Cute kids!

What fun we had at the art table today! 

I loved paper dolls as a kid and now as 

an adult I love paper doll crafts!  lakeshorelearning.com

 had these cute die-cut kid shapes on sale so of course I
 had to buy them. Using scrapbook paper I cut out lots of pants

shirts and dresses for the kiddos to use to dress their

friends. They were so excited to pick out kid shapes to 

represent themselves, their friends and their siblings. 

The fun continued as they chose clothes
 buttons and wiggly eyes for their kids.
We did lots of role play with our kid creations
sharing ideas on ways to treat each other with
kindness and love.Great learning, great fun!
Supplies needed
kids shapes
pre cut clothes
glue sticks
buttons
 wiggly eyes

Jellyfish

One of my favorite art activities to do with my kiddos
is done with coffee filters or paper towels and

washable markers. I love the tie-dye 

look when the project is finished! Today

we created tie-dye jelly fish. Using a coffee
 filter folded  in half  the kids colored all
over it with washable markers. I laid them on
a piece of newspaper for easy cleanup. Next
is the kids favorite part, they spray water all
over their coloring and watch the colors bleed
together. What gorgeous jelly fish! But they still need a face
 and tentacles. My gift wrap box had lots of ribbons and bows
so I cut up a bunch of ribbons for the legs,used big
googly eyes and let my little ones draw a mouth.
Be sure and let the coffee filters dry before adding the
tentacles,eyes and mouth. Our art table was swimming
in colorful jellyfish!
Supplies needed
coffee filters
washable markers
spray bottles
ribbon pieces
googly eyes
white glue

Insects

What an adorable collection of insects my 

kiddos made today. I just love art from the heart

where each child's creativity flows freely. No two

insects look alike. One of my kiddos favorite part

of collaging and building with assorted materials

is getting to use their own glue bottle. Such a 

simple thing that brings so many smiles! The 

only rule they have is no big puddles of glue please! 

They had shapes, colored sticks, pom poms, buttons, beans,

colored pasta and wiggly eyes to chose from. Kaylee 

 Lily and Melanie were adamant that their insect have 

6 legs like real insects. The boys didn't care, they

wanted to have the fastest insects so they added 

lots of legs! Its so fun to just sit and observe kids 

at the art table. Their conversations are so sweet . 

They finished up by giving their insects a name. 

Such fun for the kiddos and the teacher!

Supplies needed

card stock paper

assorted shapes for the insects body

assorted collage materials

white glue 

Hats

My kiddos love making hats. Today's hat came
out so cute, it is one of my favorites! Each of the kiddos thought it was so
 funny to be covered up with the newsprint while we taped around
their head! So much giggling! After their head was
measured and taped, we took the shell of the hat off their wiggly
 heads and  rolled up around the edges of
the newsprint to make a brim for the hat. Masking tape held
the uncooperative pieces of the brim in place. Then it
was time for painting! Colorful hats filled the art table!
Lily decided the hats needed some pom poms on top.What a great idea!
A little tacky glue and a hand full of pom poms added
extra cuteness to our already cute hats!
Then it was time for a hat parade!!! The kiddos were so excited
to show off their adorable hats to
the neighborhood!
Supplies needed
large easel size  newsprint (or newspaper will work)
masking tape
paint
paint brushes and paint pot
pom poms
tacky glue
FYI- each hat needs 3 pieces of newsprint or newspaper to
make it sturdy enough to paint.

 Glitter fun

My kiddos love glitter! It's sparkly, it's shiny and its so messy! 

It takes months to get glitter out of the carpet! So what do

 we do to make sparkly art from the heart? Glitter glue! Today glitter 

glue, golf  balls and a shallow box created gorgeous

 works of art. Golf ball painting is fun, it's mess free and it is such 

a joy for kids to do no matter how old they are. They get so excited as 

they roll the golf balls through the paint watching the colors mix as 

the golf balls make crazy designs all over their paper. 

