I know you are drowning in stickers. They may be dot stickers or the latest assortment from the Target Dollar Spot. Regardless of the shape and design, run and grab them now. Spring snack bags for kids are on. The best part of this spring activity? It works for ALL ages! I had my 22-month-old, almost four-year-old, and five-year-old all working together as I prepped breakfast and drank my hot tea.
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Create a calmer morning with kids
How is this possible?
I call these activities Breakfast Invitations. These preschool activities are simple setups (less than five minutes), allowing you to wake up without a million requests before your morning coffee. You prep breakfast as they think.
How do stickers help your child?
You can feel better about all the stickers lying around, knowing that stickers are helping strengthen your child’s hands for writing, cutting, and tying their shoes.
Peeling the stickers off, and placing them on the paper, takes hand-eye coordination. This should be practiced in abundance! You can never peel and stick too many stickers. Each movement is helping your child connect their body to their brain.
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What happened as my children decorated
My idea was to lay out white paper bags, along with the spring stickers I found in the drawer of our art cart. My five-year-old’s idea was to get the markers from our playroom to add his own personal touches. Certainly, no harm there!
My almost-two-year-old was just as happy using the dot stickers I laid out for him next to his plate.
Truth be told, I didn’t want to have him pile the cute Easter stickers on top of one another. Instead, I gave him the round circles and kept the Easter eggs, rainbows, and umbrella stickers for the big guys.
You see, preschool activities evolve organically.
You want to set something up that allows your children to learn key concepts, along with child-led learning. This way, we encourage children to take the lead and think creatively. Remember, Breakfast Invitations also make a great post-nap dinner prep activity as well!
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Supplies
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Washable Markers
Share these markers with your kids, or keep them for yourself. I am not one to judge; I like my own pack too.
Small White Paper Bags
The perfect snack bag for tossing in the diaper bag or grabbing on the go. Recycle when finished snacking!
Seasons and Celebrations Sticker Book
This sticker book is PACKED with a wonderful collection. We’ve been working off the same sticker collection for two years, and I will buy another when we finish. It’s fantastic!
Setting up this sticker activity
- Lay out one snack bag for each child.
- Keep the extras close for when they are finished decorating.
- PRO TIP: Giving too many supplies at once can be overwhelming, encouraging your child to do less rather than more.
- Find the seasonal stickers that work best, and cut them into chunks. This way, you can offer a couple of sheets to your preschooler they can hold in their hands.
- Allow your preschooler and toddler to decorate as they see fit.
- Keep your snack bags so you can use them for school lunches and to-go snacks!
Now you have snack bags for your next packed lunch or snack on the go, and enjoy with your favorite books for spring!
We love sticker activities!
Sticker activities for kids are so simple to set up and improve fine motor skills. They are a quick win for the long days of parenting.
Try these sticker ideas:
You can also welcome spring with these scavenger hunts that are fun for kids! When will you make your sticker snack bags?
FAQ
Stickers are a great tool to strengthen fine motor strength in hands. Children practice hand-eye coordination as they peel off each sticker and place it onto the paper.
Flowers, butterflies, and bugs are all fun and seasonally appropriate concepts that toddlers and preschoolers associate with springtime. Offering your child simple craft projects based around these spring themes is a fun way to get them involved and excited about the new season.
Growing up, Easter baskets always included more candy than I could count. But with a food allergy, we need non-food ideas for Easter basket ideas. Sticker books, sketch pads, watercolor paints, markers, sidewalk chalk, kinetic sand, memory games, and bathing suits make terrific Easter basket ideas for kids.
