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I’ll confess: I’m a big kid when it comes to jellybeans. It’s not something we have often, but when we do, I love trying out all the unique flavors along with the kids!
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Keep reading below for Jelly Bean Day activities and printables!
Day #9. Jelly Bean Day!
Here is some of what we have planned for today! 🙂 Did you want to download and print out everything for this week all at once? You can! Grab the Easter Bunny Day Activity Pack here!
PS: If you grab BOTH the St. Patrick and Easter Bunny Activity Packs, you will receive my Holy Week Activity Pack for FREE! Just send me a screenshot of your orders over on FB messenger or at [email protected]. As soon as the Holy Week Activity Pack is released, I’ll send you a special code to download it for free! These packs come with extra printables (like the mini Easter egg playdoh mats below) and are great for saving time by downloading and printing everything all at once…plus these themes will be organized, especially if you’d like to use any of this again for next year! 🩷
Activities
IMPORTANT NOTE: These printable activities will be FREE for you to download, but only during Jelly Bean Day! So, make sure to download them even if you are going to do Jelly Bean Day later in the week – that way you can still snag them for free. If you could leave a review behind afterwards, that would be amazing too! THANK YOU!! 🥰❤️
#1. Jelly Bean Rainbow Experiment
Using this worksheet, a white plate, jellybeans, and warm water you and your student can create some pretty rainbow colors!
#2. Jelly Bean STEM Cards
Using the smaller, softer jellybeans (the big ones are a little hard to do this with) and toothpicks, create shapes & structures! I made these STEM cards to provide a little inspiration and to get their minds thinking of what else they could build.
#3. Fingerprint Jelly Bean Jar Art Project
After printing out this printable on cardstock, your students can paint the lid and then use their fingers to create jellybeans inside the jar! Students could also use Q-tips to dab on paint if they prefer instead. My youngest HATES fingerpainting, so I always know that I have to include a “non-messy” option! 😅
Snack
Today’s snack could be really simple: just let your kids have some jellybeans! Or you could make some sugar cookies together and let them add some jellybeans to the batter. I know what you’re thinking…my husband was thinking the same thing when he saw me testing it out (“WHAT are you doing?!”)…but my kids thought it was the coolest idea, so that’s all that matters! 😂
Books
(Note: Everyone has different book standards! I highly suggest skimming through any books before reading them to your kids, just to make sure it aligns with your family values first) 🩷
Today we’ll be reading, “My Magnificent Jelly Bean Tree” by Maura Finn and “The Jellybean Tree” by Jill Eggleton and Ricky Rumsey.
However, if you were unable to grab these books from the library or store, here are the read aloud options on YouTube!
Do You Have Extra Time? Here Are Some Ideas/Videos!
Pick and choose any of the videos/activities below to learn more!
#1. Go on a virtual field trip to see how jelly beans are made!
#2. Do your students like to draw? Here is a silly jelly bean drawing tutorial!
I hope that you and your kids had fun today! If you need to print out the March Calendar still, drop your email below and I’ll send it right over!
PS: Check back soon for my blog post about Easter Basket Day!
