Archive for January 2009
- Gather your materials. You will need some paper, liquid paint, a fun light ball and a ziploc.
- Fold the paper if you need to fit completely inside the ziploc, it needs to be able to close.
- Place it in.
- Add some paint.
- Throw in your ball.
- Close the ziplock and SHAKE ! I ad mu son shaking it high, low and in the middle. Hey I had to add in a lesson! With older kids this can be a fun color mixing lesson, I tried with my son but he was so enthralled with the shaking I am not so sure he caught on, although toddlers tend to surprise you with what they do pick up.
- Add another color and keep going !
- We did it a second time with the paint ON the ball and tat worked too, not major difference.
This is my son’s favorite song right now!
Shake shake shake your sillies out!
Shake shake shake your sillies out!
Shake shake shake your sillies out,
and wiggle all your waggles away!
Flick flick flick your fidgets out!
Flick flick flick your fidgets out!
Flick flick flick your fidgets out,
and wiggle all your waggles away!
Jump jump jump your jiggles out!
Jump jump jump your jiggles out!
Jump jump jump your jiggles out,
and wiggle all your waggles away
I also add in kick your kickers out, stomp your stampers out and Hop your Hoppers out.
I just don’t have many and most that I have found are boring me , so I decided to send out a call for help! If you have a Valentine’s book that your children or students love send me a review! I will post your review with a link to your blog . I will be posting these next week in a big book round up! Also I like giving my son books for holidays so you’ll be helping me shop too ! If I have duplicate reviews it will be first come first serve .
Send them to :
Yes the glitter is back, but it doesn’t have to be used for this adorable craft, tissue paper alone is perfect too ! Parts of this craft are tricky but the results are worth it!
- Gather your materials. You will need 2 pieces of construction paper, some tissue paper, sparkles, double stick tape, contact paper , scissors and markers. * Glue can work but it’s so messy, it’s worth the cost of the double stick tape.
- Start by cutting out 2 large hearts from the construction paper, I just layered the two pages so they would be exact.
- Have your child use the markers to color the hearts. If they are older have them write words like Love, Sweet, etc…
- While they do that cut the tissue paper into small shapes.
- When your child is done fold both hearts in two and cut out the middle – don’t make the frame too small, you can use the cut outs as little valentine’s too!
- Here is the tricky part- cut the contract paper to fit within the heart- I used the piece I cut out as a guide, but made the contact paper heart a bit bigger.
- Tape to the undecorated side of the heart- the sticky side of the heart should be facing up, the decorated frame pointing down.
- Now add the tissue paper!
- Add the sparkles! Come on you know you want to!
- Repeat with the other side so you have 2 hearts with contact paper middles .
- Press together, sticky side to sticky side.
- Gather your ingredients. I cheat when it comes to baking so, a cake mix and it’s ingredients, some rope licorice ( I used pull and peel twizzlers) , icing , the above mentioned red and pink food coloring, and a few extra bowls.
- Make the cake mix, separate it into two bowls one red and one pink. If I did this again I would make the pink lighter so there was more contrast.
- Fill the muffin cups with the red first , then at the pink, I used a toothpick to swirl it a little.
- Bake and let cool.
- While they cool add a little more pink food coloring to the white icing.
- Ice the cupcakes when cool.
- Start creating with the licorice, write names, messages or just hearts! The licorice is really easy to work with!
- Have a treat!
I love art, I specifically love Henri Matisse. My love affair with his work started many years ago now my son has a Matisse print in his room and I look at it every night as I snuggle him to bed. I think exposing our kids to fine art at a young age is a great idea, if they can find Dora in a busy toy store, why not appreciate Matisse, Klimt or Picasso? Matisse is a great artist to try to copy because in his final years he didn’t paint, instead he used painted cut outs. It’s easy to collage in his style for a great tribute. We made our version of Matisse’s masterpiece
“The Snail”.
- Gather your materials. You will need multicolor scrap paper, plain white paper, scissors and glue.
- Look at the masterpiece you want to pay homage to. I love this painting and when I showed my son a few different ones he liked this the best.
- Cut the paper needed. I tried to copy the shapes and colors best I could but there really is no need to be exact. If your child is able to cut let them cut it out.
- Add glue to the edges.
- Add the frame pieces.
- Have your child ad some glue and start placing pieces.
At first I was directing it and things were fine, but then I heard ” I do it!” so I conceded. If I am going to preach allowing your child to do it, I best practice that too. - Add the rest.
- Let dry .
