The boys are really into bugs lately Here is another bug project made with an egg carton Peacock handprint W concentrating really hard creating his paper plate ladybug Handprint fire inspired by our recent camping trip Pipe-cleaner Spider Great for fine motor skills Paper Centipede A beautiful flower garden made with magazine cutouts Birds on tree branches The first part of the activity was making the trees Create the branches using cardboard and paint as a stamp They turned out so cute! We made this easy kettle corn recipe as a fun treat to take to the beach: Air pop popcorn Add half a cup of pecans Drizzle one tablespoon of honey and mix together Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes When it cools add M&M's Fish sun catchers made with coffee filters Step 1: Cut out the shape of your fish Step 2: Use a white crayon to fill in the details of how you want your fish to look Step 3: Colour with marker and spray with water Creating octopus' using recycled materials The finished products Making inchworms using bingo dabbers The boys awesome inchworms The idea behind this activity was to fill balloons with a mixture of water and paint. Then break them on the paper and create a beautiful picture. They had a blast but, some ideas are better in theory...
Nature paint prints W picked out a bunch of items that he thought would make interesting prints The beautiful finished product This picture is inspired by all of the rain we have had lately Muffin cups cut in half make great umbrellas Thumbprint caterpillar Handprint Rainbow Jello Cookies 3 1/2 cups of flour 1 tea baking powder 1 1/2 cups butter softened 1 cup sugar 2 pkg. jello 1 egg 1 tea vanilla Mix all wet ingredients together, then gradually add dry. Quickly need with your hands, then shape into balls, dip into remaining box of jello, and flatten with the bottom of a drinking glass. Bake for 8-10 min on 400 degrees A flower garden painted with forks W made this beautiful bouquet out of coffee filters Colour the filter with marker, then spray them with water The boys love to collect treasures like rocks, shells, etc. W made this chest to keep them all in one place W's shark (that is a little fish on the side of the teeth) The teeth are cut from a paper plate The boys tie dying their own shirts They were very excited about the final outcome It rained for a few days in a row, so we decided to make an indoor slide W's beautiful spring flower pot!
This footprint robin turned out so cute! Getting an early start with a few of our summer garden choices Using old juice containers is a great way to recycle Blooming Tree Yes W is wearing his bike helmet, just because he wanted to Spring inspired hand print flowers Book hide and go seek Hide ten books and read them as the kids find them This easy activity makes reading a thrill
W making bunny ears I couldn't get him to stop hopping long enough to get a good picture The Egg in Vinegar Experiment Immediately the egg became covered in bubbles After one week soaking in vinegar (in the fridge) the shell had dissolved and the egg became translucent The boys thought it was fascinating that the shell was gone They loved the rubbery feeling of the egg It only took me a couple of minutes to make this Easter themed word search, but it kept E occupied for a while Great for reading W making a rainbow using cut up paint chips The vibrant finished product Using Q-tips to paint paper eggs E proud of the egg banner Surprisingly only one egg was cracked in this process! The vibrant eggs It was the boys idea to put stickers on them to make patterns Learning how to make maple syrup Making chicks with handprint wings Easter inspired sensory bin
Planet Earth Colour a coffee filter with washable markers, then spray with a water bottle Gummy Bear Experiment
Predictions: -it will sink -it will grow -it will change colour
Observations: -it sank -it became covered in bubbles -it grew bigger -the colour lightened -it became slippery
E busy working on his love bug The fished projects Revealing hidden messages Write messages on white paper with white crayons, then paint with water colours to uncover what they say One of the messages Love trees cut from magazines Valentine's theme sensory bin Made with salt I love how you can take a regular snack, like strawberries and present it to a kid in a different way and it is like they are tasting them for the first time Getting ready to play our Valentine's theme memory game Great for memory and reading W was so proud when he found a match
Our bean and lentil dessert One of our rhyming turn dials made from a toilet paper roll We made a race car track out of tape They decided it also made a great running race track 'Dancing Raisins' Science experiment -1 Cup of water -1 tbs of baking soda (mix with water until dissolved) -add 1/4 cup of raisins -1 tbs white vinegar Once the vinegar is added the raisins slowly begin to rise and fall like they are 'dancing' The boys were fascinated by the chemical reaction I love when the boys make up their own art activitys! E decided to make these special arms that turned him into a robot man Testing what materials are magnetic and what aren't W would scream when he found a magnetic one The boys love playing with water beads! Design a snowflake using tape, then cover the picture with paint When you are done painting, peel the tape off and you get these beautiful snowflakes W had a blast painting the snow! He used squirt bottles filled with water and a few drops of food colouring This layered Jello activity goes out to my Grandma, the 'Queen' of Jello For some reason playing with snow indoors is way more fun!
We painted these cute reindeer hoodies to give as Christmas gifts I got the deer template free on this website: http://manmadediy.com/downloads Popsicle stick reindeer The boys helped me bake and decorate gingerbread men They said they decorated them to look like themselves Busy making toilet paper roll angels E is tracing his hands to make the wings The finished product We had a bunch of buttons, so we decided to make them into Christmas lights on houses W painting a Christmas tree using bubble wrap An ornament made from a yogurt lid Decorating shortbread cookies E caught red handed eating the decorations Reindeer made from fingerprints Decorating Christmas trees made with contact paper Making candy canes using construction paper and batting The finished product Christmas trees made out of scrap ribbon W thought it was hilarious making a reindeer out of his hand and foot prints The finished reindeer The boys glued sparkly jewels to their trees to make them look like Christmas lights Our natural pine cone garland For most people Halloween ended back in October, but for W it's December and I don't think the costumes are going anywhere anytime soon!
The boys had a blast making "Gram Cracker" houses Obviously eating the houses was the best part! The boys love making "Shrinky Dinks" First you colour them Then you watch them shrink and turn into a hard plastic in the oven The before and after size difference The boys made some of them into key chains Homemade bowling pin set, inspired by our recent trip the the bowling alley The classic paint by numbers activity never gets old W wanted to make a skipping rope with all these leftover ropes and ribbons It was a group effort to knot, untangle, and sort This is an awesome fine motor activity W using the final product Paint chips taped together to make a basketball Crazy monster guys! Made using a Monster book kit Making a home reno into an art project W thought it was awesome that he got to paint the fireplace
Combining art and snack! The boys love pumpkin seeds The classic paper towel ghosts Aren't they photogenic? Q-Tip skeletons The boys making cupcakes for Elias to take to school The finished product Making cleaning up leaves fun! E's new teepee. Made using this link: http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.ca/2010/02/tent-week-day-four-twin-sheet-teepee.html We have a ton of boxes from the move and it has given the boys endless entertainment. They have made everything from cars, to houses, to space ships, etc. Back in the spring the boys planted pumpkin seeds, watched them grow, and produced their own little pumpkin patch W very excited for his cooking class to start Busy making pumpkin spiced muffins Thanksgiving turkey craft Bubble painting Just add food colouring to bubble solution The finished product Apple prints
The boys collected fall leaves to make these awesome crowns Egg carton bats The boy's latest obsession is making their own juice The best apple juice ever! Busy making paper pumpkins Proud of their creations Making tissue paper corn on the cob art Crumple squares of tissue paper and place on glue W was very proud of his finished product Stain glass leaf Apple picking on a beautiful fall afternoon "I LOVE APPLES!!!" They are too funny! We collected leaves on our hike and made leaf rub pictures Making fall trees, by dapping Q-tips in paint
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