Non staining Glass project & some fun with the Kiddos

I am soo ready for some cooler weather.  Even if we can get a day that's in the 90's I'd take it right now.  My husband would say I can't be the one  to complain because he is the one that puts in the long hot days of work in this torturous heat.  So, the kiddos and I go out in the mornings to play.  Water guns have been a big hit this week. 

Here are some of our creative art projects this week. 

Haylee starting to create her design for her coffee filter.

 We used syringes to add water to the coffee filters and make the markers bleed to make a tye-die look.

 The big girls getting our tissue paper ready to glue onto the window.

 Notice the little girls are just glued to the Big Girls.  They think they are pretty Cool!!

We used painters tape to put plastic wrap on the window and the kids all had glue sticks and glued tissue paper on top of the plastic wrap.  

I found this project in my Family Fun magazine.  

 They finally FINISHED their Non-Stained Glass window!! They did a SOOPER job :)!! & they we're all very proud of their Work.

 The baby taking a looksie, she was just intrigued by all the pretty colors.

 I had to post this picture of "SUPER" Girl!

& of course the "Diva" Girls!! They wanted little braids in their hair today..What a Pair!

Little Miss RockSTAR!!

Summer Crafts

I have really enjoyed having my older kids home.  The younger kids love having them home to play with and keep them occupied.  Their favorite thing to do is play school; they have a teacher, a principal, and an art teacher.  They get really creative and make projects for the younger kids.  Here are pics from their projects this week.

 One of my friends little girl had on the cutest headband.  I asked her where she got her head band from.  She told me that she bought a kit from Hobby Lobby and had her make one.  I thought it would be a great art project for the Big girls to help with the younger ones.  And it was a Hit, all of the girls Loved their new head bands.

 Today, we got creative and painted with q-tips.  We like to find different things around the house to utilize to paint with.  I thought they did an Awesome job with their paintings. 

I'm always looking for new art projects to do with the kids.  This is one of my favorite things to do with my kiddos.  What are some fun art projects you have done with your kids this summer?

Handwriting Site

I found this Awesome Handwriting site for your child.  You can type whatever you would like in the box and it will create a worksheet for your child.  Cool- Huh?!?!  Here is the website.

Check it out!! 

handwriting

Homemade Father's Day Gift Ideas

The kids have always made father's day gifts for their dad and grandpas.  This year we decided to give Bob and our grandpas these cute little gift ideas. 

You can go onto this link and print off the cute label Pop you put the fizz in my life.

We printed of the labels and made them into cute little cards. 

For the grandpas we filled up a clear plastic cup with peanuts, wrapped the cup in saran wrap, and tied it with a bow.  (Instead of saran wrap, you can buy bread bags in Walmart in the same aisle of the saran wrap.)  With this gift we made cute cards that said "We are nuts about you Grandpa!"  I got the idea from Thrifty Fun website.

 Happy Father's Day to all those AWESOME Dad's out there!!!

Here's My MR. WONDERFUL, WE love you & appreciate all you do for us!! I couldn't ask for a better father for my children, YOU ROCK Bob!! 

Notice his shirt says, "I'm Kind of a Big Deal!!" 

May Day Baskets

May is one of my favorite months of the year.  We made May day bouquets today.  They were very simple to make.  Had to find something simple and easy for children under the age of 4.  I printed off the templates from DLTK-kids and let the kids color them the way they wanted.  I bought the flowers from Walmart for only$1.  It took a total of 15 minutes to make.  The girls loved the flowers and thought they were pretty neat to make!!

Paper plate Easter Bunny

Supplies we used:

glue, paper plate, cotton balls, pink & black construction paper, wiggly eyes. 

 They turned out really cute!!!

Happy Easter to Everyone!!!

Spring Tree Craft

I love spring time, 

the beautiful weather, 

green trees, flowers blooming, 

and the kids get to play outside, 

(makes me happy).  I decided to 

do a little craft with the daycare 

kids.  

It was a simple, cute craft. 

