend Islands

DAY 4 CHALLENGE:

 PRETEND ISLANDS!

It's time to get moving now and let imaginations run wild!

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It's Playtime! : Sorting

I'm ecstatic with the response for the 30 Days to Hands on Play Challenge that I'm doing with The Imagination Tree. For Day 3, Anna's challenging you with some Block Building!

Back to It's Playtime though... I was overwhelmed with the amount of Halloween activities you guys do! I thought we were busy being spooky and creepy, but you guys completely outdid me!

However, Halloween has passed and now I'm onto featuring regular old fun filled activities.

Today I'm looking at sorting, collecting, matching activities.
These kind of activities can be adapted to almost any developmental level.
I love those kind of activities!

Here's what I found on last week's It's Playtime after I sorted through it all:

[A Sunny Home: Color Collecting]
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30 Days to Hands on Play : Build a Fort!

DAY 2 CHALLENGE:

 BUILD A FORT!

Today is a simple, easy task that every one can do with whatever they have on hand.

And every child I know loves building forts!

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A Challenge : 30 Days to Hands on Play

I've got a challenge for myself.

And for you too, if you'd like to join us!

Us?
Yep! Anna from The Imagination Tree and I have put together a 30 day challenge!

A challenge to play more hands on with your kids.

30 DAYS TO HANDS ON PLAY

What is 30 Days to Hands on Play?

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Carville Mat Giveaway : 3000 Fans!

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This Giveaway is CLOSED

Out of a whopping 239 entries, one lucky winner has been drawn 

and the Carville Mat is being sent to her.

Congratulations Jenna R!

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Last week, the hands on : as we grow Facebook page hit 3000 fans!

[Thank you!!!]

As a big thank you, Betty Lukens Felts [a wonderful sponsor of hands on : as we grow] has offered up something to give away to one of my lucky Facebook fans!

Head on over to the hands on : as we grow Facebook page 

to enter to win this Carville Mat from Betty Lukens Felts!

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