Make a Textured Name Plate

Whether you have siblings squabbling over territory or simply a kid proud of her domain, textured name plates are a great way to claim some space. Create a decorated name plate to hang on your preschooler's door and help her practice letter recognition and her small motor skills!

What You Need:

• Cardboard
• Permanent marker
• Glue
• Dried lentils, birdseed, confetti, or glitter
• Hole punch
• Ribbon

What to Do:

1. Cut a piece of cardboard to about 9" or 10" long and 4" wide. Note: The length of the cardboard can be customized for the length of your child's name. If her name is very long, you might want to consider using a nickname.
2. Write your child's name in big bubble letters on the cardboard, with a little space between each letter.
3. Ask your child to fill in the letters completely with glue.
4. Have her choose between lentils, birdseed, confetti, or glitter, and then invite her to sprinkle it all over the glue, covering the letters completely to add texture.
5. Let it dry and then shake off the extra seeds or glitter over a waste basket.
6. Use the hole punch to make two holes in the top two corners of the cardboard.
7. Tie a pretty ribbon through the holes and hang it on her door, so everyone knows whose room it is!