Thoughts of a mommy & teacher.
Every month in our 3’s class we do an artist of the month. We teach the kids a little bit about the artist and then try to copy one of their works of art. In April we put on an art show for the parents to come and see all that their kids have created. […]
My girls love any project where I paint their feet. So I decided to make little chicks using their footprints. I saw this somewhere on someones blog but of course I can’t remember. Let me know if it was yours.
First, I painted their feet yellow.
They gathered some dirt (it would have looked much better with […]
This is an easy craft that we did to hang in the girls’ rooms. I cut out a cross from black paper and put contact paper covering the front. Then the girls put different colored tissue paper to fill in the cross shape. When they were finished, I put contact paper on the back and […]
Here’s a fun activity that I did last Easter with Ashlyn. I cut some egg shapes out of file folders and wrapped them in aluminium foil. Then the girls painted them with acrylic paint. I also let them use regular paint which worked fine but didn’t dry as nicely. While the paint is still wet, use the […]
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 with washable markers. […]