In the beginning God created...

Today at preschool we finished up our unit on creation.

At the art center I put out tissue paper kids.I  used a pattern and traced 

it onto the tissue. The nice thing with tissue is you can

 cut out lot at one time.We also used  liquid starch and  had our 

Bible memory verse out on the table. As the kids painted the starch onto

their white paper we talked about how God made people and how

 much he loves each of us. The kids liked the bright colors of

tissues kids and  enjoyed overlapping them to see what new colors 

would appear. After they arranged their kids on the 

starch painted paper they carefully brushed  the kids with more

starch. We them added our  Bible memory verse"I am fearfully and 

wonderfully made."Psalm 139:14. and painted  it with starch.

 Its best to use card stock paper for this art activity as construction 

paper tends to curl up at the corners. Tissue paper art

drys shiny and looks incredible. It's a art project

that parents will  love and want to frame. 

Supplies needed

Tissue paper cut into kid shapes

liquid starch

paint pots and brushes

card stock

Bible verse

In the beginning God created....

Today we continued our creation theme by doing

one of my favorite art activities-- painting with balls 

in a box. If you have a rambunctious group, this activity will 

calm them right down! Its so relaxing to roll marbles or 

golf balls or spiney balls back and forth and watch the 

colors make awesome designs!  Since we were on day four of creation we

 did stars in our boxes. I used gold,green and silver glitter paint and small 

spiney balls. As the kids rolled the balls across the stars 

(only rule is no hands in the box) we talked about Gods creation. 

We also talked about sizes. I cut 4 stars in 4 sizes for each child.After

the stars had dried we glued them on black paper and added our Bible 

memory verse. (I found a print out of the verse on Christianpreschoolprintables.com).

The sparkling stars looked perfect against the black paper!

Supplies needed

shallow boxes for painting in

spiney balls

glitter paint

star cutouts

black paper

glue

Bible verse

In the beginning God created.....

 We began our unit on Gods creation this week in preschool.

 At the art center I put out circles of wax paper,tissue paper, and 

cups of liquid starch and brushes. First the kids tore the 

tissue paper into pieces as I talked about how on the  first day of creation 

God made the day and night. Next we painted

 the circles with the starch while we talked about things we do at night 

and things we do during the day. After they covered their

 circles with the starch they added black and white tissue paper.

I encouraged them to gently brush the tissue with more  

starch and lay more layers of tissue on the circle. 

 The second circle we covered in shades 

of blue and green tissue to make the"earth" as we 

talked about how God created the earth and everything in it. 

After they had dried I punched a hole and added a ribbon

so the kids could hang their art work on the window as a reminder of 

Gods marvelous creation.   

Supplies needed 

wax paper cut into circles
liquid starch
brushes and paint pots

black and white tissues paper

assorted shades of blue and green tissue
ribbon

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Our lesson today was centered around the book Chicka

Chicka Boom Boom.I thought it would be fun for 

the kids to paint a coconut tree. I  cut out coconut

trees, set out paint pots of assorted colors of paint and brushes. No rules

on what color their tree needed to be. They enjoyed painting their trees

with all the colors! After the trees dried they took brown tissue paper

crunched it into balls for the coconuts and glued them on the trees.

I then set out foam letters and let the kids pick letters to put on 

their trees. During this time we talked about letters and their sounds.

When the kids finished up we had a beautiful coconut grove of colorful trees!
We also made coconut trees for snack. The kids took  graham crackers for the
tree trucks. Apple slices for the leaves and cereal for the coconuts.
They loved building and eating their trees!
Supplies needed
pre cut coconut trees
washable paints
paint pots & brushes
foam letters
brown tissue
For the snack
graham crackers
apples
cocoa puffs or peanut butter captain crunch

The Hungry Caterpillar

Today I planned my preschoolers  lesson

around the book "The Hungry Caterpillar". 

There are so many different math and letter activities 

on the internet for this story! For the 

art center I decided to use bubble wrap and paint.

Before I started I printed a caterpillar and butterfly

picture and cut it out. I found these on DLTK's website.  I taped a sheet of blue
 and green paper together to glue our finished paintings on.I taped a piece of bubble

 wrap (about 8" x 11") to the art table for each child. I 

worked with four kids at a time. The
paint the kids covered  their bubble wrap with paint.

They had such fun painting on the bumpy surface!

 Then we laid the butterfly and caterpillar on top of the painted bubbles.

When they were done painting I laid  a piece of newsprint on the butterfly and caterpillar
and had  the  kids pat the newsprint.

 We lifted  up the newsprint and then lifted the caterpillars 

and butterflies off the bubble wrap. The kids faces were all smiles

 when they not only saw their spotted caterpillars and butterflies

 but also the silhouette of  them on the newsprint! They love googly eyes
and wanted to add them to their caterpillar and butterfly. They
were  very proud of their art work!

Supplies needed
bubble wrap
green and blue construction paper
washable  paint
paint pots and brushes
pre cut butterfly and caterpillar
newsprint or white paper
googly eyes
glue
tape

Easter blessings

I love scrap book paper so I am always looking for new ideas

for crafts that I can  incorporate scrap book paper into. Today we 

made Easter blessing pictures. They came out so cute! I did

a pinterest search for "Easter subway art" and found this cute 

print. I then did a Google search for flower templates and used

those for my pattern. I cut lots of flowers out as well as stems.

I cut and mounted the Easter blessing onto a yellow piece of construction 

paper, then glued that onto the green paper. I had the kids count out 5

big flowers and 3 little flowers and  they glued them above the words. 

This step gave them counting practice. They glued their flowers in place, and 

then counted out buttons for the center of the flowers. 

I used tacky glue for their buttons(they used glue stick for the flowers)

I added stems to the bottom of the pictures, one short one tall and had the kids

add tulips. One of my kids is Jewish so for his I printed "Happy Passover."

I am sure their families were blessed by their child's Easter picture!

Supplies needed

spring scrapbook paper

green construction paper

yellow construction paper

flower templates for pattern

colorful buttons

subway art print outs

glue sticks

tacky glue

Empty tombs

Today we made empty tombs as we continued to learn all about Easter. 

I took heavy paper plates and cut them in half. Then I glued the the two halves

   together with tacky glue. It's best to do this the night before so they are

dry when the kids paint them. I also cut out stone shapes. Next

 I cut a small opening out of one of the plates and I taped a piece of black paper behind it. 

 A  hole punched  next to the cut out tomb opening will be to attach the stone

 to the tomb with a brad.  I don't add the stone until after

 the kids have painted the tombs and they have dried. I let the kids
paint their tombs. For an easier craft you can have them color the tombs.
While the kids paint their tombs we retell the Easter story together. After the tombs
 are dry we add the stone and foam flowers. I closed the tomb and
 let the kids "roll the rock away" and add a "Christ has risen" sticker.
Supplies needed
heavy paper plates
brown paint
paint pots and brushes
black paper
foam stickers
brads
Christ has risen stickers