 For a final touch I added our Bible focus

 to their masterpieces.

Supplies needed

shallow boxes

golf balls

glitter glue

white paper (I like card stock)

Just a FYI-- I like to put the glitter glue on the golf

 balls before the kids start painting.

Sparkly foil fish
Today we had such fun with foil, paint and glitter.
This week its all about the letter Ff. So whats more fun than painting
 on foil? Painting foil fish of course! The paint glides so
smoothly over the foil and its shiny. My kiddos love
creating shiny art. For a bit more sparkle
to our beautiful fish we added glitter while the paint
was still wet. I used small heavy duty paper plates for
each fish. Simply cut a small triangle out of the plate
and you have a mouth and a tail! Cover the plate and tail
with foil, tape the tail to the back of the fish and you
are ready for some beautiful art from the heart! Be
sure and have shallow boxes out to lay the fish in
for their sprinkle of glitter, that way the mess is all in the box!
Last the kids added a big googly eye. What a
a lovely school of rainbow fish we had!
Supplies needed
Paint
paint pots and brushes
heavy duty plates (I used dessert size)
heavy duty foil
glitter
 large googly eyes
tape for the tail
glue for the eye

God takes care of Elijah

One of the blessings in teaching young children

Bible stories is the way God uses the 

teaching to touch  my life and to remind

me of his promises and his constant presence.

Today the children learned that God was not only with

 Elijah, but also that Elijah trusted God and did what God 

told him to do. Before the kids came to the art table 

I went online printed and cut out a picture of Elijah.

Saran wrap became the river, the sandpaper became dry land.

Our ravens were black feathers. All the supplies were placed on the 

table so the kids could decide how they wanted  their  

picture to look. Art should have few rules, one of them being no two 

pictures have to look alike! The kiddos had fun with all the

 different textures of supplies they used to create their 

picture. Our collection of stories turned out to be 

a wonderful masterpiece!

Supplies needed

Blue construction paper

sand paper

saran wrap

a picture of Elijah

black feathers

orange paper for the birds beak

goggle eyes

small pieces of bread to put in the ravens beak.

white school glue

Daniel in the lion's den.

It's letter Dd this week in preschool.We had such 

fun learning about how God was with Daniel

in the lion's den and how he is always with us as well.

Preschoolers love to paint, and here at Homespun we 

paint a lot! Today we started out with dot painters. 

They are such a great painting tool. Not just because

kids love to make dots all over their pictures, but also 

because they are not messy!  Dot painters can be bought
on amazon.com. I googled a  picture of Daniel and the lion's
den, shrank it down to fit on the paper plates and then the kiddo's
 dot painted the picture. We set our dot painted pictures aside
and got busy painting our lion's den. I used brown paint
with a little white glue added to it. Once the dens were painted
sand was sprinkled onto the wet paint. The glue
in the paint works well when using sand.
Finally Daniel and the lions were added to the den.
Our Bible story art came out great! The
parents love it when the kids bring home an
art project that they can tell a story with.
Supplies needed
A picture of Daniel and the lion's den (cut out)
paper plates (trim off the bottom)
Brown paint w/ white glue added
dot painters
sand 

Cupcakes!

Our cupcakes came out so cute, they looked
good enough to eat! I found the cute cupcake
template at todayinsecondgrade.blogspot.com
We started  out with cookie sheets, red and white  paint and
shaving cream. Finger painting is a great
sensory activity. Some kids will excitedly put
 both hands in the paint and get busy mixing the colors.
 Others are not so sure and use one hand or even just a finger
 to mix the paint. I like to use two colors that will blend into
a new color, that way we have added a little science
experiment to our fun art activity!
Adding shaving cream gives a little puff to the paint.
After the kiddos had finished finger painting I laid
the cupcake frosting cut-out on top of the tray of paint
 and pressed down gently. It's always such fun to see the kids
reaction to the print when the paper is lifted off
their painted tray. After washing up hands lots of sprinkles
 (colored dots) were added to the frosting. Last we glued the
 cupcake to the cupcake paper. What a yummy batch
of cupcakes we had  at Homespun Daycare!
Supplies needed
cupcake template copied on card stock
 washable paint
shaving cream (optional)
cookie sheets
dots

