Kids love stress balls- here is a way to make your own! For safety is it only recommended that you do this activity with kids older than 5.
What supplies you will need:
Balloon in your kid's favorite color
Flour
Funnel
Plastic Straw
Permanent marker
Yarn
Blow up the balloon and release the air a few times. This stretches it a little.
Place the mouth of the balloon on the funnel
Put flower in the funnel, use the straw to push it through the hole if it doesn't go through by itself
Fill the balloon with flour but don't go past the bottom of the thin part
Tie a secure knot in the balloon
If your kid wants a face on the stress ball, let them draw it using a permanent marker
For hair, tie pieces of yarn to the top of the balloon
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
Between the mashed potatoes and the couch potatoes, Thanksgiving Day can get a little sedentary. Give your family a good excuse to get outside by getting everyone involved in a scavenger hunt. Go as a group or spilt into teams.
Walk off that turkey dinner while finding
all of the items on our list.
A family playing football
A turkey hung on a window or door
A Thanksgiving-themed yard decoration
6 or more cars parked in front of one house
A pile of leaves
Something with a pilgrim on it
An ear of dried corn
A pumpkin or squash
A pet waiting to be let in
Smoke rising from a chimney
Another family on a walk
A black bird
Chrysanthemums
An acorn, pine cone, or other nuts, seeds, or cones
Early Christmas decorations
Walk off that turkey dinner while finding
all of the items on our list.
A family playing football
A turkey hung on a window or door
A Thanksgiving-themed yard decoration
6 or more cars parked in front of one house
A pile of leaves
Something with a pilgrim on it
An ear of dried corn
A pumpkin or squash
A pet waiting to be let in
Smoke rising from a chimney
Another family on a walk
A black bird
Chrysanthemums
An acorn, pine cone, or other nuts, seeds, or cones
Early Christmas decorations
Speak like a Pilgrim!
The English Colonists at Plymouth (many people call them “Pilgrims” today) talked a little differently than we do today. If you visit our 1627 English Village here at the museum, you might notice that the townspeople say words you know in a funny way, or even say some words you don't know at all! That's because they are speaking in 17th-century English, not 21st-century modern English.
The website below is fun to use with kids- it teaches them how to speak like a pilgrim! Have fun!
http://www.plimoth.org/kids/talk.php
The website below is fun to use with kids- it teaches them how to speak like a pilgrim! Have fun!
http://www.plimoth.org/kids/talk.php
Monday, November 23, 2009
Play Wall Football
What You Need
* Poster board
* Brown card stock
* White opaque paint marker
* Poster tacks
* Blindfold
Instructions
1.
For the game pieces, first create a goal post from two-inch-wide strips of poster board. (The uprights and the crossbar are each 20 inches long, and the post is 6 inches tall.) We attached ours to the wall using poster tack.
2.
For the footballs, cut 5-inch-long shapes out of brown card stock. Use a white paint marker to decorate and add players' names to the footballs. Put a blob of poster tack on the back of each one.
3.
Players line up about six feet away from the goal. One at a time, each player is blindfolded, spun around three times by another person, and set loose to try to stick their football between the uprights. (No reaching out your empty hand to feel the wall.) Play several rounds with 3 points awarded for each field goal. Highest score wins.
* Poster board
* Brown card stock
* White opaque paint marker
* Poster tacks
* Blindfold
Instructions
1.
For the game pieces, first create a goal post from two-inch-wide strips of poster board. (The uprights and the crossbar are each 20 inches long, and the post is 6 inches tall.) We attached ours to the wall using poster tack.
2.
For the footballs, cut 5-inch-long shapes out of brown card stock. Use a white paint marker to decorate and add players' names to the footballs. Put a blob of poster tack on the back of each one.
3.
Players line up about six feet away from the goal. One at a time, each player is blindfolded, spun around three times by another person, and set loose to try to stick their football between the uprights. (No reaching out your empty hand to feel the wall.) Play several rounds with 3 points awarded for each field goal. Highest score wins.
Pumpkin Roll
Pumpkins are not just for Halloween!
Determine a starting line and a finish line. Set 2 pumpkins on their sides at the start and have the racers line up behind them. At "Go," each pair of challengers uses sturdy brooms to propel the pumpkins over the finish line. Have fun!
Determine a starting line and a finish line. Set 2 pumpkins on their sides at the start and have the racers line up behind them. At "Go," each pair of challengers uses sturdy brooms to propel the pumpkins over the finish line. Have fun!
Cross The Sea
Have a pilgrim voyage of your own (albeit drier, shorter, and less treacherous!) crossing -- of the living room.
First, pick one person to represent the New World, and have her stand on a chair at one end of the room. Next, choose someone to be the Mayflower; have him stand blindfolded at the other end of the room. Everyone else plays "rocks," standing, sitting, or lying on the floor in random spots between the two. The New World calls out directions to guide the ship (who can't talk or peek) safely across the rocky sea to its final harbor: the chair upon which the New World stands.
First, pick one person to represent the New World, and have her stand on a chair at one end of the room. Next, choose someone to be the Mayflower; have him stand blindfolded at the other end of the room. Everyone else plays "rocks," standing, sitting, or lying on the floor in random spots between the two. The New World calls out directions to guide the ship (who can't talk or peek) safely across the rocky sea to its final harbor: the chair upon which the New World stands.
Tepee Treats
You will need
* Sugar cones
* Confectioners' sugar
* Unsalted butter
* Vanilla extract
* Cake-decorating icing
* Decorative candies
1. In a mixing bowl with an electric beater set at low speed, mix 2 cups of sifted confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup of softened, unsalted butter, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract until smooth and spreadable. Stir in a bit of milk, if needed.
2.
Use the icing to lightly frost eight ice cream sugar cones, then place them in the freezer for a few minutes until the icing hardens.
3.
Now use tubes of cake-decorating icing to draw linear patterns and images and glue on decorative candies. For poles, insert toothpicks into the tip of each cone.
* Sugar cones
* Confectioners' sugar
* Unsalted butter
* Vanilla extract
* Cake-decorating icing
* Decorative candies
1. In a mixing bowl with an electric beater set at low speed, mix 2 cups of sifted confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup of softened, unsalted butter, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract until smooth and spreadable. Stir in a bit of milk, if needed.
2.
Use the icing to lightly frost eight ice cream sugar cones, then place them in the freezer for a few minutes until the icing hardens.
3.
Now use tubes of cake-decorating icing to draw linear patterns and images and glue on decorative candies. For poles, insert toothpicks into the tip of each cone.