They painted their arms brown 

and placed them on paper to

make a tree.  

Then, they collected little purple

flowers off the tree outback 

and pasted them onto their trees.

  Here's their finished trees. 

Way to go girls!!

St. Patricks Day With the Daycare kids

The kids made their own hats for St. Patricks Day.  They painted the bowls green and we glued them on top of a paper plate and cut out the middle of the plate to make our hats.   They turned out pretty cute. 

The girls finger painting their shamrocks. 

 Little Cheezer!!

 Hat didn't make it very long, but she sure looked cute in her all green outfit!!

 The girls with their hats, we were missing the boys on this day.

Practicing Writing our Names

All of the kids here at daycare are learning to write their name.  I thought it would be fun to get washable markers for windows and let them practice writing their names.  They LOVED it!!!  They had so much fun writing on the windows.  One of the little girls says to me "I can write on your window and I won't get in trouble."  It was the funniest thing ever.  Here is a picture of one of the girls practicing to write her name.  The picture didn't turn out very clear.  We will be practicing writing on my windows a lot more!!

Learning Names

We have been working on learning the letters of our names.  I have collected for months tops of everything, milk jugs, juice bottles, anything with a colorful top.  I wrote letters on each top and have had the kids learn the order of the letters, & to identify the letters.  Its a fun, creative way to learn. 

They are pretty proud to put them in correct order.  Way to go girls!!

Letter "O" Craft

Letter "O" for Octopus

We used tissue paper for the legs and the kids glued on the eyes.  I thought they were really Cute!

Christmas Crafts

For Christmas this year, I decided to have the kids make cute little reindeer cards for their parents.  They used they foot prints as the face of the reindeer and their hand prints for the antlers.  They turned out really cute.

We also decorated waffle cones as Christmas trees  using frosting, food coloring, licorice, and of course candy.  The kids loved making these and they turned out really neat.  They enjoyed eating the candies and frosting while decorating their trees.  This was a fun and easy craft I think we will do every Year. 

Christmas Ornaments

I got a neat idea for home made Christmas ornaments from Kaboose.

 We found these letters at Hobby Lobby for only $1. I love dollar finds, don't you?!

Haylee Painting her letter "H", my daughter LOVES to do crafts!!! Thats my GIRL!!

You can decorate them any way you like.  We painted them, and put glitter all over, than used ribbon to hang them.  I thought this was a quick, cute idea for ornaments.

Shae's Letter "S" painted red to resemble the Chiefs, Of Course!!

Here are a few more ideas that  I'm gonna try from Martha Stewart .

Cute, Huh?!
You can find the directions by going to this link Martha Stewart Crafts
I'll let you know how well ours turn out :)

Fall Crafts

LEAF PRINT PROJECT

The other day I had the kids go outside, in this beautiful weather that we've been having, and pick leaves.  Then we came inside and painted them and stuck them on paper, to make leaf prints. 

 We painted the leaves first and stuck them on the paper, we mixed together red, yellow, and brown, & well you can see it made the color brown.  (Note to self:  don't use brown next time) Then we put construction paper on top and used a roller to make the leaf print.  The kids love using my big Baker's Roller!!!

And here is some of the finished project!!

PUMPKIN PROJECT

I bought a pack of miniature pumpkins from Walmart, and had the kids make pumpkin prints on paper.

This turned out really neat, and the kids are learning new ways to make prints out of different objects.

 Then we decided to decorate the pumpkins and make them look silly.  We used paint, silly eyes, and orange yarn for hair.  They look pretty silly looking if you ask me!!!

Reviewing Numbers

 Number Review

I printed off this 1-10 number sticker sheet from Confessions of a Homeschooler and let the kids use pom poms to count. 

I found a number chart at Dollar Tree and cut each number out for the kids to review.  We like to use our shapes that I found in the dollar section at Target to count.

The older kids like to use clothes pins to count and pinch onto the number cards.  I have seen this activity all over Mommy Blog land.