Bb is for Bible

Bb is for Bible, boat and best friend! Today we 

learned about all three. The kids started out

painting a storm using bouncy balls in a shallow box.
It's lots of fun watching the balls roll through the paint
 leaving  quite a storm on the light blue paper. Just place the paper
in a shallow box. Add 3 or 4 bouncing balls to the box and
 squirt some paint on them. I used blue and white paint. The kids tip the box
back and forth and roll the balls creating a great storm picture. While the
stormy pictures dried the boat building began. I pre cut
 the boats, sails and  a simple Jesus figure and taped a craft sick
 to the back of the boat. The kiddos added a sail and Jesus
 to the boat. To make our stormy clouds  they gently
 pressed cotton balls into gray paint and glued them on.
 Last we added shiny pipe cleaners for lightning. The
kiddos enjoyed retelling the Bible story as
they built their pictures. I was so  blessed hearing
the story in their own words and reminding
them that Jesus is their best friend and is always
with them!
Supplies needed
light blue construction paper
blue gray and white paint
shallow boxes
(I paint with 2 kids at a time so I had 2 boxes)
super balls
pre cut boat, Jesus figure, and sail
craft sticks
cotton balls
shiny pipe cleaners

                                                                     Bb is for blue bird

I saw this cute bird craft as I was searching for

letter Bb ideas. As a home based daycare my kids

stay with me for at least 3 years.That means I am always

 looking for new ideas each year as I introduce the 

alphabet. My kiddos get such joy out  of 

turning their letters into crafts. The bird was 

an all time favorite. Not only that but  it's a 

simple craft with little prep work. Just cut out an upper 

case letter B, a beak and legs, add a googly eye and

 feathers and your kiddos are ready to create! The kids

had fun sorting thru the box of feathers. We had lots giggles 

 as they tickled their faces with them. Lily loved 

the soft fluffy purple feathers. 

Homespun had a flock of beautiful birds!

Supplies needed

Pre cut letter B

pre cut beaks and feet

googly eyes

feathers

white glue

Aa is for apples
It was a great first week of preschool
here at Homespun. The kiddos had so much fun with
our apple tree craft. Tearing and crunching lots of
green tissue was the first step. Tearing paper is
a great fine motor skill, and a favorite of the kids.
It was just as fun for them to crunch up
the green tissue and glue it onto pre cut circles.
Our final step was adding pom pom apples. Each child
 picked out 5 apples to glue onto their tress. Once
 dried the beautiful tree tops were put onto toilet paper rolls.
Just make a slit on the sides of the toilet paper roll and
 slip the tree top in. So cute!
Supplies needed 
circles cut out tag board
green tissue
red pom poms
white glue
toilet paper rolls

Helping hands

Today we did stain glass art. It's a fun activity and the kids loved

seeing their hands hanging on the arcadia door! Our lesson 

focus was being a good helper. Its never to early to 

 start planting seeds of compassion in the hearts of kids.

After reading the Good Samaritan we got busy with our art

activity. You will need to cut up  tissue paper into short strips. 

The contact paper is easier for the kids to use if you cut a 

rectangle shape (large enough  for the child's hand to fit on for 

tracing), and peel half the backing off. Then let the 

fun begin! The kiddos loved the sticky paper and 

enjoyed picking colors to stick on it. Once they have

covered the paper unpeel the other side and carefully 

fold it over on top of the tissue paper. As I traced each little

hand I asked how they can be a helper. They had so many cute

 reply's! Aiden said he is going to stay here

 with grandma and be my helper forever! 

