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Clay House – Tea Light Candle Holder

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This charming little clay house is a delightful craft project that is both easy to make and visually appealing. The design is simple and straightforward, yet the end result is quite stunning. These miniature light houses would make excellent gifts for the holiday season, and are also perfect for adding a touch of Christmas cheer to your own home decor.

While the tutorial for this project is not in English, the photos are clear and easy to follow, making it simple to recreate this craft regardless of your language proficiency. The step-by-step instructions are presented in a visually intuitive way, ensuring that even novice crafters will be able to create these lovely little houses with ease.

This is a fun and engaging project that is sure to bring a smile to the faces of all who see it. Whether you’re making these houses as gifts or as decorations for your own home, you’ll be delighted with the end result. So gather your clay, your tools, and your enthusiasm, and get ready to create something truly special!

Tea Light Houses.

Looking for clay? I 100% recommend Das Clay, I have been using it for over 20 years. 

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Corn Learning Activities

Years ago I did a post all about using Indian corn (or flint corn) in learning activities, but I don’t think I’ve ever done a post about regular corn learning activities, so let’s get into it. 

Print out this corn number recognition activity from I Heart Crafty Things and use yellow dot stickers for kids to match and cover the numbers from 2 to 12 that they get when rolling dice. Or do some corn kernel math with these ideas from Gift of Curiosity. Kids can guess how many kernels are in a cup or bowl, then count them, and learn about grouping 5 or 10 kernels together and using skip counting to count faster if they’re ready for that. 

I think the only language arts corn learning activity I found was this letter recognition activity from My Pre K Box. Print out the corn shape and use round stickers to match the letter on the kernel to the one on the sticker. 

I found a lot of printables that include the life cycle of corn and other activities, like this one from MomBrite, which includes a word search and other activities; or this 16-page Montessori inspired corn unit study that includes life cycle, labeling, three part cards and more from Only Passionate Curiosity; or the corn worksheets from Simple Everyday Mom, which includes writing practice, a letter identification maze and a label the parts of corn worksheet. 

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has a free for subscribers printable life cycle foldout that is a fun way to present the information. They used it in a sensory bin but you can just use it as a part of teaching about corn if you’d rather. 

Dancing corn is a classic science activity done with baking soda and vinegar. Get the instructions from Fun Learning for Kids.

Kids Konnect has a set of printables and facts all about corn mazes, which is fun if going to a corn maze is part of your fall tradition. 

And you can craft a funny ear of corn with this printable from Craft Corner DIY.

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