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Teach your baby or toddler about emotions and get your older children involved by using them as your models to create a DIY emotions board book. I was inspired to do this brilliant idea by No Time For Flashcards. For more ways to teach your child about emotions click HERE.
For this activity you will need
-Board book kit (I bought mine on Amazon.com but they also sell them online at Walmart for several dollars cheaper)
-Scrapbook paper or card stock
-Pictures of facial expressions
-Ruler
-Scissors
-Sharpie
-Double sided tape
Hold a photo shoot! We used Isabella’s older cousins who she absolutely adores!
Have the kids model each emotion
They had a lot of fun with this, especially the silly face
Get your pictures printed.
Write out each emotion and cut it out
Measure your scrapbook paper to fit each page and cut them out
Tape the the emotions labels to the bottom of the scrapbook paper and then add the corresponding pictures
Tape the emotions pages to the blank board book
The final product
Read with your baby or toddler!
She loved looking at pictures of her cousins
I am the first to admit I am not very crafty, so this book is very basic. You could make it as fancy or simple as you would like. You could add stickers and embellishments to the pages if you wanted to make it look really cute!
I don’t think that this would hold up to the destruction that toddlers can unleash, so I think I will be taking the individual scrapbook pages and getting them laminated.
This is a great way to teach your baby or toddlers about emotions and empathy. While reading this book with them label the emotions and for older kids talk about a time in which they had felt that particular emotion.
This is a great post. I like all the faces the kids are making to express emotions. Please stop by the first ever Artsy Play Wednesday on Capri + 3 and add a link to this post. It is a new linky featuring posts about arts, crafts and play activities. I hope to see you there.
: 0 ) Theresa
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@Multiples Mom,
Thank you so much for stopping by. I check out the link up and posted this. Thanks for letting me know about it!
What a geat post! I love toddler emotion books, especially ones that use pics of people they love. I’m going to feature this on my Kid’s Co-op post tomorrow. Come on by and see it and grab a button. http://www.dirtandboogers.blogspot.com
Thank you! Thank you for featuring me, I will for sure come by and grab the button.
Love this idea! Thanks for linking it up to the Kid’s Co-op! I’m featuring it today as one of my favorite posts from last week!
I really want to make this for my kids!
I love the way you’ve to the old children making something for the younger ones. Such a great idea.
Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase.
Thank you!!
What a great activity! I’m featuring this on my Kid’s Co-op post tomorrow.
Thank you so much!
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Can you put a link to the board book kit you got from Amazon? I can’t find it on there. Thank you!
Yes, of course! Thank you for the reminder, I always meant to put it but never got around to it. It is up now. I also saw them online at Walmart afterwards and they were several dollars cheaper there. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much! I’ve never seen those before. I can’t wait to make one of these books. I am a preschool special education teacher and would love to make this for one of my students.
Thanks!
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