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Ten Lords-A-Leaping

December 10, 2014 by Emma Gadsby 4 Comments

We have joined up with other bloggers to bring you 12 activities and crafts based on the 12 Days of Christmas song. Check out the eleven other activities listed at the bottom of the post.

“On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Ten Lords-A-Leaping.”

Adventures of Adam ten Lords a leaping

We veered away from our usual no preparation activities and made ten split pin Lords. Luckily I did not have to draw ten Lords as I had help from the wonderful Twinkl website. However, as pictures of Lords are hard to come by I had to be creative and adapted a picture of a Royal Grenadia Guard.

Adventures of Adam split pin lords a leaping

Then came the time consuming part – cutting out 10 bodies, 20 arms and 20 legs. Adam helped me to stick on the foam numbers and I laminated all the pieces. With hindsight I should have stuck the foam numbers on after laminating. I then had to cut out all the pieces again! Each Lord required four split pins to attach the arms and legs. Finally we had 10 Lords ready to leap.

Adventures of Adam 10 lords a leaping

I laid the ten Lords on the floor and called out a number. The toddlers had to search for that numbered Lord and make him leap into the air.

Adventures of Adam ten lords a leaping split pins

Our ten Lords-A-Leaping activity was great for reinforcing numbers to ten and for developing fine motor skills. The toddlers had to coordinate both hands together in order to get the Lord to leap into the air. Perhaps one day I shall turn them into Jumping Jack Lords!

 

Equipment: 

* Ten Lords – adapted from the Twinkl website

* Laminator

* Split Pins (affiliate link)

* Self adhesive number foam stickers (affiliate link)

Disclaimer: We received a Premium Subscription from Twinkl to review. All thoughts and opinions are our own.

Adam was 2 years and 7 months old.

Are you looking for Christmas Ornaments crafts to do with your children? Then take a look at Red Ted Art’s Christmas Ornaments ebook. Find 30 festive easy-to-do ideas all in one place. Click here to find out more.

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This post is part of a festive blog hop series for the ’12 Days of Christmas’ – click on the image above to follow each of the 12 Days of Christmas craft ideas!

Partridge In A Pear Tree by Silly Sparkles
Two Turtle Doves by Because Babies Grow Up
Three French Hens by Learning and Exploring Through Play

Four Calling Birds by Messy Little Monsters
Five Golden Rings by Multi Crafting Mummy
Six Geese-A-Laying by Swords and Snoodles

Seven Swans-A-Swimming by Craft Ideas For Kids
Eight Maids-A-Milking by Three Foot Cooks
Nine Ladies Dancing by Making Memories In The Chaos

Adventures of Adam 10 lords a leaping
10 Lords-A-Leaping by Adventures of Adam
Eleven Pipers Piping by Play Explore Learn
Twelve Drummers Drumming by Learning and Exploring Through Play

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Filed Under: Learning Activities, Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Busy Bag Play Activities, Christmas activity, DIY activities, Fine Motor Activities, Foam sheets, Music, Non-messy activity, Number Recognition Activities, Twinkl Resources

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Comments

  1. Nicola says

    December 10, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    these look fun for little ones to play with. I can t wait for the school holidays to start now so we can do lots of christmassy activities!

    Reply
  2. Amy Louise says

    December 12, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    I couldn’t wait to see what you did for this activity Emma. These look so great! I bet your little ones really enjoyed playing with them!

    Reply
  3. Theresa (Capri + 3) says

    December 13, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    I love that you made the lords moveable with the brads. Great idea!

    Reply
  4. Maree says

    December 27, 2014 at 11:34 am

    I love this activity.

    Reply

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