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

Zz is for zebra.

Today at the art table we had fun with bottle brush sponges 

and marbles. Its all about the letter Zz this week in preschool.
 First you need a zebra template (just Google one) and then cut it out.
 My little guys love marble painting! Marbles are a great way to make
stripes on a zebra. So easy and lots of fun! You just
 take a shallow box and put your zebra in it. Add 3 or 4 marbles
off to the corner of the box. Squirt some paint on the marbles and
 have the kids hold the box as they roll the marbles across their picture. 

We added a blinky eye and and set them aside to dry. Next was time
to make a background for the zebras. I set out blue and green
 bowls of paint with the bottle brush sponges. These can be purchased through

DiscountSchoolSupply.com(They call them sponge paint wands).
Once the kids were happy with their sponge painted sky and
 grass we carefully glued the zebras on. Max let us know
his zebra escaped from the zoo and is never
going back! The kiddos were very please with
 their zebras in the grass! 

Supplies needed

Precut zebras

black paint

marbles

shallow boxes

googly eyes

green & blue paint

bottle brush sponges

white construction paper

glue