Supplies needed

tissue paper in assorted colors

clear contact paper

string for hanging the hands

  

Spray bottle art

Kids and spray bottles go to together

like peanut butter and jelly! And more fun yet

is liquid water color, a spray bottle 

and big paper! My kiddos loved spraying

their paper and watching the colors drip

down and blend into each other. They giggled

as they sprayed color on top of colors.

 Their excitement was contagious as they

 watched new colors appear."Red and blue makes purple

 Max shouted to his friends". And more giggles and 

 more sharing color experiments. 

Simple art is so fun for kids. There

 are few rules, few supplies and lots of 

opportunity for  creativity. 

Supplies needed

small spray bottles

liquid water color, dilute with water 

(available at www.discountschoolsupply)

easel and easel paper.

Markers and cars

This was such a cute idea from Pinterest! My kiddos had such 

fun with markers taped to the back of vehicles.They each

 picked out two vehicles and two colors of markers. 

I taped the markers onto their cars, trucks and trains and 

they excitedly got busy driving their cars across

the paper. Be sure to take the lids off the markers before you

 tape them to the cars. Even little Lucy was thrilled with her 

rainbow road. Kaylee was sure to let her friends know

 there would be no speeding!  Such a simple activity with 

little preparation that the kids had such a great time with! 

Supplies needed

assorted vehicles

washable markers

masking tape

paper

Salt art

There is nothing more exciting when your a teacher than 

getting a bag of donations! Especially art donations!

In my bag of goodies I found  nice sturdy vehicle

 shapes. My kiddos had lots of fun decorating them with glue 

and colored salt.  Salt is cheap and easy to color. 

Just pour it in a bowl, add some Wilton color paste, stir and 

let it dry. I  color my salt the day ahead. The dollar store

 has these small  metal cake pans. They make a great work station

 for messy art projects. I covered  the vehicles with white school

 glue and the kids used their Q-tips to spread glue all over 

their vehicle shapes. Then they got busy picking their

 favorite colors of salt for their favorite vehicle. 

We had a rainbow assortment of cars, planes, trains and boats.

Supplies needed

Sturdy shapes. 

The shapes can be found at lakeshorelearning.com

colored salt

white school glue

shallow pans or boxes

Q-tips

Baby Moses 
God is always with us was today's
Bible focus.The story of Moses is perfect for teaching about
 Gods  presence. From the time Moses was a baby all through his
  adulthood God was always right there with
him. I want the kids to know that He is also
right with us all the time. I had found some plastic pot
scrubbers at the dollar store and knew they would be fun
to paint with. Before we started I hot glued the pot scrubbers to
 the top of medicine bottles. These make great handles!
I then put different shades of blue paint on paper plates.
I added a plate of white paint so the kids could create shades
 of light blue and green paint for the reeds in the water. I found 
the colorful baby Moses at christianpreschoolprintables.com.
They were actually a file folder game, but worked great on
our Nile river. The pot scrubbers and paint created great rivers! 
After they had dried a bit the kids picked out a 
colorful Moses and glued him on. 
Supplies needed
plastic pot scrubbers
white construction paper
baby Moses printable's
paint & paper plates

  

Lots of little frogs!

We had lots of fun learning about frogs today!

The kids enjoyed the the book"Frogs" by Susan Canizares. 

It is one of Scholastic's science emergent readers with

 wonderful photographs of the life cycle of frogs. We 

also read "frogs lunch" by Dee Lillegard and sang

five green and speckled frogs. We had such a fun cirlcle time!

