Little Duck Family Child Care

  As part of our back to school celebration for September we are creating all kinds of cute school items. Crafting these adorable little pieces has been so much fun we thought it would be nice to share our favourites with our community!  To make this adorable backpack craft we got the idea and template from Made To Be A Momma ! She used the craft as a simple backpack with coloured card-stock but I decided to let the kids be free to create and design their own backpacks. You could get wild with stickers and glitter as well but we stayed simple. To create yours follow the instructions 👇  You will need: Card-stock or paper (printer for the template) Glue Scissors Decorations, markers, paint, etc. 1. Begin by printing out your backpack templates. You can always make the first one for yourself to keep as an example of what you’re making so older kids can try to cut and follow along as well. It always helps to hold onto one for future reference and keep it safe for next year when back to sc

  We love to celebrate all the different stages of life, events, and holidays in our daycare. September is definitely the best time to promote back to school and education! Keeping the joy and happiness of school can be a challenge as kids get older so if you try to keep it fun and exciting even when they are teens it can help encourage the positive experience. We love to enjoy all kinds of back to school activities and create plenty of our own that we share with our amazing community!  As an artist who loves to create new and exciting crafts for the kids in my care I have come up with some pretty neat projects! This is our adorable Blast Off To School Bus Craft! You will need: Toilet paper rolls or construction paper Glue or vinyl String or ribbon Cellophane and stickers to decorate 1. Start by creating the cylinder for your bus. You can do this by rolling yellow construction paper into a cylinder or using toilet paper rolls and covering them in vinyl or yellow paint.   2. After you