Bugs and Butterflies

 

Welcome

We are totally enjoying the beautiful weather we are having here in Ontario and taking lots of opportunities to explore nature.  

My kids wanted to learn more about bugs and butterflies of course, so that's what we did.

Here's what we did last week.

Ladybug

Here is a simple ladybug sitting on a flower.

The flower is a paper plate with cut edges.

Catching Ladybugs

This was a simple gluing activity.  

We counted the spots on the ladybugs and the kids added the legs and antennae.

Ant Puppet

The kids coloured strips of red paper, I rolled them and we glued them onto a stick and added the legs.

Bugs

I printed out the bugs and the kids decorated them.

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Bees

Here is the bee puppet and the bee picture we made.  

I giggled to see how the kids personalized the bees in the picture!

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PRINTABLE BEES

Butterflies

Here are the cute butterflies we made using a spoon for the body.

Butterfly Mask

Butterfly Life Cycle

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I'm off to prep for all the Father's Day crafts we have coming up this week.

Here Come the Dinosaurs

 

Welcome!

Another busy week gone by.

I can't believe how fast time flies some days!

We had fun learning about dinosaurs....finding out where they lived, what they ate, their names.

Carnivore and Herbivore became a much talked about subject.

So here's what we did last week.

Triceratops

This was a fun little game we made that the kids loved.

Dinosaur Finger Puppet

Here is a simple puppet just right for little fingers.

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'D' Dinosaur

This was a fun little gluing activity for the letter D.

T-Rex

Just a cute little printable for playing with.

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Dinosaur Egg

We learned about how dinosaurs come from an egg.

We used paper plates to make our egg and glued a small dinosaur inside.

Dinosaur Mask

Who doesn't need a dinosaur mask!

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Dinosaur Bracelet

I printed out the bracelets and covered them with some plastic film for stability.

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Dinosaur Bones

Here is a printable that the kids coloured, cut out and glued together.

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Fossils

We had fun making some Dinosaur fossils using a simple recipe and used the plastic dinosaurs to make the impressions.  The kids loved them.

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Dinosaur Cutting Practice

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Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look.

Let's Go to Space

 Welcome

Last week we had fun exploring SPACE.  Lots of talking about what it would be like to go there...what happens with no gravity....how would you eat....sleep?  They loved pretending about floating in space.

Some of the kids already knew the names of some of the planets and they learned about a few more.

So here's what we did to go into space.

Space Shuttles

I cut out the bottom shape of the shuttle and the kids decorated with stars and colouring.

We glued on a paper tube with a hole cut in the top so we could add some little toy people in the shuttle.

Blasting Off Rocket

Here is a simple cup rocket we made using cups from the Dollar Store.  I attached an elastic to the bottom to make it spring up.  You place the decorated rocket over the black cup and just push down to blast off.  They had a 'blast' playing with them too!

Astronaut

Here is a cute little astronaut we made using a CD as the base and added paper details.

When you shake him, his legs and arms wiggle.

Solar System and the Planets

A simple printout to colour and decorate.

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Space Helmet Mask

Simple face mask to go to space.

We made some Moon Rocks to find on the moon.

Rocket Snack

This simple snack was so fun to make.  Cheese on the bottom, strawberries and bananas.

They blasted off right into our mouths!

Alien

Simple printout alien

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Space Book Printable

Well as you can see, it was a fun filled week.

Thanks so much for coming by and visiting.

Down on the Farm

 Welcome

Last week we had fun exploring and creating with our Down on the Farm theme.

Lots of discussions and playtimes around the animals that live on the farm and what they eat.

So here's what we did last week.

Farm Gluing and Colouring

Simple farm scene with animals.

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ANIMAL PRINTABLE

Horses

These were a simple printout, coloured then we added some clothespins for the legs.

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Paper Tube Cow

Simple paper tube used to glue on pieces after the kids coloured them.

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Rocking Sheep

These rocking sheep were fun to create.  Cut a paper plate from the pattern below and then add the features and the cotton.

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Pig Hat

I printed out this adorable pig hat and the kids coloured them.  They loved pretending while wearing them.

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'T' for Tractor

This was fun to see what the kids would add to our 't' for tractor.

Farm Book

My kiddos love making books so here is one we did about the farm.

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Thanks so much for coming by to see what we've been up to.

Birds

 

Hello

What a wonderful time of year here in Canada as Spring emerges and warmer temperatures prevail.

My little people wanted to learn more about birds and wanted to go bird watching so that's what we did....so much fun and so much learning happened.

So here's what we did this week.

Cardinals Nesting

Simple circle folded and cut to make the wings.

See here for step by step

Bird Nest

Owl

We made this cute little owl craft by folding some brown paper to make the trunk of the tree.

Paper Plate Bird

We made these simple paper plate Robins and of course, we had to add a worm to his mouth.

Paper Birds

These are simple printouts that the kids coloured.

Standing Bird

Bird Feeder

BIRD WATCHING DAY

Paper Tube Binoculars

Bird Watching Day was such a wonderful experience.  We took our binoculars and our bird books and headed down to the woods.  We saw or heard the birds in our books.  

We heard a few that weren't in our books, so when we got home, I printed a few more off and they coloured them to add to their book.  

Amazing how many of the birds they could identify.

Printable Bird Book

We also saw the trilliums (wildflower of Ontario).

This was a piece of bark we found on the ground, so we turned it over.  The woodpecker had pecked holes in it and the bugs had burrowed tunnels into the bark.  So interesting.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.