Indian Corn Napkin Rings
You will need
* Craft knife and ruler
* Cardboard tissue tubes
* Red, yellow, and blue acrylic or tempera paints
* Paper or plastic plate
* New pencil with an eraser top
* Newspaper
1. Using a craft knife, cut the tissue tubes into 2 1/2-inch sections (a parent's job). You'll need 1 for each napkin ring. Trim the edges smooth with scissors.
2.
Next, pour small amounts of the 3 paint colors onto a paper or plastic plate. Now show your child how to dip the pencil eraser into some paint and practice stamping corn kernel shapes onto newspaper.
3.
Once he's mastered the printing technique, have your child hold the bottom of a tube section and print rows of kernels all around the top half, mixing the colors. Then have him set the tube on end to dry while he prints the tops of the other tubes in the same manner. After the paint dries, he can pick up each napkin ring and print kernels on the unpainted half.
* Craft knife and ruler
* Cardboard tissue tubes
* Red, yellow, and blue acrylic or tempera paints
* Paper or plastic plate
* New pencil with an eraser top
* Newspaper
1. Using a craft knife, cut the tissue tubes into 2 1/2-inch sections (a parent's job). You'll need 1 for each napkin ring. Trim the edges smooth with scissors.
2.
Next, pour small amounts of the 3 paint colors onto a paper or plastic plate. Now show your child how to dip the pencil eraser into some paint and practice stamping corn kernel shapes onto newspaper.
3.
Once he's mastered the printing technique, have your child hold the bottom of a tube section and print rows of kernels all around the top half, mixing the colors. Then have him set the tube on end to dry while he prints the tops of the other tubes in the same manner. After the paint dries, he can pick up each napkin ring and print kernels on the unpainted half.
5 little Turkeys finger play
Cut out 5 Turkeys
Five little turkeys by the barn door, One waddled off, then there were four. Four little turkeys out under the tree, One waddled off, then there were three. Three little turkeys with nothing to do, One waddled off, then there were two. Two little turkeys in the noonday sun, One waddled off, then there was one. One little turkey - better run away! Soon will come Thanksgiving Day!
Five little turkeys by the barn door, One waddled off, then there were four. Four little turkeys out under the tree, One waddled off, then there were three. Three little turkeys with nothing to do, One waddled off, then there were two. Two little turkeys in the noonday sun, One waddled off, then there was one. One little turkey - better run away! Soon will come Thanksgiving Day!
Make a Turkey Glove
* clear rubber glove
* colored construction paper
* popcorn
* small piece of yarn
* wiggly eyes
1. Fill each finger of the clear rubber glove with different color wadded construction paper. This won't look as cool if you use a non-clear glove. 2. fill the thumb and palm area with popped popcorn. 3. tie yarn around bottom of glove. 4. glue wiggly eyes on thumb These make cute decorations!
* colored construction paper
* popcorn
* small piece of yarn
* wiggly eyes
1. Fill each finger of the clear rubber glove with different color wadded construction paper. This won't look as cool if you use a non-clear glove. 2. fill the thumb and palm area with popped popcorn. 3. tie yarn around bottom of glove. 4. glue wiggly eyes on thumb These make cute decorations!
Basket of Thanks!
* Indian corn
* basket
Every night at dinner we pass around to each family member our basket of thanks and ear of corn. Each family member takes a kernel of corn from the cob and tells one thing that they are thankful for and puts the corn in the basket. By the time Thanksgiving arrives we have a basket full of corn giving proof of the many things we have to be thankful for.
* basket
Every night at dinner we pass around to each family member our basket of thanks and ear of corn. Each family member takes a kernel of corn from the cob and tells one thing that they are thankful for and puts the corn in the basket. By the time Thanksgiving arrives we have a basket full of corn giving proof of the many things we have to be thankful for.
Apple or Potato Turkeys
* apple or potato
* construction paper
* feathers
* Glue
* pipe cleaners
* markers
* colored tooth picks
* cupcake liner folded in half
Start with an apple or Potato as the base for the turkey. Insert colored toothpicks into potato for the tail feathers and its legs. On the toothpicks you could put mini marshmallows, or just cut feathers out of paper and glue onto toothpicks. Make the turkey head out of brown construction paper and use markers for the face. Tape a toothpick to the construction paper head and insert it to the body. You can use a cupcake liner for the tail also.
* construction paper
* feathers
* Glue
* pipe cleaners
* markers
* colored tooth picks
* cupcake liner folded in half
Start with an apple or Potato as the base for the turkey. Insert colored toothpicks into potato for the tail feathers and its legs. On the toothpicks you could put mini marshmallows, or just cut feathers out of paper and glue onto toothpicks. Make the turkey head out of brown construction paper and use markers for the face. Tape a toothpick to the construction paper head and insert it to the body. You can use a cupcake liner for the tail also.
Hand Turkey's
* white sheet of paper
* paint
* crayons
* construction paper
* various colors
Paint each child's palm and thumb with brown paint, then paint the other four fingers with whatever color they choose -these are the feathers. Place their hand paint down on the white sheet of paper that has this poem already printed on it: This isn't just a turkey As anyone can see This very special turkey Was made by hand by me! Have them sign the bottom. The next day, they can add the turkey's features with crayons and choose a color of construction paper to mount it on. Cute gift !
* paint
* crayons
* construction paper
* various colors
Paint each child's palm and thumb with brown paint, then paint the other four fingers with whatever color they choose -these are the feathers. Place their hand paint down on the white sheet of paper that has this poem already printed on it: This isn't just a turkey As anyone can see This very special turkey Was made by hand by me! Have them sign the bottom. The next day, they can add the turkey's features with crayons and choose a color of construction paper to mount it on. Cute gift !
Stuff The Turkey
Brown paper bag
two small brown lunch paper bags
newspaper
tissue paper
tape
stapler
glue
Fold down about 4" of the large brown bag - keep the fold inside. Fold and staple in each of the four edges of the bag so that the opening is smaller. Smooth out the opening to make it rounded. Stuff the two small paper bags with newspaper. Twist the top of the bags and tape to form the drumsticks. Cut strips of the red tissue paper and glue around the twisted top of the drumsticks for decoration. Glue the drumsticks on the sides of the "turkey". For the stuffing, wad up pieces of the newspaper and tape together to form balls.
TO PLAY: Players stand back about four feet and take turns tossing the "stuffing" into the "turkey". See who can get the most in.
two small brown lunch paper bags
newspaper
tissue paper
tape
stapler
glue
Fold down about 4" of the large brown bag - keep the fold inside. Fold and staple in each of the four edges of the bag so that the opening is smaller. Smooth out the opening to make it rounded. Stuff the two small paper bags with newspaper. Twist the top of the bags and tape to form the drumsticks. Cut strips of the red tissue paper and glue around the twisted top of the drumsticks for decoration. Glue the drumsticks on the sides of the "turkey". For the stuffing, wad up pieces of the newspaper and tape together to form balls.