At the art table the kids sponge painted frog masks. I put out 

three diffrent shades of green paint and  sponge squares
 clipped onto clothes pins. I Made a  frog template, cut the
 masks out of card stock and taped a large craft stick to
 the back of the mask. When our masks were dried I
used a sharpie marker for the mouth and the kids
added precut black and white circles for the eyes
 and a red construction paper tongue. The kids were
so cute singing 5 green Speckled frogs
with their masks on.
Supplies needed
Pre cut frog masks
Pre cut black and white circles
Large craft sticks
Green paint
Sponge
glue

Obedience

Today's Bible story was Adam and Eve. How

beautiful life was for Adam and Eve living in a 

a gorgeous garden. That is until Eve listened to

a snake! I used today's Bible lesson to teach on 

obedience. So often in Preschool my kids blame their
disobedience on their friends. We talked about

making good choices. We then made snakes at the craft

table as a reminder to do the right thing. I found a
snake template  on a Google search and  printed it onto
card stock and then cut it out. The kids crunched up
colorful tissue paper squares and glued them onto the snake.
They then colored the snake's tongue and
added googly  eyes. We had a colorful collection
of snakes, and lots of new ideas on how to
make good choices.
Supplies needed
Snake template
tissue paper
googly eyes
glue

Monster art

Today we read the the book "There was 

an old monster"! by Rebecca, Adrian & Ed Emberley. 

With so many of the kids talking about monsters under their bed

and in their closet I thought we would read books that 

showed silly monsters doing silly things! I wanted the kids to 

know that monsters are just pretend. After our story we 

made puffy paint monsters. The kids had such fun with 

this art activity. The puffy paint puffs up after 30

seconds in the microwave. (I found the recipe at happyholligans.ca)

They were so intrigued when we put the monster in the microwave

 with what appeared to be just paint and they came out all puffy!

 I loved that the paint dried so quickly as other puffy paint takes 

quite a while to dry. The paint needs to be put on in blobs to puff up. 

I had the kids use a brush to dab the paint rather than spread it. 

The recipe was so simple. 1 Tbsp of self rising flour.( You can make 

your own self rising flour. Its one cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder). 1 Tbsp salt, a bit of water and I used 

food coloring gel. Mix it until it's the consistency of yogurt. I cut 

the monsters out of card stock so they would hold up to the puffy paint. 

After they came out of the microwave the kids added wiggly eyes and teeth. 

We had the cutest school of little monsters!

Supplies needed

pre cut monsters

puffy paint

brushes

wiggly eye

white glue

Joseph 

Today we talked about getting along with 

others,showing love and not being jealous.

 What better Bible story than the story of Joseph 

to teach these concepts. I found some cute  paint
rollers at Walmart in the kids arts
and craft area. They made such fun designs as
 the kids rolled them in the paint and then
rolled them on their paper. My plan was to cut
coats out of the paper after the paint had dried, but the
 kids didn't want their colorful pictures cut. It is
"art from the heart"so that was fine with me!
I had also found a cute Joseph puppet for the kids to make on 

 making learning fun. I copied the Joseph picture on to tag
board, cut him and taped him to a craft stick.
The kids used  colored pencils to color their Joseph.
The well (which is a Styrofoam cup)they colored with
brown markers.They all had such fun playing with their
puppets.  
Supplies needed
fun paint rollers
washable paint
paper plates (for the paint)
paper
For the puppets
Instructions and patterns from
making learning fun
Styrofoam cups
craft sticks

Let's build!
As my kitchen remodel continues we continued with
our construction theme here at Homespun daycare.
Today I set out all types of materials for the kids to build
with. They went to work building new kitchens.
I thought it was so cute they decided they would
 design their own  kitchens as the workmen noisily built my
 new kitchen.The kids loved the independence of using their own
 glue bottles as well as getting to choose what materials they
 wanted for their kitchens. They picked out shiny shapes, colored
 craft sticks, cut up straws and wooden circles. The kids
proudly displayed their kitchen designs for
the workmen to see.  
Supplies needed
Card-stock
Assorted building materials
White glue

Painting with tools

Our week here at Homespun Daycare

is going to be quite a challenge as I am getting 

a new kitchen. No better time than now to do
a construction theme with the kids. As the
workers began tearing down cupboards we learned
all about  the different type of tools they
would be using. The best part of  the day was
painting with tools. Kids and paint go
together like peanut butter and jelly! They
just love painting and had a great time making
prints with the tools and well as using them
like a paint brush.  I always use washable paint
when painting with the kids. You can find
paint as well as  great art and crafts supplies at
www.discountschoolsupply.com. Each picture
 was a beautiful creation of art, no two alike.
That's my favorite part of art that no two pictures are the same.
Supplies needed
assorted tools for painting with
washable tempera paint
paper plates for paint
 large sheets of paper

Father's Day

I saw this cute super hero craft on

pinterest. I knew as soon as I saw it, it would

be perfect for the front of our fathers day cards

we would be making in preschool this week. 

