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.