TO PLAY: Players stand back about four feet and take turns tossing the "stuffing" into the "turkey". See who can get the most in.
Do the Turkey Pokey
This is sung to the tune of the Hokey Pokey but the children will pretend that they are turkeys as you all sing things like:
You put your right wing in, put your right wing out, You put your right wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your left wing in, put your left wing out, You put your left wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your red beak in, put your red beak out, You put your red beak in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your right wing in, put your right wing out, You put your right wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your left wing in, put your left wing out, You put your left wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your red beak in, put your red beak out, You put your red beak in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Five little squirrels finger play
Five little squirrels sitting in a tree.
The first one said, "It's getting cold for me."
The second one said, "The leaves are falling to the ground."
The third one said, "Let's get busy there's nuts to be found."
The fourth one said, "We better not wait."
The fifth one said, "Fall is really great!"
(Hold up five fingers during the first line. For following lines hold up the correct number of fingers to correspond with the squirrel's number)
Follow up this activity by going on a nut scavenger hunt!
The first one said, "It's getting cold for me."
The second one said, "The leaves are falling to the ground."
The third one said, "Let's get busy there's nuts to be found."
The fourth one said, "We better not wait."
The fifth one said, "Fall is really great!"
(Hold up five fingers during the first line. For following lines hold up the correct number of fingers to correspond with the squirrel's number)
Follow up this activity by going on a nut scavenger hunt!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Make easy bubble solution and wands!
What you will need:
* 1 c Water
* 2 tb Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin
* 4 tb Dishwashing liquid
Mix together and have fun!
A fly swatter will produce plenty of itty-bitty bubbles. Simply dunk it into the liquid and spin around. No clean, unused swatter on hand? The little plastic baskets that berries come in work great as well. Plunge the basket into your bubble solution and wave it around. Or cut the basket into several squares or other shapes. Older kids may enjoy trimming their initials or a paddle out of the grid-like plastic.
Remember your grandpa’s pipe cleaners? They're still around! And they are ideal for constructing bubble blowers. Twist two together into a circle and wind on another for a handle. Help your little ones bend the wire into fun shapes like hearts, diamonds, or even stars.
Of course, there’s always the durable yet pliable wire clothes hanger. Unwind the hanger and straighten out the wire, loop a small section at one end and use the length as a handle. Or for bigger bubbles leave the hanger intact and simply stretch the opening into your favorite shape. Use the uncurled top as a grip. For safety’s sake wrap the ends with duct tape to cover sharp edges. Cotton twine wound around the wand will act as a wick, helping you make better bubbles.
* 1 c Water
* 2 tb Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin
* 4 tb Dishwashing liquid
Mix together and have fun!
A fly swatter will produce plenty of itty-bitty bubbles. Simply dunk it into the liquid and spin around. No clean, unused swatter on hand? The little plastic baskets that berries come in work great as well. Plunge the basket into your bubble solution and wave it around. Or cut the basket into several squares or other shapes. Older kids may enjoy trimming their initials or a paddle out of the grid-like plastic.
Remember your grandpa’s pipe cleaners? They're still around! And they are ideal for constructing bubble blowers. Twist two together into a circle and wind on another for a handle. Help your little ones bend the wire into fun shapes like hearts, diamonds, or even stars.
Of course, there’s always the durable yet pliable wire clothes hanger. Unwind the hanger and straighten out the wire, loop a small section at one end and use the length as a handle. Or for bigger bubbles leave the hanger intact and simply stretch the opening into your favorite shape. Use the uncurled top as a grip. For safety’s sake wrap the ends with duct tape to cover sharp edges. Cotton twine wound around the wand will act as a wick, helping you make better bubbles.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Make Apple Cake together
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3 eggs
* 13/4 cups sugar
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 4-5 skinned apples
* plastic knives
* mixing bowls
* wooden spoons
* 11
1. Give each child a plastic knives and instruct them to cut apples into small cubes. 2.work with the kids to measure the dry ingredients and mix them together in a small bowl. 3. Help the kids mix the eggs ,and sugar and beat together until well blended in a large bowl.Then add the oil and beat again. 4. Stir in the dry ingredients until moist. Fold in the apple cubes. 5. Pour the batter into a greased 11"x15" baking pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.Let cool,then cut into 18 squares. ENJOY!
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3 eggs
* 13/4 cups sugar
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 4-5 skinned apples
* plastic knives
* mixing bowls
* wooden spoons
* 11
1. Give each child a plastic knives and instruct them to cut apples into small cubes. 2.work with the kids to measure the dry ingredients and mix them together in a small bowl. 3. Help the kids mix the eggs ,and sugar and beat together until well blended in a large bowl.Then add the oil and beat again. 4. Stir in the dry ingredients until moist. Fold in the apple cubes. 5. Pour the batter into a greased 11"x15" baking pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.Let cool,then cut into 18 squares. ENJOY!
5 Little Pumpkins Song/Fingerplay
What you need :
* orange and brown construction paper
* glue
* sisscors
* craft sticks
Cut out a fence with the brown paper and cut out pumpkins with orange paper. Glue the pumpkins on the craft sticks (5). Now you are ready to sing the 5 little pumpkins song...remove the pumpkins from the fence as each leaves the song.
Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate
The first one said,
"Oh, my, it's half past eight!"
The second one said,
"There are witches in the air!"
The third one said,
"Good folk, beware!"
The fourth one said,
"We'll run and run and run!"
The fifth one said,
"Let's have some fun!"
OOOOOOOH, went the wind
And OUT went the light
And the five little pumpkins
Rolled out of sight
* orange and brown construction paper
* glue
* sisscors
* craft sticks
Cut out a fence with the brown paper and cut out pumpkins with orange paper. Glue the pumpkins on the craft sticks (5). Now you are ready to sing the 5 little pumpkins song...remove the pumpkins from the fence as each leaves the song.
Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate
The first one said,
"Oh, my, it's half past eight!"
The second one said,
"There are witches in the air!"
The third one said,
"Good folk, beware!"
The fourth one said,
"We'll run and run and run!"
The fifth one said,
"Let's have some fun!"
OOOOOOOH, went the wind
And OUT went the light
And the five little pumpkins
Rolled out of sight
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Make some leaf people!
