Welcome to KESS Kiddos

Part of KESS Design & Marketing Group is to provide fun stuff for kids. Toddlers love to learn and what a better way to learn then by using games, crafts and other fun ways to learn. This blog will have projects created by KESS along with links to other great sites. Keep coming back as we will update often! Enjoy!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Crayon Costumes

These are adorable!  My kiddos are going to be Princesses for Halloween. I have a 3-year old Cinderella and a 5-year old Snow White. I came across these from Parents Magazine and just had to share! If anyone uses this, please let me know how it went and send me pics!
Have fun!
 
Crayon Costumes:
What you need:
  • Solid colored shirt and pants (long-john cotton pajamas, $19, basicbrilliance.com)
  • Measuring tape
  • Black adhesive-backed felt
  • Scissors
  • 3" and 1" black adhesive-backed felt letters
  • Party hat (12 for $5, partycity.com)



Instructions:
1. Measure the shirt and pant cuffs of clothing. Cut two 4"-tall strips of black felt that are about an inch longer than the circumference of the pant cuff (this will allow for stretch).

2. Cut two 3"-tall strips of black felt an inch longer than the circumference of the wrist cuff.

3. On the back of each strip, draw a wavy line lengthwise (make sure the line begins and ends at the same height so it lines up when cuffed), the cut along line.

4. Peel off adhesive liner and position the larger strips around the ankles of pants, leaving a 1/2" gap between the strips. Repeat with the smaller strips around the wrist cuffs.

5. Stick the 3" letters down the front of the shirt to spell "crayon" and spell the desired crayon color down the back of one leg using the 1" letters.

Originally published in the October 2009 issue of Parents magazine. 

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Ready for Some Scary Halloween Treats?

Monster Toes
Recipe Ingredients:
Cocktail wieners
6-inch tortillas
Ketchup or mustard
Toothpicks

Directions:

  1.  Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut a wedge into the end of each cocktail wiener to make a toenail.
  2. Cut the tortillas into strips about 4" long and 3/4" wide. Discard the ends.
  3. Soften the strips in the microwave between damp paper towels for 10-30 seconds.
  4. Roll each wiener in a tortilla strip and secure with a toothpick.
  5. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Remove them from the oven, then fill the toenail with ketchup or mustard. Remove the toothpicks before serving.

 

Recipe from http://familyfun.go.com 

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Pizzeria Fun

Have you ever thought of a pizza as an education tool? There is so much you can learn from a pizza.

Think about how you cut a pizza
- Teach fractions and other math functions by cutting pizza

What ingredients are on pizza? Where do these ingredients come from?
- Discuss where food comes from
- Teach the food groups
- Teach the letters of alphabet using each ingredient
- Various shapes from ingredients


Fun & Play
Create Your Own Pizza

1) Family night is a great time to make homemade pizza!
  • Lay out the ingredients you plan to use for pizza
  • Let child help measure ingredients, stir the dough and place ingredients on the pizza
  • Teach time using the timer
  • Discuss what your child's favorite ingredients are
2.) Playtime Pizza: Paper Craft
      You need:
  • Paperplate
  • Construction Paper
  • Scissors
  • Markers
Let your child create his/her own paper pizza and share it with the family.

3.) Play Doh Pizza
  • Do the same as Playtime Pizza but use Play Doh instead of paper
Enjoy your pizza night!