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***