The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 Hello and Welcome

One of our favourite books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  It's a fun story about how the caterpillar eats his way through the week and then becomes a butterfly.

I thought it would be a fun theme to work on with the kids.

So here's what we did.

Caterpillar

The kids coloured green strips of paper and we glued them onto a leaf that have eating circles punched into it.

Caterpillar Puzzle

I printed out a picture of the Hungry Caterpillar, the kids coloured it and then we cut it into a puzzle.

Caterpillar Game

We made a 'Feed the Caterpillar' game with all the foods from the story.

Story Sequencing 

Using our story as a reference, we recreated the story.

Paper Tube Butterfly

Some of the other things we did too!

Paper Plate Basket

My kids made a basket to use to collect dandelions.

Windsock

Swing Printable

This was a fun 3D printable we did.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Belated Mother's Day

 Welcome

We celebrated Mother's Day last week.  

All is behind as I was off sick and some of the kids were as well.

We could never forget our Moms and how special they are!

So here's what we did last week.

Mom Suncatcher

I cut out the 'Mom' heart and added some sticky contact paper to create our suncatcher.

Flower Bouquet

I printed these off HERE and the kids decorated them.

Mom Medallion

I made these with the kids a few years ago and really had to rack my brain to remember how to do them.

I used old envelopes to create it and decided to write a reminder about how to do it when I finally figured it out again.  I really hope they make sense if you want to create one.

They are fun and the kids loved how big they were.

Watering Can Card

I cut these watering cans out and the kids glued them together. 

We added some flower seeds to the front pocket.

Trivet

I glued clothespins from the Dollar Store together with hot glue.

The kids loved colouring the sticks, something different to make our trivet Mother's Day gift.

How to's are HERE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Spring Flowers

Welcome

I am behind with posting, had to be off last week due to illness but doing great now!

We are loving our outside time and seeing all the flowers finally blooming in the neighbourhood.

It gives us such a good chance to talk about how plants grow, the colours they are and how to care for them.  A great learning experience with lots of excitement from the kids when they see them popping out of the ground.  Some of the kids can even name the flowers which is great.

So here's what we did during Spring Flowers week.

Daffodils

I printed off these daffodils and the kids coloured them.  We added the rolled yellow buds to the centers.

Printable

Tulip Wreath

Simple wreath of paper tulips.

Snow Drops

These are one of the first flowers we saw in the gardens popping up.  So pretty.

Hyacinths

Simple hyacinths done with added rolled paper buds.

*gotta love the butterfly one of my kids added seen in the picture*

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great week.

Spring and Earth Day

 Hello and Welcome

Last week, we continued celebrating Spring with some fun creating.  

So here's what we did last week.

Duck Hat

We made this cute duck hat using some yellow construction paper.

Worm

We have had rain which means we got to see some worms come out. 

The kids loved creating this fun little worm picture using craft sticks.

Match Game

I printed off these cute little duck that the kids coloured, then we used stickers to make them a number match game.

After we read the story Duck or Rabbit? we made these:

Side One

Duck 

Side 2...turn over 

Rabbit

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EARTH DAY

Recycle Truck

We made this fun recycling truck that we added things that could be recycled.

TRUCK PRINTABLE

RECYCLE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great week.

Happy Easter

 Welcome

Last week we celebrated Easter with lots of fun creating, an Easter Egg hunt and fun snacks.

So fun celebrating Spring and Easter.

So here's what we did last week.

Paper Cup Bunnies

We decorated a paper cup to make our bunnies.

Chick Puppets

These little chick puppets were simple to create by folding some yellow paper and adding all the details.

Rocking Chicks

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Bunny Basket

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Happy Easter Cards

We made some fun Happy Easter cards for the parents.

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Easter Eggs

I picked up some plastic eggs at the Dollar Store and the kids decorated them with colourful pieces of tape.  Easy for little hands and good fine motor skills.

Easter Baskets

We made these cute little Easter baskets from a paper plate.

We used them for our Easter egg hunt.

Snack

I made these simple nests by making some Rice Krispie Squares and then pressing them into a muffin tin to get the nest shape.  The kids added some green coconut that I simply tinted with some food colouring and then the little eggs.

Yummy!

Treats

Some take home treats. 

I found these cute carrot bags and I filled them with some orange Fishy Crackers.

Found these sweet little bunny bags at the Dollar Tree and they were so cute and perfect for holding some bubbles and a few little Easter Eggs.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great week.

Spring/ Easter

 Welcome

We had such a fun week creating as Easter gets closer and as we enjoy seeing Spring and all it has to bring.  

My crocus are finally coming up, much to the delight of me and the kids.  They are so interested in seeing all that is growing in the garden.

So here's what we did last week.

Easter Bunny

This cute little print out was so fun.

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Bunny Puppets

These are simple and fun.

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Easter Wreaths

These simple wreaths for Easter were fun to create and a nice addition for Easter decorating.

Cone Bunny

I made a cone with pink paper and the kids coloured and added the details.

Hopping Bunnies

These were another cute printout.  I cut them from some heavier scrapbook paper for stability.

The kids had fun playing with them.

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Let the Sun Shine In

These were fun to make...so happy to see some sunshine.

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Thanks so much for coming to see what we have been up to.

Have a great week.

Springtime

 Welcome

So happy to have some Spring-like temperature and see all of nature coming alive, truly a time of discovery.

We do like to spend a lot of time outside, we are so lucky in my neighbourhood to have quite a few parks and walking trails.

So here's what we did this week.

Bunny Suncatcher

My kids love making suncatchers. They are simply done using some contact paper and a cut out.

Ducks

We made these sweet little ducks and pretended to float them in the pond.

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Spring Scene

I printed out the pieces for our Spring Scene, then the kids coloured them and we decorated our 

3-D scene.

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Easter Chicken 

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Umbrella Puppet

These fun printouts were fun to colour and pretend it was raining.

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Thanks a lot for coming by to see what we've been up too!

Lots of Easter coming your way.