Yeah for Summer!

 Welcome

Last week we cheered for summer's arrival.

Such a great time of year to enjoy being outside with so much to do.

With that said, we haven't been creating quite as much, but explored the great outdoors.

So here's what we did last week.

Watering Can

I let the kids decorate a long strip of paper using some coloured tapes I get at the Dollar Store.  

We added the details and pretended to water the garden.

This shows the tray I put the tapes on.  

Great fine motor for the kids having to take the tape off the tray.

Spoon Flowers

I cut out the flowers and we used a spoon for the flower center...so fun!

Summer Banner

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Ice Cream Cones

Fun printable to colour and set up an ice cream shop.

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Well that's all for this week.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

All About Dads!

 Welcome

Last week we celebrated Father's Day by making lots of crafts for DAD.

The kids were so excited to create, wrap and gift them to their dads.  

So here's what we did last week.

Eggcellent Dad

I created a print out and the kids put together a fun foam egg to glue onto it.

Fridge Magnets

We glued some folded paper to an old CD.  The kids coloured the 'Super Dad' and we glued it to the center.

You're My Super Hero DAD Suncatchers

Toad-ally Best Dad Card

Letter Holder

I glued clothespins I got at the Dollar Tree together to make these desk letter holders.

The kids coloured them and we glued some coloured squares on as well.

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Gift Bag

I made these gift bag and we wrapped up all the goodies to give to Dad.

Stomp, Stomp, Stomp- Dinosaurs

Hello

We had a busy week last week learning about dinosaurs....always a most welcome theme with the kids. 

We learned some dinosaur names, that some are carnivores if they have sharp teeth and some are herbivores with more rounded teeth.  

Learning and creating work so well together.

So here's what we did last week. 

Paper Tube Dinosaurs

Simply made by covering a tube with green paper.  I let the kids colour them and we glued on some black spots.

Rockin Dinosaur

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Flying Pterodactyl

Again, we covered a tube with yellow paper and added the features.

Dinosaur Printable

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Suncatcher

I cut out the outline and put it onto a piece of contact paper.  The kids added tissue paper squares and we added another piece of contact paper on the top to make our suncatchers.

Dinosaur Masks

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Let's Visit the Zoo

 Welcome

Last week was fun creating some of the animals we would see at the Zoo.

Some of my kiddos have been to the zoo, so they were excited about creating the animals they saw there.  

So here's what we did last week.

Giraffes

One of the kids favourites.

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Monkey Masks

These were fun to make and then have a monkey show.

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Baby Tiger

Isn't he cute and so simple to make.  I cut the pieces and the kids colours and glued him together.

Elephant

Who doesn't love a purple elephant.  One of the fav colours so we went with it.

Paper Plate Hippo

We used 2 paper plate...one for the face and one folded for the mouth.

The Zoo

I printed off the fronts and backs for our little zoo animals.  The kids coloured them and we glued them onto an old paper towel roll so they would stand up.

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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.

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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.