Creative Ideas For Making Birthdays Special - Even If they Look Different This Year

EI Editor Posted On May 28, 2020 | Holiday

Including Free Printable Birthday Greeting Cards - Everyone Loves a Surprise in the Mailbox!

From car parades and waving from a window to Zoom calls with far-away family and friends, birthday celebrations are looking a little different this year. But that doesn’t mean you can’t surprise your favorite birthday boy or girl with something special! Whether you’re hosting at home or celebrating from afar, we’ve got you covered with some fun ideas for gifts and activities that will make the next birthday feel super special!Start with snacks! If you’re partying at home with the family, ice cream sundae and cupcake topping bars are always a hit! Get inspired with the tasty toppings in this blog post from HelloLittleHome.com. If you’re celebrating from afar, consider putting together a party-in-box including some of your favorite non-perishable treats like gummies and chips!

DIY Birthday Cake Slime! Grab a few household items to make homemade sensory slime. Add Playfoam^® for a colorful squishy sensory crunch that is guaranteed to create hours of creative fun with your kiddos! Watch this video tutorial for a step-by-step guide. Enjoy!https://youtu.be/yKwnnZDZrMICrank up the tunes! Pick your kiddo’s favorite jams and get your moves on, family-style! Use cupcake liners, plastic table cloths or other simple supplies with glue and a paper lantern to create your own DIY party lantern ball! Check out more details from agirlandagluegun.com. Celebrating virtually? Throw a Zoom dance party or email a well-wishes video with a great soundtrack. Party Lanterns

Send a surprise through the mail! Start with a super-cute birthday card from E.I. featuring a 30% discount code on the back! Just choose your favorite design, print, and pop it the mailbox (who doesn’t love getting mail?).

Then surprise your sweetie with a great gift from educationalinsights.com! Games are great for the preschoolers in your family – your pint-sized pal will love The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game or Pete the Cat My Buttons.

Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game - Photo credit: @my-sensoriumCelebrate your Kindergarten cutie with a GeoSafari outdoor exploration tool like the Ladybug Garden or Bugnoculars. And your soon-to-be-middle-schooler will go crazy for coding with ARTIE-3000, the drawing, coding robot![caption id="attachment_6061" align="alignnone" width="300"]

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Top 10 Stocking Stuffers and Small Gift Ideas

Finding a stocking filled with small surprises is one of the most exciting parts of the holidays! To help parents make the most of these tiny treasures, Experts at Play at Educational Insights are here with 10 small gift ideas guaranteed to bring big smiles, spark lasting joy, and keep kids’ interest well into the new year.

Playfoam Pals Holiday Ornaments – Give the gift of holiday spirit with this 2-in-1 craft set! Kids decorate the ornaments with the included stickers and hang them on the tree, then sculpt the Playfoam inside into the perfect pretend play props for the Snowy Pals figurine hidden in the Playfoam! When they’re done, squish the Playfoam flat and begin again—Playfoam never dries out, so the fun never ends!

Playfoam Build-a-Snowman – Kids can squish and squash these packs of Playfoam into their very own no-melt snowmen, then accessorize them with the included hat, scarf, carrot nose, arm branches, eyes, and buttons. This set of three kits is perfect for spreading across sibling stockings, too!

Playfoam Putty 4 Pack – Stimulate sensory play all season long with Playfoam Putty! A uniquely textured putty is perfect for squishing, squashing, and sculpting, and makes a crackle sound with every squeeze! Perfect for screen-free ASMR play. Plus, all that squeezing and squashing builds fine motor skills.

Playfoam Pals Snowy Friends – Inspire hours of pretend-play fun! Each special-edition snow globe pod contains a snowy mix of Playfoam perfect for sculpting a squishy, squashy, play world, and a hidden mystery Pal to play in it! Kids will want to collect them all!

Playfoam Shape & Learn 4 Pack – Slip some learning into their stockings! This pack contains four sets of sculptable Playfoam, each with a set of shape, letter, number, or counting cards. Kids shape the Playfoam to match the object on each card, practicing critical preschool skills the creative way!

PaperCraft Doll Fashion Party – Encourage creativity with this set of four PaperCraft booklets, each featuring extra-large, stick-on (and off, and on again) dolls and fashions for endless mix and match outfits and hours of creative play. And with four sets you can spread them across other sibling’s stockings or give as small gifts to other friends and family.

GeoSafari Jr. Dino Discovery – Turn Christmas day into a prehistoric party with a real dino dig packed with surprises! Kids scoop and dig in the reusable dino dirt to find and excavate Triceratops or T-Rex bones, then assemble the bones to create a complete skeleton. Kits also include fossil molds and a volcano carry case!

GeoSafari Jr. Kidnoculars – Kids can scope out everything from Santa’s sleigh to the first buds of spring with this set of focus-free binoculars featuring 2x magnification and extra-large eyepieces! Perfect for nature walks, sky gazing, and more.

Design & Drill Robot – Tis’ the season for STEM learning and this DIY robot is the perfect introduction for preschoolers! Kids snap the pieces together, then use the included screwdriver and colorful bolts to decorate their rockin’ robot pal. When they’re done, it’s time for robot-themed pretend play

Make the most of your stocking stuffers! The right small gifts for the holidays can surprise and delight kids for months to come.

EI Editor | Posted on May 30, 2020

Missing Loved Ones? Send Your Love with a Letter!

We have all been missing our loved ones. We bet your kiddos are really missing their friends too! These free printable greeting cards have been created especially for you to make it easy to let them know you are thinking of them.[caption id="attachment_6083" align="alignnone" width="680"]

Click image to download: HUGS Card[/caption]National Best Friends Day is June 8 and this is a great way for your little ones to show their love and learn the value of good ol' fashioned snail mail! In a time when we all need love, support, and encouragement more than ever before, these adorable, downloadable, mailable cards are an easy way to spread the love.[caption id="attachment_6079" align="alignnone" width="680"]

Click image to download: Full-Color Frankie[/caption][caption id="attachment_6081" align="alignnone" width="680"]

Click image to download: DIY Frankie Coloring Card[/caption]Start with a list of friends and family near and far – don’t forget the grandparents! Then let your child choose the right card for each person on their list. Print, color (if you’ve chosen a color-in-card), then write a sweet note or draw a fun picture on the inside, sign, and send![caption id="attachment_6085" align="alignnone" width="680"]