Special Events and Celebrations

Tokens of Love activity allows children to create drawings, notes and even some spoil mum vouchers for mum to enjoy this Mother's Day, all stored in a uniquely decorated paper mache heart. Plus, children can continue to add to the heart for years to come, continuing to spread messages of love and appreciation.

Here’s how to make it:

1. Fold the paper circles in half and then half again.
2. Cut along the folds so you have four individual quarters of the circle. 
3. On the one side of the circle quarters have the children write and draw notes of appreciation and love for their mother*.
4. Once they’re finished writing their notes use the ladybirds and any other crafty resources to decorate the Paper Mache Heart.
5. Slip in your notes! Don’t forget to tell children to continue to post messages to mum anytime they like. (You could even add a magnet to the back.)

The holiday season is a magical time of year, filled with opportunities to celebrate, learn, and grow together. For preschool educators, it’s also a chance to foster inclusivity by teaching children about diverse traditions and celebrations. Aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), these activities can help children develop a sense of belonging, respect for diversity, and an understanding of the world around them. Here are some practical and engaging ideas for inclusive holiday celebrations in a preschool classroom, featuring products from ABC School Supplies to bring the ideas to life.

Here’s everything you need to make a special piece of jewellery or keepsake for that special mother figure in your life. What are her favourite colours? Does she love bracelets, or prefers necklaces, maybe a nice new keyring? So many options and so many colour combinations each piece will be unique. Suitable for ages 3 years+

Here’s the steps to make it:

1. What will you make? A bracelet, a necklace, a keyring? Decide on that first then cut the string to size. Be sure to allow a little extra for tying.
2. Choose your beads and start threading. You might like to lay out the beads first to organise your pattern and then begin to thread.
3. You might like to write on or decorate the beads with markers – just the natural timber ones will work.
4. Once you’re finished ask an adult to tie the ends together to secure your creation. We did 4 knots to be sure.

The perfect little bag for mum to carry her special things. Decorate the bag with the fabric markers to create your own special design you know mum will love! Top it off with an assortment of beautiful hearts that are already adhesive on the back – no need for glue! Suitable for ages 3 years+

Here’s how to make it:

1. Use the Fabric Markers to draw something special for mum. Decorate one side or both!
2. Choose which foam stickers you’d like to use and carefully peel off the paper backing.
3. Adhere the hearts to the bag.

These Christmas Baubles are sure to add some sparkle to your day! Simply choose the paper or material you will feature as the inside piece, cover the outer https://abcschoolsupplies.com.au/cardboard-rings-pk50.html with glitter and after a little bit of gluing you’ll have a new and eye catching decoration for the tree! We’ve suggested some ideas of what you could use on the inside of the bauble, but there are so many more options. Children could even use the cardboard rings as a frame around their own artwork, or a photo or drawing of themselves for an even more personalised gift.

Here’s how to make it:

1. Choose which paper you will use to decorate the inside and cut a circle shape from it slightly smaller than the outer circle of the Cardboard

Who knew paper plates could be so versatile! Get creative with this Christmas Tree Craft Activity to show them how to turn a paper plate into a sparkly work of art.

1. Take one of each of the two sizes of plates. Fold them in half both ways so you make quarters.
2. Cut down the lines so you end up with 4 quarters of each  plate.
3. Take two quarters from the large plate and one quarter of the small plate top construct your tree (the small quarter goes at the top).
4. Paint each section the colours you like. We’ve chosen green poster paint, but we’ve made some variations of the green by adding some yellow and/or white for some different colours. Paint with strokes, or dab for a leafy looking result.
5. Once the paint is dry use glue to attached

Children will love making this craft activity for the father figure in their lives. They can choose to make their dad, grandfather, uncle, or even themselves! The possibilities are endless, as they let their creativity run wild to make a truly unique gift!

There are a number of ways children could decorate these wooden people including colouring them using crayons or markers, or dressing them up with felt clothes. In this activity we’ll cover the latter, but feel free to choose the tools that best suit your desired outcomes.

1. Choose your wooden person and select one or many skin colour crayons to colour the areas that clothes won’t cover.
2. Choose some felt and trace around the wooden person to give yourself a guide for cutting. You could make a shirt, pants,

Dad would love this personalised photo frame. Children have so many choices of how they might decorate their frame, from choices in paper, to a variety of embellishments available, every frame will be truly unique. Don’t forget to add a photo – or children may prefer to create a work of art to frame instead!

Here’s how to make it:

1. Choose which paper/s you’d like to use to decorate the frame.
2. Trace around the frame onto the back of the chosen paper/s.
3. Cut around the traced line and check to see how it fits. It may need just a little more trimmed off to line up.
4. Line up the paper and press the paper along the inner frame to dint the paper to reveal where you need to cut. Then cut out the inner

Make a Tiger for Chinese New Year 2022 Year of the Tiger. You could make a traditional coloured tiger, or make it all the colours of the rainbow - it can be uniquely yours. You could even cut out the eyes, add some holes at the side and join elastic to make it a mask.

What other animals can you make this way? So many possibilities.

1. Paint the plate, make it any colour you like!
2. Glue on some facial features using the natural craft items.
3. Paint or decorate the facial features.
4. Paint on some

A great craft activity to involve the entire class. Children will love choosing which colour their chicken will be and what characteristics to give it to make it uniquely theirs. Will yours be yellow and fluffy, or blue with a fantastic feathery headpiece, or maybe multicoloured? Don’t forget to give your chicken a name! Suitable for ages 3 years+

Here’s how to make the chicken:

1. Take the Plastic Bird Feet and poke them into place on the Foam Egg – these can then be used to hold while painting in the next step.
2. Paint the egg your chosen colour/s while holding the feet, then stand to dry.
3. Slot in some feather’s for the wings, or put them all over! If it’s becoming a bit tricky to push the feathers into the foam egg, try using a toothpick or a pin to create some holes to make it easier.
4. Take the Plastic Bird Beak and poke into place.
5. Use the Supertac Glue to attach the eyes, and admire