Mama Loves Foam Stickers

I've used foam stickers in my classroom in the past, but I underestimated their worth for the toddler set until just this last month.  I needed a quick and easy way to make a card for Daddy for Valentine's Day (and earlier this week I already mentioned my fear of painting with twin toddlers at the same time), so I broke out the foam heart stickers and let Sam and Anna go to town.  It was easy AND quick and turned out cute too.  I do have to peel the paper backing off for them, but unlike regular stickers, there was no accidently folding over or creasing with the foam stickers. 

Both kids self selected their hearts and placed them where they wanted.  At first, Anna's was a AB pattern of same sized hearts, but the she started layering them on top of the others.  Sam's was completely random, but I think nicely balanced overall.  I love how both of my little ones had completely different styles that reflect their personalities so much.

So a few days later we played around with foam ocean stickers, and it was just as fun for them.  Sam and Anna love pointing out their art and discuss the animal names, colors and counting them while they hung on our refrigerator.

I've seen that you can glue smaller foam stickers to milk caps for a really inexpensive instant stamp, but I haven't tried that yet.  I'll have to add that to my list of future artsy projects to try!


You can get foam stickers almost anywhere: the Dollar Store, Target, Walmart, craft stores, etc.  I got the heart ones from Michaels for a school project, and the ocean foam stickers I've had for a long time so I'm not sure where they came from.

Think of the other possibilities!  Stick 'em to Easter eggs for an easy and fast decoration.  Stick 'em to craft sticks for instant puppets!  Stick 'em to a rolling pin and with paint, make a large scale piece of artwork (or kid-created wrapping paper)!  Sorting by color, shape, matching game...

I'm linking up with Julia's Mama Loves today!