When it comes to versatile and budget-friendly crafting materials, look no further than the humble sponge! These everyday household items can be transformed into a wide range of exciting crafts and activities that will keep your kids entertained for hours. From painting and printing to sensory play and science experiments, the possibilities with sponges are as boundless as your child’s imagination. Join us as we dive into a roundup of sponge crafts and activities that are sure to make a splash in your child’s creative journey!
Crafting with Sponges
Crafting with sponges allows children to explore their artistic side while experimenting with different textures and techniques. From sponge painting to stamping, these crafts offer endless opportunities for your little ones to express their creativity. Cut sponges into various shapes, such as stars, hearts, or animals, and dip them into vibrant paint to create colorful masterpieces. They can also use sponges as stamps to add unique patterns and designs to their artwork. With sponge crafts, children can develop fine motor skills, learn about colors and shapes, and gain a sense of accomplishment as they create their own imaginative creations.
Sponges are not just for crafts; they can also be a fantastic tool for sensory play and educational activities. Turn a regular sponge into a DIY sponge ball for a fun and interactive game of catch or create a sponge sensory bin filled with water, bubbles, and colorful objects for a tactile experience. You can even use sponges to explore science concepts such as absorption and water displacement. Cut sponges into different sizes and shapes, and watch as your child conducts experiments, observes how water is absorbed and released, and discovers the fascinating properties of this absorbent material. These activities promote sensory development, scientific exploration, and open-ended play, providing a wonderful opportunity for learning through hands-on experiences.
In this blog post, we’ll dive into a collection of sponge crafts and activities that will inspire your child’s creativity, engage their senses, and encourage their curiosity. So grab some sponges, unleash your child’s imagination, and get ready for a sponge-tastic adventure filled with fun and learning!
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Sponge Activities and Crafts for Kids
How to Make DIY Sponge Bombs
If you’re looking for an exciting outdoor activity that will keep the kids entertained for hours, look no further than DIY sponge bombs!
Easy Sponge Painted Ice Cream Craft
Create a colorful sponged painted ice cream cone craft with this easy summer craft for kids! A fun craft for kids of all ages!
Sponge Painted Easter Bunny Craft with free printable
Sponge Painted Easter Bunny Craft is an easy painted Easter craft for toddlers and preschoolers! Using my free Easter bunny template!
Totally Awesome Sponge Popsicle Craft
Create delicious looking popsicles this summer with sponges! Sponge Popsicle Craft is a fun way to get crafty this summer with your kids!
Apple Sponge Stamping Craft
Apple sponge stamping is a great alternative to apple stamping with real apples this fall! Make apple stamps and eat the yummy apples!
Sponge Painted Cherry Blossom Craft
Sponge Painted Cherry Blossom craft is an easy painting activity for toddlers. Create beautiful textured cherry blossoms with a sponge!
Sponge Boats Sensory Bin
Sponge boats sensory bin is fun water sensory bin for kids. Take the activity outside in the summer and super size it in a kiddie pool!
Sponge Painted Fish: Outdoor Summer Art
Sponge Painted Fish: Outdoor Summer Art is an easy painting activity for kids of all ages. Paint a giant rainbow fish using sponges!
Sponge Letter Match
Sponge letter match is a fun way to practice the alphabet with your toddler or preschooler. It also make a super fun sensory and fine motor activity!
Looking for more summer activity ideas? Check out of these other round-ups for more ways to stay busy this summer:
- 25+ Outdoor Water Activities to Keep Kids Cool This Summer
- 40+ Awesome Outdoor Learning Activities for Kids
- 30+ Easy Outdoor Art Projects for Kids
- 60+ Awesome Outdoor Activities for Kids
- 45+ Awesome Water Sensory Bins for Toddlers & Preschoolers
- 40+ Water Table Activities for Toddlers
- 21+ Spray Bottle Activities for Toddler
- 20 Amazing Backyard Obstacle Courses
- 21+ Amazing Summer Sensory Bins
- 40+ Ice Sensory Play
- 12 Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Toddlers + Kids
Easy Done for you Activities to Keep Your Kids off Screens this Summer!!
Our DIY Summer Camp Package has everything you need to keep your kids off screens, keep them engaged and to create magical memories right in your own home. With 10+ themes, 130+ engaging activities, and valuable tips for a memorable summer, this package is your passport to a season of fun and learning. Let’s dive into the details and discover why our camp package is the must-have resource for your best summer!
- 10+ Weeks of Easy Themed Summer Camp Ideas for Kids 2-6!
- 130+ creative summer activities, crafts, science experiments, sensory play activities and recipes and more.
- Article: “10 Practical Tips for a Memorable Summer with Kids.”
- Article: “Sibling Harmony: 10 Practical Tips for Keeping the Peace and Managing Sibling Conflict”
- Full supply list for each week.
Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 airs in the summer of 2023! We were also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
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