You will need :
Real leaves from trees
construction paper
pencils
colors or marking pens
Directions:
During my Fall walk I ask each child to collect 2 or 3 leaves from the ground. When we get back I tape of one of each child's leaves to a piece of white construction paper so the leaf has the stem pointing to the top of the paper. Then I model for the children how to make one into a Leaf Person by drawing a head above the stem of the leaf, legs and feet from the bottom,and arms and hands out the side. When the children have drawn these then they can add hair and face features. If they like, a small leaf or a piece of leaf can be added for a hat. The children can color the parts added and then add a background. It makes a pretty Fall picture!
Real leaves from trees
construction paper
pencils
colors or marking pens
Directions:
During my Fall walk I ask each child to collect 2 or 3 leaves from the ground. When we get back I tape of one of each child's leaves to a piece of white construction paper so the leaf has the stem pointing to the top of the paper. Then I model for the children how to make one into a Leaf Person by drawing a head above the stem of the leaf, legs and feet from the bottom,and arms and hands out the side. When the children have drawn these then they can add hair and face features. If they like, a small leaf or a piece of leaf can be added for a hat. The children can color the parts added and then add a background. It makes a pretty Fall picture!
Make ghost in the graveyard treats!
You will need :
3? Cups Cold Milk
(2) Packages Chocolate Pudding
(1) 12oz. Tub Cool Whip Thawed
1 16oz. Package Chocolate Sandwich Cookies - crushed
Directions:
Pour cold milk into large bowl, add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk two minutes. Stir 3 cups cool whip and half of the cookies. Pour into 13" x9" baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate one hour. Decorate with oval shaped cookies for tombstones and whipped topping dropped by spoonfuls for ghosts, add mini-M&M's for eyes. Keep refrigerated. Optional recipe: Spoon pudding mixture into 12-16 individual cups top with crushed cookies. Decorate by making ghosts on top with cool whip spoonfuls and adding mini-M&M eyes.
3? Cups Cold Milk
(2) Packages Chocolate Pudding
(1) 12oz. Tub Cool Whip Thawed
1 16oz. Package Chocolate Sandwich Cookies - crushed
Directions:
Pour cold milk into large bowl, add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk two minutes. Stir 3 cups cool whip and half of the cookies. Pour into 13" x9" baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate one hour. Decorate with oval shaped cookies for tombstones and whipped topping dropped by spoonfuls for ghosts, add mini-M&M's for eyes. Keep refrigerated. Optional recipe: Spoon pudding mixture into 12-16 individual cups top with crushed cookies. Decorate by making ghosts on top with cool whip spoonfuls and adding mini-M&M eyes.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Learn about animals today!
The following websites are great for teaching kids about different animals. Enjoy a day or an hour of learning with your child and top it off with the last website on this list that allows you to build a wild you!
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
http://www.animalfactguide.com/
http://www2.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_home
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
http://www.animalfactguide.com/
http://www2.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_home
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
Alice in Wonderland party ideas
Plan your very own Mad Hatter Tea Party with your friends! Celebrating your Unbirthday, Or are you having a croquet game in your backyard?
Party invitations:
* Have your invitations come from the Fish-Footman, addressed to `For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.'
* Tell your guests not to be late for a very important date, like the White Rabbit
* Ask them to meet you in Wonderland
* Put a teabag, playing cards, or other stuff together with the invitation into the envelope
Decorations:
* Set up a long table, covered with all different kinds of teapots, mismatched teacups and saucers, chandeliers, etc. Have an assortment of 'odd' chairs around the table, so that people have to sit at different heights. Use a colorful tablecloth.
* Hide a stuffed toy representing the Dormouse in one of the teapots.
* Hang colorful paper lanterns above the table
* Decorate your door so it represents the rabbit hole, or the looking glass, where people have to go through to enter the party. Or use a play tunnel.
* Hang up signs with 'this way', 'that way', 'up', 'down', etc. painted on them, like in Disney's Tulgey wood.
* Put some clocks in the room that are stopped at tea-time.
* Decorate the walls with playing cards (normal size or really huge ones from cardboard), and the floor with a chessboard-like pattern. Scatter around some chess pieces.
* Hang a branch to the ceiling with a Cheshire Cat (or just it's grin) in it.
* Use lawn flamingos
* If you have a fireplace, put a large mirror on the mantelpiece. Or attach one to a door so people can actually go through the looking glass. If you don't have a huge mirror, create one with aluminium foil
* Make rabbit paw tracks and put them on the floor, leading in various paths through your house and/or garden
* Put up a children's swimming pool to represent the pool of tears
* Make vulture heads and paste them on top of some umbrella's. Hang the opened umbrella's from the ceiling
* Buy rose bushes at a garden store and decorate them with white and red roses
* Stuff a big Alice-like doll into a small doll-house
* Fill vases with white and red roses, and hide one or several brushes with red paint in them
Games:
* Play lawn croquet: with hedgehog plush toys as balls, or perhaps hedgehogs painted on the balls. Attach colored and stuffed socks to the end of the mallets and sew on eyes, to represent flamingos. Create large cardboard playing cards for the arches.
* Play chess. You can do this on a normal sized chessboard, or you can make a huge chessboard in your garden and have your guests play the pieces!
* Play "pin the grin on the Cheshire Cat"
* Turn on the TV and play Alice movies during the party.
* Paint eggs so they resemble Humpty Dumpty. Or buy white tea pots and tea cups, and paint them yourself.
* Do the Caucus race. Make your guests run around in a circle, and when you shout 'stop' the last one to sit down/run to the middle is out. Or make a caucus version of the game musical chairs, where you remove one of the chairs each round and people have to find a chair to sit on when the music (the caucus race song from the Disney movie) stops.
* Make up silly riddles
* Play 'Paint the roses red'. Buy some fabric white roses and red paint (or markers). The person (or team) who finishes painting his rose first wins. You could give time penalties for sloppy painting or spilled drops. You could also set a general time limit and have someone dressed as the Queen of Hearts storm into the room when the time is up.
* Buy some basic hats and let your guests decorate them
* Hide a small golden key or a White Rabbit plush and have your guests find it
* Do a quiz with trivia questions based on the Alice stories
* Play games with a 'Contrariwise' theme: make people name stickers, where you write their names on backwards. Everyone must call everyone else by their backwards name, or risk a forfeit. You could invent a game where names must be called, or you could just have this going on throughout the party. Also, you could ask people questions and they must give the opposite answer. Or, say the answer, but backwards. For most of these games, some kind of time pressure is essential to make it more difficult and to make people make mistakes and have to do forfeits. The more adult the party, the more adult the questions. 'Have you ever done xyz?' would be interesting if people have to say the opposite. It becomes more like a truth or dare game then.
