Hand Print Ice Cream

Today we made Hand print ice creams. I traced there hand print in their favorite flavor (pink-strawberry). Glued the hand on brown paper and cut it into a cone shape. Then the boys added sprinkles and a cherry on top. This was a cute project.
Supplies:
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Sequence
Pom pom

Ice Cream Template

Today’s project was simple. We colored an ice cream template and glued it to construction paper. Then the boys glued glitter all around their ice cream. The theme we are going with for the rest of the week is Ice Cream.

Earth Day Recyclable

Tomorrow is Earth Day and I wanted to find a recyclable craft for the boys to do, so I found a web site http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/crafts.html you do have to pay to get some of the crafts. Anyways I found a cute tree milk jug craft which I thought was perfect

Please check out there web site for all the great ideas they have :)

Flower's for mom

Materials:

• Construction paper

• Glue or tape

1. Trace and cut out a handprint, including the wrist and part of the upper arm. Glue or tape it on a piece of construction paper, only glue the arm and palm parts, do not

glue any fingers!

2. Cut out green stems and leaves, and colored flowers (you'll have to do this ahead of time for the younger children).

3. Glue or tape your stems into the palm of the hand print and put flowers on top of each of them.

Busybeecraftsforkids.com has amazing ideas!

Handprint Frog

Yesterday's Art project was a handprint frog

Materials:

1. paper plate

2. green paint

3. green, white, black construction paper

4. white pipe cleaner

Have your child paint a paper plate green. Then Trace their handprints on green construction paper. Cut out 2 circles from both the black and white construction paper. Glue items to the plate and then glue the pipe cleaner as his mouth. Make for a great spring door decoration :)

Color B-L-U-E blue song

Egg carton Dump Truck

Materials:

1.styrofoam egg carton

2.small piece of a straw (about 3 inch piece)

3. glue

4.scissors

5. paint or markers

Cut three pieces from your egg carton

-from the top, cut 1/3 of the egg carton to make the bed of the dump truck

-from one side of the bottom, cut the first two cup strip.

-from the other side of the bottom, cut the first 6 cup strip.

-cut the bottom of the middle two cups off the 6 cup strip.

-Glue the two cup strip onto the front of the six cup strip

-Glue the base of the dump truck onto the back of the 6 cup strip

-Draw black windows on the front and black circles (wheels) on the side of the 4 bottom cups.

-Make a small hole in one of the top egg cups. Slip the straw in the hole as a smoke stack

Aquarium paper plate craft

Supplies: Two paper plates, Clear plastic, Glue, Scissors, crayons

1. Cut the middle out of one paper plate

2. Tape clear plastic to the inside

3. Color the middle of the second paper plate blue

4. Color the template and glue sea life to the second plate

5. Tape the first plate on top of the second plate. ***The boys had so much FUN making this aquarium***

Buried Treasure

Today’s project is Buried treasure. I took 2 empty Gatorade bottles, filled them with some of the boys favorite items, along with colored sand and then I glued the top shut. I gave them a list of items to find and they had so much fun finding Buried treasure.

Calendar

This year the boys have been interested in knowing the date and days of the week. So I decided to make a calendar for them. I made a table 6 down and 7 across (pick your Childs favorite color for the table) then laminate it so you can use it for 12 months. Then get Velcro buttons and stick them in each spot. Print out numbers 1-31 and laminate them as well. (I used packaging tape as a laminate for these) stick the matching Velcro button to the back of the numbers. Now give your child a piece of paper and ask them to draw a picture that has to do with that month and write the month at the top Tape the picture and chart on the wall. ** I also made holiday symbols to put in place of the numbers **

April 22nd is Earth day and we made coffee filter planets.
You will need:
Blue and green markers
Spray bottle
Coffee filter
*scribble with marker on a coffee filter and spray 2-3 times with water and watch your earth grow*

Color R-E-D red song

Handprint Lambs

Today we did a lamb hand print craft. It was very simple and easy to do. All you need is black construction paper and white cotton balls. I get a lot of Craft ideas From the DLTK website, if anyone is looking for further activities.
**if you don’t want to use cotton balls you can mix shaving cream and glue together, A trick I learned from Miles teacher**

Color Y-E-L-L-O-W song

Benjamin Bunny Bubble Juice

My scanner was not cooperating today




But as some of you know Thursday's are our Alphabet cooking day and today is letter B.









The scan is a little blurry but the ingredients are

*pinapple juice & club soda


We also made banana Bread for our letter B alphabet cooking.


Enjoy and have fun :)

Hand print butterflies

This week was also the first day of spring. Every Year we make our spring butterfylies. I use white scrap booking paper ( Mason's hands are getting to big for regular paper) and bright craft paint(found at walmart). First I took a soup can and traced a circle for the head and then I made a V shape body. I Painted my boys hands in 6 different shades. After I made the hand print wings I took glitter glue and colored in the body and head. Then drew a mouth and eyes. IT"S SIMPLE and very colorful to hang in your kitchen for the spring :)

Easter Egg paper Plate Handprint Basket

Materials:
glue,
scissors,
something to color with
paper plate
paint and paintbrush (we used brown)

Instructions:
Cut out egg templates.
Color the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.

Cut out the top half of the paper plate, leaving the rim intact.
This will likely require a parent's assistance.
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Paint the bottom of the paper plate brown, including the rim.



Glue eggs into the basket.
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Trace handprints onto construction paper in whatever color you prefer.
Glue or tape the handprints along the rim of the basket as a handprint handle.

Hello, everyone, I have decided to follow in the footsteps of two creative women (Jody and Brooke) and start a blog about something I’m passionate about, teaching kids. I love doing all sorts of things with my boys and sometimes I wish I could share these fun things with others. Well now I can, everyday my kids and I do and hour of school work, followed by a craft activity. I know a lot of mom’s sit at home and want to do things to but can’t think of anything to do. Starting today you will have new ideas. I hope you enjoy my blog. So just bare with me and if you have ideas as well, please share your suggestions with me. Thanks