The kids used dot painters to paint the large

craft sticks. Dot painters can be found at amazon.com.
They are a great way to paint without a lot of mess.The
kids had such fun choosing what colors to use for their super dad.
We had so many colorful super hero's! The capes were
 glued onto the back of the craft stick. We then glued him down
onto the front of the card, added a mask and googly eyes. I had
made copies of  "Dad you're my super hero!" to add to the front
of the card. For the inside of the card we did a father's day

questionnaire. I love to ask the questions and hear the
 kids fill in the blanks. Their answers are so cute.
We had dad's who were 100 feet tall, and who
were very good at watching baseball.
You can google search "fathers day questionnaire" to
find one to print.  I reduced the size of my
 questionnaire to 80% and cut down 12x18" pieces
of construction paper to fit the questionnaire.
What fun the kids had making
crafts for dad!
Supplies needed
large craft sticks
dot painters (or tempera paint & brushes)
 pre-cut capes and masks
googly eyes
Dad you're my super hero print out
fathers day questionnaire print out
white glue

Painting with blocks

Today our preschool lesson was  Joshua and  the

 battle of Jericho.The kids  picked blocks from the 

block center to add to a plate of paint for building

the wall around Jericho. It was fun to see the how

each block would look on their paper. They 

enjoyed the activity so much that we had lots of 

pictures of Jericho's wall! Kids and paint go together! 

I had also google searched a coloring page 

of Joshua, printed it and cut it out to 

add to their art work. Once they were done

painting their walls I had them use dot 

painters to paint Joshua. They glued him onto 

the picture once it had dried. Dot painters are

a great addition to your art center. You can find 

them on Amazon as well as at Micheals. They
are fun for all ages and not very messy!
Supplies needed

a cut out picture of Joshua
blocks
paint & paper plates
white construction paper

dot painters

Fun with shapes.

It was all about shapes today at preschool.

For art I traced 3 shapes onto white construction paper. 

 Carefully using an xacto knife and small 

scissors I cut the shapes out. To make our

project a bit more interesting and fun for kids I 

put a piece of double sided tape on 

the corners of the white paper and stuck it

on top of  a piece of black construction

paper. I had found some Sargent art brand of 

 florescent  tempera paint at Walmart.

It was a great price and a great quality

of paint. The kids had fun with the bight colors. 

I encouraged them to paint the entire piece of paper. 

Some of the kids carefully painted the shapes, then painted 

around the shapes. Other kids just busily painted the entire 

paper watching  the colors blend into each other. 

They were so excited when  I lifted the white paper and 

they saw the black paper with bright shapes.

Supplies needed

white construction paper

black construction paper

shape templates to trace

tempera paint

paint pots & brushes

Food kids

This week in preschool is all about food. We had a 

great time gluing food pictures onto pre-cut kids 

and making a healthy snack. My preschoolers are 

young, and not ready to cut pictures out

 so I cut out lots of food pictures for them. They

enjoyed  gluing their favorite food pictures

onto the kid cutouts. We talked  about healthy foods

and foods that are not so healthy as

 they glued their pictures.

 For their healthy snack I topped an apple ring with 

peanut butter  and let them chose toppings to 

sprinkle on. There was granola, yogurt raisins,

 chocolate chips, cranraisins and nuts to chose from.

Kids eat so much better when they 

get to help make their food. 

