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Spring Tree Craft

This craft was spur of the moment, I was sitting looking out at my backyard and decided to replicate our little cherry tree. While my son played with play dough I made this. He stopped playing and I offered him the option to make one but he just wanted to watch. I love how the Q-tips made perfect little buds and how rich the colors are. Young kids could easily do this if you made the tree for them , and older ones would have no problem doing the whole project independently.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some white paper, a brown marker , water colors, a tiny bit of water in a dish..or perhaps an old sippy cup that happens to be on the table….and q-tips.Spring Tree Craft
  2. Start by drawing the outline of a bare tree. Spring Tree Craft
  3. Dip your q-tip in the water and then get it nice and covered in paint. Spring Tree Craft
  4. Dab it on. Spring Tree Craft
  5. Add more colors. Spring Tree Craft
  6. Paint the bark if you want. Spring Tree Craft
  7. Let dry. Spring Tree Craft

Chapter Book

Gaia Girls

I don’t often do chapter book reviews but this book is so good I recently re read it for fun !  So many great messages and with spring break coming up I thought I’d give a nod to an older book in hopes that some of you with older kids ( girls especially) would grab this for them.

Gaia Girls Enter the Earth by Lee Wells .  I couldn’t be more excited to share a book with my older readers. The story follows Elizabeth as she spends her summer on her parents small organic farm, learning that not all farming is as responsible as her family’s. But that’s not all Elizabeth meets someone magical and discovers she has a special power that can help her fight against the factory farms moving into her area. I love the magical aspect of this book, the author manages to make it work in a very down to earth way and it sucks the reader in. The strong environmental call to action in the book is wonderful, not only are the issues like factory farming explained but solutions and alternatives are as well. The girl power undertones are well done too, Elizabeth’s power isn’t exerted irresponsibly and she is conscientious about how to use it. I wish more books were this good.

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Q- Tip
Dandelion


My plan was for my son to do this dandelion , but all he wanted to do was stick the q-tips in his nose, in his ears- pretty much everywhere but the glue. So I made the flower and my son happily and very carefully painted with a q-tip, a great open ended activity which should make up the majority of art time for toddlers and preschoolers anyway. Not what I planned, but we had fun and I think both projects are pretty cute.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a green pipe cleaner, a big handful of q-tips, a cotton ball ,a piece of construction paper and glue.
  2. Start by bending your pipe cleaner into a stem and one leaf.
  3. Add glue to your paper and glue the stem on.
  4. Add a large circle of glue at the top of the stem
  5. Add your q-tips to the glue.
  6. Add a cotton ball to the middle
  7. Let dry.
Easy Peasy
Q-tip Painting

Something I noticed while watching my son was how carefully he was painting with the q-tips, he was being really gentle and while it didn’t last a long time, the fine motor skills got a good workout.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some paper, q-tips, paint and something to put the paint in .
  2. If your child is like mine – “I do it mama” is frequently heard, so have the independent little person pour or squeeze some paint into a small dish.
  3. Dip in the q-tip
  4. Start Painting!

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