Reading together is an important part of our bedtime routine. While her routine has changed as she has grown, our reading time has remained the same. I love finding peaceful books to read to her that can help lull her into a good night’s sleep.
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There are lots of fun activities you can do to accompany this story.
Create your own moon
Moon Art – Give kids a piece of white paper and a yellow crayon. Have them place the paper over something textured, like a Lego base plate
Moon Lacing – This is a great way to work on fine motor skills. Cut a moon shape out of a paper plate and have kids paint it. When the paint has dried, punch holes along the edge of the moon and have them use yellow yarn or string to lace along the holes. Encourage them to practice different lacing styles and be creative. For very young kids who may have difficulty manipulating a string, try using a yellow pipe cleaner to start them on the path to lacing.
Get ready for bed with the Rock-a-Bye Room!
Night Routines – Routine is important for very young kids, and bedtime routines are one of the first that they learn. Use index cards to have kids write and/or draw the parts of their nightly routine. Have them place the cards in the right order (whatever order you use as a family). You can also hang these cards in the bathroom or their bedroom to remind them of the steps in your routine.
Night Sensory Bottle – Sensory bottles can be incredibly calming for both kids and adults. We created this night time sensory bottle for my daughter to help her calm down. Clean out an empty plastic bottle and fill it about halfway with water. Add glitter glue and food coloring to the bottle, then fill it up with baby oil. We added extra glitter because our glitter glue wasn’t sparkly enough for my taste. Adjust the ingredients and colors as you see fit. Glue the lid onto the bottle and let it dry. Shake it up and feel yourself calming down as the glitter swirls around and slowly settles.
Bed/Blanket/Pillow Color Matching – This is a fun bedtime themed color matching game. Cut medium sized rectangles out of brown construction paper (for the beds), and slightly smaller rectangles out of different colors of paper (for the blankets). You will also need to cut matching small rectangles out of the same colors (for the pillows). Write one color name on each bed and have kids find the matching pieces.
Rock-a-Bye Room
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I’ve never heard of this book but I’m always looking for good quality literature for my kids and home daycare. The moon activity is great for fine motor development and I have a feeling my daughter would love the pillow/blanket matching (she loves anything that her dolls/stuffies can participate in).
It is a beautiful book to share before bed! I hope you check it out and enjoy it together!
I also love peaceful books for bedtime reading that help lull them to sleep. This would be a nice addition to our collection. I will take a look at it. And love the moon activity!
Thank you! We had a lot of fun with it. It is a beautifully illustrated book and perfect for bedtime!
Aww this looks like such a beautiful book! I will have to see if i can find it here in the UK! I love the night sensory bottle too! I will definitely be using that idea
It is a great addition to a soothing nighttime routine! We love the sensory bottle too for calming down. It even helps me when I need to destress!
I love these ideas!
Books are always a part of out night time routine, I love the idea to have an activity that corespondent with the book!
Thank you! We love reading before bed too!
I never heard of this book before but it sounds like a wonderful addition to our bedtime stories collection:)
It is a beautiful book! I hope you enjoy it!
My son is quite young, but he loves books. I can’t wait to do these type of reading activities with him!
That is awesome! I hope you have fun with them!
My daughter always want to listen bed time stories from me or from her father. This book sounds great and best option for her. The fun activities related to bed time are also superb. She loves to read this book 📖. Thanks for sharing
I hope she likes it! It is a beautiful book!
I can’t tell you how much I love this!!!!!! You have such fun and great activities, love following you!
Thank you so much! We have a lot of fun bringing books to life together!
I don’t have children but those books and products sound great. Where was all this fun stuff when I was a kid! ?
Thank you! I tell my mom all the time I’m so impressed with how many creative activities she came up with when we were kids before there was Pinterest!
I love all things creative and you did so wonderfully creative pieces here! Love it! xo. D
Thank you so much!
Cute! Love the moon lacing craft!
Thank you!
This is such a good book. I would have to get it for my Godson.
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I hope he enjoys it!
I’ve always felt strongly about bedtime routines! This book sounds like a great pick for that time of day! I always appreciate your fun activities to reinforce the books you choose!
Thank you so much! I agree that bedtime routines are so important! They have definitely been a big life saver for me.
Love this and all the crafts to do along with the book!
Thank you so much!
I love these ideas especially using a lego to make the moon’s texture! You are so creative!
xo, Nicole
Thank you! She really enjoyed watching the texture come through!
You always have the best activities to go along with books! This is such a cute activity…and loved the night sensory bottle!
Aw, thank you so much! The sensory bottle definitely helps me calm down too!
I seriously need to make a sensory bottle like that for my kids. They need all the help they can get calming down.
Every little bit helps doesn’t it?!
I’ve made those calming bottles for my classroom, but I used glycerin instead of baby oil:)
That’s a good idea! I will have to try that in our next one! I’ve been wanting to do more of them!
I love all of the activities surrounding the book and theme, such a great way to build on it!
Thank you!
That book looks so sweet and I love the activities you included to go along with it!
Thank you! It is a very cute book for bedtime!
I’ve never heard of this book. It sounds wonderful and I love the accompanying activities!!
I hope you check it out! It is a very sweet book.
sound a wonderful book. i’m always in search for this kind
It’s a great book to share before bed!
I am always looking for new bedtime books to read with my son! I will be checking this out! Love the moon craft project…a lot of good skills are worked on when creating that!
Thank you! We had a lot of fun with it! It is a beautiful little book to read before bed.
I love your craft ideas to go along with the book. This looks like the kind of book my peanut would love. The calm down bottle isn’t something that I have been wanting to make for a while now. Time to add it to the to do list.
Thank you! I love the calm down bottle – for myself as much as my daughter!
This looks like not only a great book to read butsoem very educational projects to dowith your child. I will have to check the book out on Amazon.
I hope you do, and I hope you enjoy it!
I think this is so sweet. I love moon related things. Your blog has so many craft ideas, I can get lost for hours. The kids like to peak at my computer too.
Aw, I’m so glad! That means a lot to me!
I think that these are some wonderful ideas. I have always wanted to make a sensory bottle with my son. I think look like they are fun to make. I thinking reading to your kids or with them before they go to bed is excellent routine. My son loves reading with us before he goes to bed and he is eight. Thank you for sharing the post!
That is great that he loves reading at bedtime! I have such fond memories of reading with my parents and bedtime, and I hope my daughter will remember our read alouds fondly as well!
This book sounds awesome! My children love bedtime reading, so we will have to check it out. Thanks so much for sharing!
It is a beautiful book for bedtime! I hope you enjoy it!
Once again, your post nails it. I love your creativity!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!
Bookaroo sounds like such a cool service. I love all the activities you suggested, especially the sensory bottle.
Thank you! It’s awesome to have quality books delivered right to the door, and we had a lot of fun with the projects!