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With an 8 month old, we go through quite a few jars of baby food. I have a lot of great plans for the jars, but not so many for the lids. Then I thought of a great little craft that is *gasp* educational too!
You’ll need:
- baby food jar lids
- magazines and/or newspapers
- scissors
- Mod Podge
- sponge or foam brush
- magnets (either discs or a roll to cut)
- glue
- spray paint (optional)
We’ve been trying to work with Charlie on his letters a lot lately and this is a great exercise for that.
If you’d like to spray paint your lids, do this ahead of time so they can be drying while you’re doing your letters. When the magnets are in use, you’ll see the sides and some of the inside. We decided not to spray paint ours because Charlie’s too little to really help with that.
We sat down with a magazine (we all know they’re just lying around the house) and I told Charlie to find the letter “A”. After showing him a “Big A” and a “Little A”, he picked out a few of each while flipping through the magazine. He got so excited every time he would find another one!
After he found a one that he wanted to use, Dad or I cut it out. Charlie’s too little to use scissors to actually cut letters out, so we did this part. If you’re child is old enough to do this, go for it.
After we found our letters, we put some glue in the lid and then stuck in as many as we could fit.
Then we let the glue dry a few minutes before we covered our letters with mod podge.
After our mod podge had dried and all the letters were nicely sealed, we cut the magnet tape and to put on the back. You can use the adhesive or add a little super glue or use the hot glue gun. We just used the adhesive and it seems to be working well.
And there you have it! Easy craft and a learning activity rolled into one!
We found that Charlie was into it for about 3 letters, so we’ll be working on these throughout the summer.
Christina Shirley says
Oh that is such a great idea! I don’t have baby lids though, so I’ll have to think of something else to use. But the idea of looking for the letters in magazines and then gluing them on something is awesome. My toddler is always asking to use the glue – he would love this activity!And we could do one letter a day – that’s 26 days of busy work! Yay!
Christina Shirley says
Such a fantastic idea – we have so many of these lids laying around. Going to start this craft this weekend.
Christina Shirley says
What a marvelous way to get children to learn while having fun and reusing those lids!!
Christina Shirley says
This is such an easy and creative idea – love it!
Christina Shirley says
Pinned it. That’s a cute idea, and really so easy to do. I bet the older kids would like to help make these too.
Christina Shirley says
Awww! that looks fun and perfect to bond and spend time with the family 🙂
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Christina Shirley says
What a cute and great craft for toddlers. I think my three year old would love this!!!
Christina Shirley says
What a great craft for kids and a neat way to reuse the lids!
Christina Shirley says
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Christina Shirley says
I love this! Im always looking for things to keep my kids entertained 😀 Plus this is education and upclying !! thanks
Christina Shirley says
So cute! Love this idea, thanks for linking up!
Christina Shirley says
Great idea for upcycling! I love it. I bet they make great sounds, too.
Christina Shirley says
I don’t have any baby food lids but plenty of other lids I can make these with! Brilliant idea, well done. Thanks for sharing this at #turnituptuesday
Christina Shirley says
What a clever idea! I love it! Thank you for linking up to the Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless
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Christina Shirley says
I love this idea! I will have to pin it to save for later! Thanks for sharing on weekend wind-down party ! I would love to feature this but I can’t find where you link back to us! Let me know if I’m missing it!
Christina Shirley says
Thanks Samantha! I actually just added my Where I Party page: http://www.momsmessymiracles.com/p/where-i-party.html
Christina Shirley says
What a sweet project that turns into a learning tool! Love this. My kids would sit and put magnets on my fridge for a long time when they were young. Thank you for joining us at #purebloglove. We enjoy having you every Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee
Christina Shirley says
HI there! This is awesome! So awesome that we are featuring it at our WEEKEND WIND DOWN LINK PARTY! 🙂 Thanks for linking up with us! Have a great day!