* Make a game of Clean Cup: have guests assemble at table. They fill their plates with food and make their tea (or other drink) as they like for a certain amount of time. When the time is over, say "Clean cup. Clean cup. Move down. Move down." The guests move to the next place and put more food on the plate and change the tea however they wish. This goes on and on until everyone returns to their own place setting. Now, everyone must eat and drink what the others have put. Prizes can be awarded to the most weird concoction.
* Make coloring pages for children so they can paint the roses red
* Make teams, put a bucket (or large teapot) with tea on one side and an empty one on the other side of a course. Your guests have to fill a teacup, run to the other side (with the cup in their hands, or balancing them on their heads...), and empty the cup there. The team that has filled the bucket first wins.
* Have an "I'm late!" potato sack race, in which everyone has to hop to the finish like the White Rabbit.
* Gather a lot of teacups and put them upside down on a table. Under one of them, you hide a Dormouse (or White Rabbit). Your guests take turns and may lift one cup per turn to see whether something is underneath it. The one who finds the Dormouse wins. You can make the game harder by inventing extra rules, like shuffling the cups after each turn.
* Get a hookah and attach a bubble blower to the end (or create one by bending a wire), so you can blow soap bubbles. Who makes the largest?
* Dance the Lobster Quadrille
* And of course, don't forget: EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes!
Costumes:
* Of course you and your guest all dress up as Wonderland characters!
* Have your guests wear top-hats or rabbit ears.
ood & drinks:
* Attach labels with the words 'eat me' and 'drink me' to all kinds of things, like the sugar bowl and bottles.
* Bake little cupcakes with the words 'eat me' written on them in icing
* Bake cookies in the shape of the letters EAT ME, and/or hearts, clubs, diamond and spades.
* Serve lots of (ice)tea, edible mushrooms, pepper soup or Mock Turtle soup, oysters, plum-pudding and a leg of mutton.
* Glue the lid on a jar of jam, so nobody is able to open it. You know, the rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam to-day...
* Make a cake in the shape of a mushroom or teapot. Or a three-tiered cake like in the Disney movie.
* From a loaf of bread you can create bread-and-butterflies
* Order (or create) some custom made tea bags or tea favors for your guests
Music:
* Soundtracks from movies, like Disney's
* 'White Rabbit' from Jefferson Airplane
* 'I am the Walrus' from the Beatles
* 'Looking Glass' from Hypnogaja
* 'Through The Looking Glass' from Symphony X
* Grease-paint children as rabbits, or cats, or other Wonderland characters.
Party invitations:
* Have your invitations come from the Fish-Footman, addressed to `For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.'
* Tell your guests not to be late for a very important date, like the White Rabbit
* Ask them to meet you in Wonderland
* Put a teabag, playing cards, or other stuff together with the invitation into the envelope
Decorations:
* Set up a long table, covered with all different kinds of teapots, mismatched teacups and saucers, chandeliers, etc. Have an assortment of 'odd' chairs around the table, so that people have to sit at different heights. Use a colorful tablecloth.
* Hide a stuffed toy representing the Dormouse in one of the teapots.
* Hang colorful paper lanterns above the table
* Decorate your door so it represents the rabbit hole, or the looking glass, where people have to go through to enter the party. Or use a play tunnel.
* Hang up signs with 'this way', 'that way', 'up', 'down', etc. painted on them, like in Disney's Tulgey wood.
* Put some clocks in the room that are stopped at tea-time.
* Decorate the walls with playing cards (normal size or really huge ones from cardboard), and the floor with a chessboard-like pattern. Scatter around some chess pieces.
* Hang a branch to the ceiling with a Cheshire Cat (or just it's grin) in it.
* Use lawn flamingos
* If you have a fireplace, put a large mirror on the mantelpiece. Or attach one to a door so people can actually go through the looking glass. If you don't have a huge mirror, create one with aluminium foil
* Make rabbit paw tracks and put them on the floor, leading in various paths through your house and/or garden
* Put up a children's swimming pool to represent the pool of tears
* Make vulture heads and paste them on top of some umbrella's. Hang the opened umbrella's from the ceiling
* Buy rose bushes at a garden store and decorate them with white and red roses
* Stuff a big Alice-like doll into a small doll-house
* Fill vases with white and red roses, and hide one or several brushes with red paint in them
Games:
* Play lawn croquet: with hedgehog plush toys as balls, or perhaps hedgehogs painted on the balls. Attach colored and stuffed socks to the end of the mallets and sew on eyes, to represent flamingos. Create large cardboard playing cards for the arches.
* Play chess. You can do this on a normal sized chessboard, or you can make a huge chessboard in your garden and have your guests play the pieces!
* Play "pin the grin on the Cheshire Cat"
* Turn on the TV and play Alice movies during the party.
* Paint eggs so they resemble Humpty Dumpty. Or buy white tea pots and tea cups, and paint them yourself.
* Do the Caucus race. Make your guests run around in a circle, and when you shout 'stop' the last one to sit down/run to the middle is out. Or make a caucus version of the game musical chairs, where you remove one of the chairs each round and people have to find a chair to sit on when the music (the caucus race song from the Disney movie) stops.
* Make up silly riddles
* Play 'Paint the roses red'. Buy some fabric white roses and red paint (or markers). The person (or team) who finishes painting his rose first wins. You could give time penalties for sloppy painting or spilled drops. You could also set a general time limit and have someone dressed as the Queen of Hearts storm into the room when the time is up.
* Buy some basic hats and let your guests decorate them
* Hide a small golden key or a White Rabbit plush and have your guests find it
* Do a quiz with trivia questions based on the Alice stories
* Play games with a 'Contrariwise' theme: make people name stickers, where you write their names on backwards. Everyone must call everyone else by their backwards name, or risk a forfeit. You could invent a game where names must be called, or you could just have this going on throughout the party. Also, you could ask people questions and they must give the opposite answer. Or, say the answer, but backwards. For most of these games, some kind of time pressure is essential to make it more difficult and to make people make mistakes and have to do forfeits. The more adult the party, the more adult the questions. 'Have you ever done xyz?' would be interesting if people have to say the opposite. It becomes more like a truth or dare game then.
* Make a game of Clean Cup: have guests assemble at table. They fill their plates with food and make their tea (or other drink) as they like for a certain amount of time. When the time is over, say "Clean cup. Clean cup. Move down. Move down." The guests move to the next place and put more food on the plate and change the tea however they wish. This goes on and on until everyone returns to their own place setting. Now, everyone must eat and drink what the others have put. Prizes can be awarded to the most weird concoction.
