Fairy tales are such an important part of childhood, helping children explore emotions, and think about experiences in the big wide world from the safe and secure environment of home. Make a set of DIY fairy tale fridge magnets for some fun storytelling of your own.
DIY fairy tale fridge magnets
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Getting the children to do the storytelling themselves is a great way for them to practise their language and use their creativity, as they adapt the story and give it their own personal twists. Using traditional characters is a good way to hook them into the story telling – but soon you’ll find them making up adventures of their own.
We went with The Gingerbread Man today, but as the magnets are very easy to make you can put together several sets so you can play with them time and time again.
All you need is: some card, some small magnets (we bought ours from eBay), pens and pencils, scissors and some strong glue.
Draw your your characters, cut them out and pop a magnet on the back. Easy-peasy!
As soon as the glue is dry you can put them on the fridge and start telling your stories.
It’s a great way to keep them entertained while you’re getting dinner ready.
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These are super cute! Clever you! Red Ted loves fridge magnets! When he is a wee bit older, will make some with him!
Maggy
Really cool idea
We love magnets here, and I started making some from some leftover stickers one day, but then Princess wouldn’t let me have any more 🙁 Perhaps drawing some pictures, like you have done, will let me finish the job, because I know how much she would love playing with them! Thanks for the idea 🙂
My son would have loved this!
I make similar things for car trips (pictured at this post if you’re itnerested http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2010/04/thankful-thursday-vol-4-family-visits.html) But I “laminate” them, use recycled calendar fridge magnets and tape.
Always fun!
You really have some great ideas!
Neat idea! Thanks for linking up to Mad Skills Monday!
I do the same as Martianne. I use recycled calendar magnets. We put stickers on them and cut them out. I just made a bunch of nursery rhyme magnets. I didn’t think of fairy tales! My son loves “the big bad wolf.” I’ll have to make a set!!
That is such a cute, easy, creative idea… so cool… we have a chalkboard/magnet wall so I will definately be doing this.
We love doing this too ~ and add felt instead of magnets sometimes so we can use them on our feltboard too!
(already cmented above 😉 but thanks again for linking up to Kids Get Crafty!!! 🙂
Maggy xx
What a great way to retell a story over and over again.
I love these I added a link in my Magnetic Pumpkin Post with a shout out.
Thanks Lora!
My daughter did this but she used blu-tack instead of magnets.