Check out my post that was at Mess for Less last Monday. At our house we often follow up a book with a craft. This time we read Ten Little Beasties by Ed Emberley and Rebecca Emberley. The story counts up to ten and back down to one. As we read the book the girls…
After a recent trip to the Minute Man National Historic Park we read the book Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ted Rand. We looked at the lanterns we saw at the park. We talked about one or two lanterns and what was important about it. We also talked about how the poem…
We read In the Sea. It is great book about different types of ocean animals. Each animal has a cute poem or rhyming words What you need to make the Turtle Craft white cardstock blue yarn glue green turtle cut out brown construction paper How we made the Turtle Craft The girls put glue around…
What you need: construction paper 1 whole and several torn into little pieces, glue, lids, and paint brush. They used the paint brush to apply the glue on the paper. They put stems on the papers Then they picked out colors for the center and petals. Then they started working on each flower after that….
Model Magic happens to be a favorite craft for us. And I love when you can read a book and do a craft activity with it! We love dinosaurs so this is our dinosaur book and craft that we did with a fun book. We read the book Dinosaur Pet. We listened to the CD…
We read The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson and Joel Chin. It is about how a rain drop feels while falling from the clouds. What you need: wax paper, glue, tissue paper: white, light blue, and dark blue, black construction paper, and black marker. Cover the wax paper with glue and put the light blue…
Flower activities are a favorite at our house! We love doing them. This book we read with these activities is a favorite at our house! We read it every spring! We read Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou . Afterward we created our own garden and Crayola Model Magic flowers. Drawing Our Gardens Free draw…
We are working on flowers right now and what better way to see lots of them than to take a trip to the flower shop! The shops carry different flowers throughout the year. This is a great way to look at flower and see the different smells and colors. This also allows them to touch…
What you need: green, yellow, red, pink, orange paints, brushes, Q tips, lids to put paint on, paper. The girls used a side of their fists to stamp out the flowers. They used Q tips to make the stamen of the flowers. The girls painted on their leafs and stem of the flowers. Cassie –…
Stamping Flowers What you need: Flower cookies cutters, different paint colors, lids to put paint on, green finger paint, white paper. Amelia and Mary stamped their flowers on the paper. They painted grass and stems with finger paint. Spring Blossom Tree What you need: Blue construction paper, cut up brown construction paper, glue, pink and…
Spring Flower Painting What you need: flower shapes, pencil, paper, and water colors. Amelia traced the flower cookie cutters. Amelia then colored in the flowers Amelia then painted the stems for the flowers and grass. Spring Window What you need: blue construction paper, 3 short and long strips of brown construction paper, half a piece…
Stamping with cookie cutters is a fun and easy way to create an ocean scene. This is fun for many different ages to try. It also makes a great window decoration. Things needed: cookie cutter sea shapes, lids or plates to hold paint, paints, paper, glue, and tissue paper. The girls started stamping the paper….
St. Patrick’s day is just around the corner and here is two fun crafts for it: Tissue Paper Shamrocks and Shamrock Stamping Tissue Paper Shamrocks Pin It Items needed: shamrock cut out, 2 colors of green tissue papers cut into 1 inch squares, glue, and optional plate. Both girls where shown two different ways to…
Presidents Day was yesterday. The girls and I had some fun. We talked about George Washington and the times he lived in. What is more, fun than to make a cotton ball wig to be apart of the era? We talked about George Washington and the times he lived in. We search around on the…
The girls made stained glass heart. Items needed: wax paper heart cut out, tissue paper cut up, black construction paper cut up and glue. Pin It The glue was placed around the heart and the girls put the tissue paper on. Mary got glue on her fingers and had a fun time playing with it….