* Make coloring pages for children so they can paint the roses red
* Make teams, put a bucket (or large teapot) with tea on one side and an empty one on the other side of a course. Your guests have to fill a teacup, run to the other side (with the cup in their hands, or balancing them on their heads...), and empty the cup there. The team that has filled the bucket first wins.
* Have an "I'm late!" potato sack race, in which everyone has to hop to the finish like the White Rabbit.
* Gather a lot of teacups and put them upside down on a table. Under one of them, you hide a Dormouse (or White Rabbit). Your guests take turns and may lift one cup per turn to see whether something is underneath it. The one who finds the Dormouse wins. You can make the game harder by inventing extra rules, like shuffling the cups after each turn.
* Get a hookah and attach a bubble blower to the end (or create one by bending a wire), so you can blow soap bubbles. Who makes the largest?
* Dance the Lobster Quadrille
* And of course, don't forget: EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes!
Costumes:
* Of course you and your guest all dress up as Wonderland characters!
* Have your guests wear top-hats or rabbit ears.
ood & drinks:
* Attach labels with the words 'eat me' and 'drink me' to all kinds of things, like the sugar bowl and bottles.
* Bake little cupcakes with the words 'eat me' written on them in icing
* Bake cookies in the shape of the letters EAT ME, and/or hearts, clubs, diamond and spades.
* Serve lots of (ice)tea, edible mushrooms, pepper soup or Mock Turtle soup, oysters, plum-pudding and a leg of mutton.
* Glue the lid on a jar of jam, so nobody is able to open it. You know, the rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam to-day...
* Make a cake in the shape of a mushroom or teapot. Or a three-tiered cake like in the Disney movie.
* From a loaf of bread you can create bread-and-butterflies
* Order (or create) some custom made tea bags or tea favors for your guests
Music:
* Soundtracks from movies, like Disney's
* 'White Rabbit' from Jefferson Airplane
* 'I am the Walrus' from the Beatles
* 'Looking Glass' from Hypnogaja
* 'Through The Looking Glass' from Symphony X
* Grease-paint children as rabbits, or cats, or other Wonderland characters.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Candy corn bingo
You will need :
bingo form on pumpkin shaped cutout
candy corn
How to play :
Program a bingo form with whatever skill is appropriate for age level (letters, numbers, shapes). Laminate for future use. Make enough for all your friends. Each child will use candy corn for their markers. After playing the children can enjoy the candy corn for a snack!!
bingo form on pumpkin shaped cutout
candy corn
How to play :
Program a bingo form with whatever skill is appropriate for age level (letters, numbers, shapes). Laminate for future use. Make enough for all your friends. Each child will use candy corn for their markers. After playing the children can enjoy the candy corn for a snack!!
Teach your kids the Five Little Squirrels song
Five little squirrels sitting in a tree.
The first one said, "It's getting cold for me."
The second one said, "The leaves are falling to the ground."
The third one said, "Let's get busy there's nuts to be found."
The fourth one said, "We better not wait."
The fifth one said, "Fall is really great!"
(Hold up five fingers during the first line. For following lines hold up the correct number of fingers to correspond with the squirrel's number)
The first one said, "It's getting cold for me."
The second one said, "The leaves are falling to the ground."
The third one said, "Let's get busy there's nuts to be found."
The fourth one said, "We better not wait."
The fifth one said, "Fall is really great!"
(Hold up five fingers during the first line. For following lines hold up the correct number of fingers to correspond with the squirrel's number)
Digging for Treasure
sandbox
rocks
gold spray paint
Use your sandbox to dig for Treasure!! Ahead of time - have an adult spray several rocks with gold spray paint - let dry. Then bury then in the sandbox. Let each child take a turn to find the buried treasure! Options: you can use plastic gold coins or small toys to bury as well.
rocks
gold spray paint
Use your sandbox to dig for Treasure!! Ahead of time - have an adult spray several rocks with gold spray paint - let dry. Then bury then in the sandbox. Let each child take a turn to find the buried treasure! Options: you can use plastic gold coins or small toys to bury as well.
Acorn Designs
You will need
* acorns
* construction paper
* scissors
* sm cardboard box
* paint
Directions
Draw a "fall shape" on construction paper. A leaf, tree, or pumpkin works! Use light colored paper for better effect. Next, place the design in a small cardboard box or container. Squeeze a small amount of fall colored paint in the center of the paper. Place a few acorns in the box and roll them through the paint. Dry, cut out shape and enjoy!
* acorns
* construction paper
* scissors
* sm cardboard box
* paint
Directions
Draw a "fall shape" on construction paper. A leaf, tree, or pumpkin works! Use light colored paper for better effect. Next, place the design in a small cardboard box or container. Squeeze a small amount of fall colored paint in the center of the paper. Place a few acorns in the box and roll them through the paint. Dry, cut out shape and enjoy!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Middle of the winter beach party!
My friend Lizanne had a great idea- She said " My kids & I liked having a "beach" party in the middle of winter. Would turn up the heat in the house, blow up beach balls, cover the floor w/yellow towels & we'd put on our swimming suits and pretend we were at the beach - watch a beach themed movie, have a squirt guns, etc."
Homemade Silly Putty ~ An all time favorite of my kids!
What You Need:
* Two parts white glue
* One part liquid starch
What You Do:
* Mix ingredients and let dry until workable (like silly putty is supposed to be) . Add more glue or starch if necessary. Store in airtight container.
* Two parts white glue
* One part liquid starch
What You Do:
* Mix ingredients and let dry until workable (like silly putty is supposed to be) . Add more glue or starch if necessary. Store in airtight container.
