Archive for June 2009
I have done kitchen utensil painting before but never have they turned out so cute! I think what made the difference is that my son helps me mash foods and knows to go straight up and down which is very important for this project! This would make awesome home made wrapping paper too… possibly for Father’s Day.
- Gather your materials. You will need some construction paper, a dish, a potato masher, and paint.
- Pour your paint in your dish
- Dip your masher in
- Print!
- Keep going with different colors- we made 3 sheets of prints.
* If you are going to make wrapping paper you can use old holiday wrapping paper, just print on the underside.
- Gather your materials. You will need some craft paper ( you could use thick wrapping paper, just use the reverse side) , paint, a marker, scissors and some fun brushes or sponges for the beanstalk.
For your very own “Jack” you will need a photograph,scissors and some double stick tape and a clothes pin.
- Take a fun picture of your child posing as Jack- this was what we came up with. I regret letting him stand on the chair I’ve been telling him to get off the chair all day long since … learn from my doppy move and stay on the floor!
- Draw a beanstalk with large leaves. Mine was way less than perfect but we loved it anyway, don’t worry about how it looks, just have fun.
- Next spread some paint. My son was overjoyed to pour so much paint on the beanstalk.
- Spread it with your brushes, we used a bath poof and fun dish sponge.
- Add more – for the second round we used yellow and blue to make green!
- Let dry , cut out and hang on the wall or the inside of a bedroom door!
- Print out the picture or if like me you have no printer, (shocking I know!) run to the store and print one out.
- Cut your very own Jack out and tape a clothes pin to the back of the picture.
- Add to your beanstalk.
- If you want you can add more… we raided the junk drawer for extra pictures and added them.
Guide
We took a week off from making our Letter of The Week craft to enjoy a day out as a family for Mother’s Day. Instead I complied the our whole alphabet ! Click on the letter of your choice and it will link you to all the activities we have done for that letter so far. As we add more activities they will be added automatically.
Two Alphabet Books!
“The Graphic Alphabet
“ by David Pelletier is a fun book to share with a child who has already mastered the alphabet, because this book is challenging. Each letter is shown in it’s own illustration, but you aren’t sure exactly what the picture is of, this is the challenge. As you can see on the cover it has an avalanche, the hardest one for me was N no matter how I looked ta the picture I thought it was of magnets! Turns out it was noodles! Very fun book for kids that already know their letters and are up for a challenge.
Like I said this question comes from EverythingMom.com who is holding this contest for a coveted Blogher sponsorship. They also asked how I would spread the word about EverythingMom.com and their Sharing Revenue Program at the conference. I have been trying to think if a gimmick but that’s not me – I am a bad liar, I hate being sold something but when I am passionate about something that shines through.
I am passionate about what EverythingMom.com has accomplished in the 2 months since it’s launch. It’s different from other sites and forums because not only does it support it’s members,, it supports all their blogs! I have recently started blogging there as well “don’t eat the paint” is the name of my blog on EverythingMom.com and it’s a little look behind the flash cards, at me as a mom with a few exclusive crafts thrown in too! I can’t tell you the support I have had, and really who doesn’t need that? Also something that I have never seen before is EverythingMom.com ‘s Sharing Revenue Program- it really shouldn’t be called shared because you get to keep all the revenue! It’s a a wonderful way to put ads on your EverythingMom.com blog and keep the cash! So they support you and your bank account!
So my plan is to do what I did there but with more facial expressions you see in my song videos ( I swear I didn’t know I was that animated- it’s kind of embarrassing) . Just tell the truth, when I am asked where I blog I will say I blog at EverythingMom.com and they are ( hopefully …) sponsoring me because mommy bloggers need each other!
If you are going to BlogHer ’09 not only do I hope to meet you, but you should enter the contest too. If I don’t win I want someone I know to! Here is where you can enter- click for details!
I made these all the time as a preteen and with the school year coming to a close I thought I better share some more “big kid” projects for all the older kids of my regular readers. Beading offers a great lesson in patience, fine motor control and patterning. This is easy to do but is adorable, I have been wearing this bracelet around town .
- Gather your materials. You will need some seed beads, beading wire, a magnetic or latch clasp, and a small plate or am old yogurt lid works great.
- Start by cutting off two pieces of wire, about 2 feet long each. Tie together.
- Next secure that to one clasp. I don’t have a set way of doing this, I just tie it on- tug and make a few more knots if it’s loose. trim the ends but not too short because we will be hiding them in the first few beads.
- Start adding beads to both strings- so one bead goes over both wires. Carefully thread the end bits of the wires through as well. Repeat with as many beads as needed to cover the end bits.
- String 8-12 beads on one wire.
- Repeat on the other wire
- Now thread both wires through 1 bead. This will make the loop.
- Continue until you have enough for a full bracelet. I re did mine 4 times before I liked my pattern, make sure you let your child know that the best part of making something themselves is that there is no right way, if they don’t like the pattern, start again.
- Tie on your other clasp and you are good to go. I tucked the wires into the last few beads , so if you want to do that you need to keep the ends a little long so you can handle them.
I am looking for some guest reviewers for chapter books. If your school age child and you would like to review a book you’ve read please email me with the title, the author , your review , first name and age. The review should be a paragraph or two long .I will be doing 2-3 of these special posts throughout the summer.
