My girls love marble painting so today we tried painting with jelly beans. They don’t roll as nicely but it was still fun and turned out cute. I cut out a shape of a jelly bean (kind of, I’m no artist). Then we placed it in the top of a shoe box and I had [...]
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Saturday Showcase- Insects and Spiders
March 20, 2009 – 10:07 pm
This week we’ve been talking about insects and spiders. The first project was free art. I had left over flower patterns from my class and then I made some leaves and stems and let my girls go to work. I also gave them green paper to fringe to make the grass. Then I gave them [...]
Saturday Showcase- trains
March 7, 2009 – 12:29 am
I just finished up a transportation unit with my preschoolers and my girls saw one of the projects I did with my class that they wanted to do. So we decided to make a train. It’s a fun craft that has many great skills built into it. I gave them a white piece of paper [...]
Saturday Showcase
February 27, 2009 – 9:58 pm
Apparently I can’t wait for Spring to come. We have been making pretty flowers all week long. Here are a few. Emily and I did these the other morning. We used cupcake liners, scissors, markers, a spray bottle, and pipe cleaners. Emily cut little triangles out for the petals. Then I had her color them [...]
Saturday Showcase
February 20, 2009 – 6:12 pm
Here are some crafts we made this week. We have been talking about what trees look like in the different seasons and decided to make a couple “trees” of our own. We made a “fall tree” and a “winter tree”. First, trace your child’s arm and hand from about their elbow up. Make sure they [...]