101 things to do with your child before they are 6
1 Have a reading marathon.
2 Write stories together.
3 Play soccer.
4 Paint or draw together.
5 Create a fort in your living room out of blankets or cardboard boxes.
6 Go on a hike.
7 Have a sunset picnic at a park or beach.
8 Play board games.
9 Play kickball.
10 Get up early, pack breakfast, and have a sunrise breakfast.
11 Go to a museum.
12 Go to a playground.
13 Play hide-and-seek.
14 Have a pillow fight.
15 Ride bikes.
16 Build sandcastles.
17 Go on a nature walk- collect what you find.
18 Tell stories.
19 Have a scavenger hunt.
20 Make mazes or puzzles for each other to solve.
21 Play card games.
22 Garden together.
23 Bake cookies (let the kids help).
24 Go to the zoo.
25 Go to the library.
26 Shop at a thrift shop.
27 Create a blog together.
28 Create a scrapbook.
29 Make a movie using a camcorder and computer.
30 Learn to play music.
31 Fingerpaint.
32 Make play dough from scratch.
33 Make homemade mini pizzas.
34 Buy popsicles.
35 Make hand-painted T-shirts.
36 Set up a hammock, make lemonade, relax.
37 Go to a pool.
38 Go to a public place, people watch, and make up imaginary stories about people.
39 Visit family.
40 Write letters to family.
41 Paint or decorate the kids’ room.
42 Make milkshakes.
43 Play freeze tag.
44 Create a treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the house or yard).
45 Decorate a pair of jeans.
46 Do a science experiment.
47 Play games online.
48 Teach them to play chess.
49 Learn magic tricks.
50 Create a family book, with information and pictures about each family member.
51 Fly kites.
52 Go snorkeling.
53 Barbecue.
54 Volunteer.
55 Donate stuff to charity.
56 Compete in a three-legged or other race.
57 Create an obstacle course.
58 Pitch a tent and sleep outside with marshmallows.
59 Roast marshmallows.
60 Play loud music and dance crazy.
61 Write and produce a play (to perform before other family members).
62 Paint each other’s faces.
63 Have a water balloon fight.
64 Have a gun-fight with those foam dart guns.
65 Explore your yard and look for insects.
66 Go for a walk and explore the neighborhood.
67 Go jogging.
68 Take pictures of nature.
69 Play a trivia game.
70 Make up trivia questions about each other.
71 Make hot cocoa.
72 Play house.
73 Decorate the house with decorations you make.
74 Make popsicles.
75 Play school.
76 Do shadow puppets.
77 Make a comic book.
78 Play in the rain.
79 Make mud pies.
80 Blow bubbles.
81 Take turns saying tongue twisters.
82 Sing songs.
83 Tell ghost stories in the dark with a flashlight.
84 Build stuff with Legos.
85 Give them a bubble bath.
86 Play with squirt guns.
87 Play video games together.
88 Play wiffleball.
89 Play nerf football.
90 Build a rocket from a kit.
91 Bake a cake and decorate it.
92 Play dress-up.
93 Thumb-wrestle, play mercy, or have a tickle fight.
94 Make a gingerbread house, or decorate gingerbread men.
95 Learn and tell each other jokes.
96 Play basketball.
97 Learn to juggle.
98 Walk barefoot in the grass and pick flowers.
99 Build paper airplanes and have a flying contest.
100 Have a neighborhood party and get to know everyone
101 Put on a play
2 Write stories together.
3 Play soccer.
4 Paint or draw together.
5 Create a fort in your living room out of blankets or cardboard boxes.
6 Go on a hike.
7 Have a sunset picnic at a park or beach.
8 Play board games.
9 Play kickball.
10 Get up early, pack breakfast, and have a sunrise breakfast.
11 Go to a museum.
12 Go to a playground.
13 Play hide-and-seek.
14 Have a pillow fight.
15 Ride bikes.
16 Build sandcastles.
17 Go on a nature walk- collect what you find.
18 Tell stories.
19 Have a scavenger hunt.
20 Make mazes or puzzles for each other to solve.
21 Play card games.
22 Garden together.
23 Bake cookies (let the kids help).
24 Go to the zoo.
25 Go to the library.
26 Shop at a thrift shop.
27 Create a blog together.
28 Create a scrapbook.
29 Make a movie using a camcorder and computer.
30 Learn to play music.
31 Fingerpaint.
32 Make play dough from scratch.
33 Make homemade mini pizzas.
34 Buy popsicles.
35 Make hand-painted T-shirts.
36 Set up a hammock, make lemonade, relax.
37 Go to a pool.
38 Go to a public place, people watch, and make up imaginary stories about people.
39 Visit family.
40 Write letters to family.
41 Paint or decorate the kids’ room.
42 Make milkshakes.
43 Play freeze tag.
44 Create a treasure hunt for them (leaving clues around the house or yard).
45 Decorate a pair of jeans.
46 Do a science experiment.
47 Play games online.
48 Teach them to play chess.
49 Learn magic tricks.
50 Create a family book, with information and pictures about each family member.
51 Fly kites.
52 Go snorkeling.
53 Barbecue.
54 Volunteer.
55 Donate stuff to charity.
56 Compete in a three-legged or other race.
57 Create an obstacle course.
58 Pitch a tent and sleep outside with marshmallows.
59 Roast marshmallows.
60 Play loud music and dance crazy.
61 Write and produce a play (to perform before other family members).
62 Paint each other’s faces.
63 Have a water balloon fight.
64 Have a gun-fight with those foam dart guns.
65 Explore your yard and look for insects.
66 Go for a walk and explore the neighborhood.
67 Go jogging.
68 Take pictures of nature.
69 Play a trivia game.
70 Make up trivia questions about each other.
71 Make hot cocoa.
72 Play house.
73 Decorate the house with decorations you make.
74 Make popsicles.
75 Play school.
76 Do shadow puppets.
77 Make a comic book.
78 Play in the rain.
79 Make mud pies.
80 Blow bubbles.
81 Take turns saying tongue twisters.
82 Sing songs.
83 Tell ghost stories in the dark with a flashlight.
84 Build stuff with Legos.
85 Give them a bubble bath.
86 Play with squirt guns.
87 Play video games together.
88 Play wiffleball.
89 Play nerf football.
90 Build a rocket from a kit.
91 Bake a cake and decorate it.
92 Play dress-up.
93 Thumb-wrestle, play mercy, or have a tickle fight.
94 Make a gingerbread house, or decorate gingerbread men.
95 Learn and tell each other jokes.
96 Play basketball.
97 Learn to juggle.
98 Walk barefoot in the grass and pick flowers.
99 Build paper airplanes and have a flying contest.
100 Have a neighborhood party and get to know everyone
101 Put on a play
Bread and Glue Clay
Easy Recipe
8 slices of day-old white bread
(Less expensive fluffy type)
1 /2 C. White Glue
Food color
Flour for work space
Wax paper
To Make:
Remove Crusts. Break bread into small pieces and put in mixing bowl. Pour glue over bread. Mix with one hand until
it becomes a sticky mass. Take the out of the bowl and
form into a ball .With both hands keep patting into a smaller ball until it becomes just slightly tacky. Dust work surface
with a small amount of flour and knead gently until it
becomes smoother and more pliable. Knead firmly at this
time. Knead until texture is satiny, about 5 mins.
Wrap tightly with plastic to store. Remember to seal the unused portion while working.
To color dough tear of portion needed , flatten and add
color directly onto dough. Blend until satiny again.
Add flour, if needed to achieve the proper texture.
