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5 ideas to celebrate Christmas INDOORS!
As the December chill starts to spread in the air, we know that Christmas is around the corner! Plum cakes, hot cocoa, snugly sweaters, Santa and some GIFTS... get your family, friends & kids into the Christmas-y spirit with these 5 simple ideas! P.S: Read till the end for the CHRISTMAS SPECIAL deal :) 5 ways to get your kids in the spirit of CHRISTMAS! #1 Christmas Tree with books! Let your kid round big, medium and small size storybooks from their collection. Help them set these up in an ascending height. Add some lights, decoration and the star. Voila! You got yourself an adorable X'mas tree! @how-to-recycle.blogspot.com @ethicalocean.com @imwm.org #2 DIY Christmas card Skip the store-bought cards and create something simple but fun with your kids. You will need: White, green & red coloured pom pom balls, paper, glue. Let your child stick the pom pom balls on the paper in different Christmas elements like a tree, Santa, wreathe etc. Help them place these in the right position. You can draw the base for them too. Pinterest @thejoyofsharing @thejoyofsharing @beafunmom #3 No-bake chocolate fudge! Let your kids have a fun bakeout with you! Check this recipe for a 3 ingredient no-bake chocolate fudge. You will need: 1 packet of milk chocolate chips/ half a chocolate slab, 400 ml sweetened condensed milk, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Melt chips and milk together in saucepan until smooth. Take off heat and stir in vanilla. Spread on top of peanut butter layer (optional) and let it cool. Refrigerate it for 8 hours. Cut into squares & enjoy! @kidscookingactivities #4 Christmas movie! No festival is complete without atleast ONE favourite movie right? Microwave a tub of butter popcorn and let the entire family enjoy some of these all-time favourite movies: Home Alone series, Frozen, The Polar Express, Beauty and the beast, Godmother #5 Personalized gifts What is Christmas with some exciting gifts right!? Story books with their name in it! Personalized storybooks by Zooboo are the perfect mix of fun + educational gifts. Pick from 10+ books written by India’s award-winning authors. Add your child’s name and character in the book and make them the HERO of the story! @thecutetales_by_inz Photo gifts! @mysmallgreen_world Create cute Mugs, bagtags, photobooks and so much more with your child’s name and pictures! A thoughtful gift that also captures some of your best moments :) Enjoy 2 Zooboo storybooks for the price of 1! Use code BUY1GET1 at checkout to enjoy a FREE Zooboo book. Merry Christmas, from Team Zooboo!
5 must-try activity ideas (inspired from the NEW Zooboo books!)
Do you find yourself out of ideas to keep your kiddo creatively occupied sometimes? If you've read any of the Zooboo books you would know that each storybook has lots of concepts weaved into it! And so here are FIVE activity ideas based on the concepts covered in the 5 new Zooboo storybooks. Enjoy! Idea #1 Book: A1 Summer - this book is all about spending quality time with friends and family and bonding over the simple things in life. Activity: Organize family events once a week or once a month for the special bonding time. How? Recreate some events from the book like: Picnic at the terrace or garden or even living room Story telling competition Drawing/ origami / art & craft competition Organize a carnival games evening with the neighbourhood! Idea #2 Book: Is your cat in the Zoo? - This book is all about a child searching for their lost cat and taking help from different animals in the Zoo Activity: Play the ‘Hot & Cold’ game. How to play? Pick a toy cat/dog to hide in the house. You and your kid take turns to ‘search for it’. While searching, if the searcher is not at all close to the item, the hider says, “You're cold,” but as the searcher gets closer to the hidden item, hider responds, “Getting warmer…” and when they get very close to the item, hider says, “You're hot!” The verbal temperature becomes an indicator in finding the toy. Idea #3 Book: What shape would you be? - This book is all about identifying different shapes that are commonly seen around us Activity: Spot objects in the surroundings. How? Observe your surroundings and take turns to spot shapes in your vicinity – start with 2D shapes and gradually move to 3D shapes. Some examples: Door is rectangle, plate is circle, clock is square – etc. P.S: This is also a great game to play while travelling! Idea #4 Book: Lost Smile - This book is all about a child feeling sad and searching for their smile which is lost. Activity: Create a 'feelings book' for your child to fill in every night How? Encourage your child to draw & write in their feelings journal every day. They can draw/write one line about any 1 strong emotion that they felt through the day. This helps them to understand their feelings in retrospect and ponder over their reactions. Let your child draw and write in their feelings journal Example of an entry in the feelings journal Example of an entry in the feelings journal Idea #5 Book: A Surprise for- this book is all about learning different opposites while exploring a day out with daddy Activity: Play the game ‘Simon says – do the opposite!’ How? Every time Simon says to do something, everyone must do the opposite. Just like in the regular version of Simon Says, players should ignore all commands that don’t begin with the phrase, “Simon Says” and continue doing the action just prior to the directive. Each Zooboo book is filled with so many learning concepts, new words, interesting plots, artistic illustrations and more. Try out these fun activities inspired from the newly launched Zooboo story books. If you do try them don’t forget to post about it and tag us on Instagram @zooboostory. You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & YouTube too! Keep Smiling, Keep Reading!