Supplies needed

kids cutouts

pictures of food from magazines

glue sticks

wiggly glues -optional

Snack supplies

apples cut into rings

peanut butter

assorted toppings

 

Puffy paint ice cream

We are learning about summer this week at Homespun Daycare. 

What better craft to do on a hot Phoenix day 

 than an ice cream craft! I started out by 

making puffy paint. Just add equal parts of shaving cream

and white glue to a bowl and stir. I let each child 

pick a color they would like for the puffy paint. I use Wilton

food color paste.They are such bright colors and take just a 

tiny bit of color no matter what I am coloring.

I had made ahead an ice cream cone and added circles

 for the scoops of ice cream. (I use card stock for this project)

I also made ahead a bowl for ice cream. My kids

 love puffy paint so I knew they would want to make more

 that one ice cream picture. I put a couple blobs of puffy paint 

on their paper and gave them wooded craft spoons to spread the

 paint with. They loved swirling the spoons around in the thick

 paint, and watching the colors mix. They have just as much 

fun seeing the pictures after they have dried.The 

paint dries puffy and feels smooth. Some of the 

kids had such fun I put out sheets of card stock

and they made their own creations with the puffy paint.

Supplies needed

Shaving cream

white glue

bowls for mixing

 plastic or wooden spoons 

food coloring

  pre made ice cream cone pictures

or just card stock paper for painting on.

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Swatting fly's!
We had a beautiful May here in phoenix, but June
is here and so are the triple digits! So with summer upon us
 I decided to do a summer theme this week in
preschool. The kids have been complaining
about the fly's outside bugging them.  Unfortunately our Phoenix heat
brings fly's! I decided it  would be fun to swat fly's today at the art table. First
 I Googled "fly templates to print"and made copies of fly's and cut them out.
 Then the kids glued the fly's onto the easel paper. I poured paint onto paper plates
and dipped the flyswatters in the paint and let the kids swat their fly's.
They had such fun swatting fly's! It got a bit messy, they loved swatting  those
fly's hard! Be sure to use a small amount of paint on
the flyswatters. The fly's show up  best with light colors of paint.
Supplies needed
fly pictures or stickers or hand draw fly's on the paper
easel paper or large sheets of paper
paper plates and washable paint
flyswatters ( I found mine at the Dollar Tree)

Robots

The kids had such fun building  their robots today. 

I love to watch their creativity as they glue all 

sorts of odds and ends onto the robot. I started out

with some cardboard squares. I am a craft hoarder so 

I had pieces of light weight cardboard in my craft cupboard.

You can always just cut cereal boxes, or use poster board.

 I then cut toilet paper rolls in half for the body and cut  a smaller piece

for the head. (Cut them in half long ways). I covered them in foil

 and used the hot glue gun to attach them securely to the cardboard.

For this project we used tacky glue. Its a thick glue that holds

better than white glue. I gave the kids little cups of glue with a q-tip.

I then set out  cut up colored craft sticks,  cut up straws, small washers, 

nuts, bolts, buttons, and beads. The kids had such fun 

 with this craft, they even gave their robots names!

Supplies needed

cardboard

foil

toilet paper rolls

tacky glue & q tips

assorted "junk" for gluing onto robot

I'm back sharing more make it take it crafts!

These past six months have been a difficult season 

for me as well as for my family. In October my mother suffered a stroke. 

In November my mother in law suffered a stroke. My husband and I  

along with our siblings, their wives and our children were

 overcome with great sadness as we learned our mothers/grandmothers

 would not survive the massive strokes they had had. We gathered together 

and spent as much time as we could at our mothers side, soothing them, reminiscing 

about our childhood, and just being there capturing every moment with 

them we could. We were blessed to have them in the same care facility. 

Helen passed away Dec 5th. My mother Joyce passed away May 24th. 

It was bittersweet saying good bye to our mothers as 

God greeted them with open arms. We can smile through the

tears knowing a day will come when we will all be together once more.