7 ideas to calm your child during the festive chaos
With the festive season right around the corner there is always a flurry of excitement in the air. Cleaning the house before Diwali, shopping for new decor, gifts & sweets, planning Diwali get-togethers... it can get overwhelming for even the most adept planner isn’t it? Typically during such times, do you find your kids getting anxious, overactive, irritable or just filled with extra excitement with no outlet? Not to mention the anxiety that some kids may have due to the noise pollution caused by firecrackers! Well, we have put together a few ideas that can help calm your child during the festive chaos. Save & share this to help fellow parents! Stress balls Squeezing a stress ball often relaxes muscle tension and gives fidgety kids something to do. Turn this into a bonding activity by making some stress balls at home together with your kids. How: Fill up balloons with rice, flour or pulses. Image source: www.onecrazymom.com Discovery Bottles These bottles are a great way to calm newborns, toddlers, older kids as well as adults! All you have to do is take empty plastic bottles and fill them up with any of these options: Glitter & water + oil Colourful pom pom balls Colourful water + baby oil Blue water with sea shells Coloured water with soap for bubbles Different shaped buttons www.messymotherhood.com www.funathomewithkids.com www.teachertypes.com After filling the ingredients seal the bottle cap firmly using glue or tape. Read books with them The best way to make kids calmer is by reading to them. Especially when the story is all about them, kids tend to get immersed into it & forget about the ‘discomfort’. Try personalized storybooks for your kids and watch them get totally hooked to the story. Order your books here. @momknowsmebest @mewithmysonshine @chatterfromamom Quiet Corner Create a thinking corner in your house where your kids can go to spend some quiet time by themselves. Often kids don’t need anything but some space to calm themselves down & feel normal again. Make this corner feel warm & cozy by adding in some storybooks, a blanket, some soft toys & posters. @annareyner @whitneymarie_F Lavender Playdough Lavender induces calmness & sleepiness. Create some lavender infused playdough & keep it ready for use when needed. Use regular flour, warm water, edible oil, salt, purple food colouring & some glitter to make your regular playing dough. Add a few drops of lavender essential oil to this & knead it to form soft dough. www.theartkitblog.com Open-ended art Give your child some paints, newspapers & open-ended material for a relaxing art activity. Spread the newspapers on the floor and lay out the paints. Tie up some twigs, leaves, use stones, pebbles, empty bottles & cans – let them use any material they like as a paint brush. www.kindercare.com www.handsonaswegrow.com Browse through their Photobook together If you have a journey book of your child or a family photobook then bring it out and distract them with pictures of them as a child or happy family times from the past. It helps children feel secure & safe. Create yours here. @justmommyfied @thecompulsivemommy @thecompulsivemommy You can easily prepare some of these ideas and keep it ready in advance to avoid stressful times during festive seasons. You can also order personalized storybooks by Zooboo as Diwali gifts, return gifts or just an addition to your kids library! Write to us at customerservice@zoomin.com for bulk orders or order from www.zooboostory.com to avail the best discounts & offers! Keep smiling, keep reading!