Air dry. Drying times vary depending on thickness.
To speed up drying place on cookie sheet and leave
overnight in an unlit oven. Paint with acrylic paints
(optional) and seal with spray on finish.
Easy Tip - Clean Up Time
Keep sticky, paint covered hands away from walls and furniture, with a wet soapy washcloth next to the project area.
8 slices of day-old white bread
(Less expensive fluffy type)
1 /2 C. White Glue
Food color
Flour for work space
Wax paper
To Make:
Remove Crusts. Break bread into small pieces and put in mixing bowl. Pour glue over bread. Mix with one hand until
it becomes a sticky mass. Take the out of the bowl and
form into a ball .With both hands keep patting into a smaller ball until it becomes just slightly tacky. Dust work surface
with a small amount of flour and knead gently until it
becomes smoother and more pliable. Knead firmly at this
time. Knead until texture is satiny, about 5 mins.
Wrap tightly with plastic to store. Remember to seal the unused portion while working.
To color dough tear of portion needed , flatten and add
color directly onto dough. Blend until satiny again.
Add flour, if needed to achieve the proper texture.
Air dry. Drying times vary depending on thickness.
To speed up drying place on cookie sheet and leave
overnight in an unlit oven. Paint with acrylic paints
(optional) and seal with spray on finish.
Easy Tip - Clean Up Time
Keep sticky, paint covered hands away from walls and furniture, with a wet soapy washcloth next to the project area.
Indian Corn Napkin Rings
What you'll need:
* Green construction paper
* Scissors
* Tissue paper: yellow, orange and burgundy
* White craft glue
* Pencil with an eraser
How to make it:
1. Cut construction paper vertically in strips about 1.5” wide. Each strip will yield two napkin holders.
2. Cut each strip in half to get 2 napkin holders.
3. Cut tissue paper into 1” squares.
4. Cover a 1” section of the construction paper strip with white craft glue.
5. Twist a square of yellow tissue paper around the pencil eraser and push down onto the glue. Remove pencil, leaving the tissue paper on the construction paper.
6. Repeat step number 5 with tissue paper, alternating orange and burgundy for every 2-3 yellow.
7. Cover entire strip of construction paper, leaving only ½” at the end without tissue paper.
8. Bend into a “ring” and glue together.
9. Let dry completely then carefully insert a napkin.
Tips:
* Save tissue paper from birthday gifts to use in future projects.
* Buy construction paper in value packs from discount department stores.
* White school glue is a suitable substitute for white craft glue.
* Green construction paper
* Scissors
* Tissue paper: yellow, orange and burgundy
* White craft glue
* Pencil with an eraser
How to make it:
1. Cut construction paper vertically in strips about 1.5” wide. Each strip will yield two napkin holders.
2. Cut each strip in half to get 2 napkin holders.
3. Cut tissue paper into 1” squares.
4. Cover a 1” section of the construction paper strip with white craft glue.
5. Twist a square of yellow tissue paper around the pencil eraser and push down onto the glue. Remove pencil, leaving the tissue paper on the construction paper.
6. Repeat step number 5 with tissue paper, alternating orange and burgundy for every 2-3 yellow.
7. Cover entire strip of construction paper, leaving only ½” at the end without tissue paper.
8. Bend into a “ring” and glue together.
9. Let dry completely then carefully insert a napkin.
Tips:
* Save tissue paper from birthday gifts to use in future projects.
* Buy construction paper in value packs from discount department stores.
* White school glue is a suitable substitute for white craft glue.
Fall is here make a scare crow!
Make a Scarecrow
Here's a fun idea for your Fall and Halloween decorating - make a scarecrow! It's easier than you think.
You'll Need:
* Old pair of over-alls or old pants
* Old plaid shirt
* An old hat
* Old work gloves
* Old boots or shoes
* Twine or rope
* Straw, hay, newspaper or something you can stuff your scarecrow with
To make your scarecrow head/face you can use a white pillow case, stuffed, and draw/paint a face, or, use a pumpkin. You can also try your hand at making a paper mache head/face. If you don't want a bald scarecrow you can use yarn for hair.
How to Make:
Once you have your head/face created, you can simply put your scarecrow together by stuffing your articles of clothes with straw, hay or newspaper. Put together as if you were dressing a human. You can hold things together with twine.
Instead of hands/feet use gloves and boots. Much easier than creating hands or feet.
To attach your head use the twine to tie the base of your head to the body, or, use a stick or piece of wood - insert in your head and then into the body of your scarecrow.
Once complete you can prop your scarecrow up against a tree, the house, a fence, or sit him in a lawn chair or on a bale of hay. You can ask an adult to make you a "T" shape out of lumber if you want to "hang" your scarecrow in the yard.
Be creative and have fun!
Here's a fun idea for your Fall and Halloween decorating - make a scarecrow! It's easier than you think.
You'll Need:
* Old pair of over-alls or old pants
* Old plaid shirt
* An old hat
* Old work gloves
* Old boots or shoes
* Twine or rope
* Straw, hay, newspaper or something you can stuff your scarecrow with
To make your scarecrow head/face you can use a white pillow case, stuffed, and draw/paint a face, or, use a pumpkin. You can also try your hand at making a paper mache head/face. If you don't want a bald scarecrow you can use yarn for hair.
How to Make:
Once you have your head/face created, you can simply put your scarecrow together by stuffing your articles of clothes with straw, hay or newspaper. Put together as if you were dressing a human. You can hold things together with twine.
Instead of hands/feet use gloves and boots. Much easier than creating hands or feet.
To attach your head use the twine to tie the base of your head to the body, or, use a stick or piece of wood - insert in your head and then into the body of your scarecrow.
Once complete you can prop your scarecrow up against a tree, the house, a fence, or sit him in a lawn chair or on a bale of hay. You can ask an adult to make you a "T" shape out of lumber if you want to "hang" your scarecrow in the yard.
Be creative and have fun!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Popcorn Flowers
Make popcorn, then color with different color tempra paints. For stems and leaves use pipe cleaners. Simply glue them onto a sheet of card stock or heavy duty construction paper and glue on popcorn as the flowers. Let the kids use their imagination and make their own creation.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL THE KIDS NOT TO EAT THE POPCORN...I solve this problem by having little cups of regular popcorn beside them to eat while they are making their creations
MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL THE KIDS NOT TO EAT THE POPCORN...I solve this problem by having little cups of regular popcorn beside them to eat while they are making their creations
Cotton Ball Race
This is a fun and challenging Relay race. Spread out cotton balls in a designated area. Each player has their hands tied behind their backs, and vaseline on their nose. When the game begins, the player walks to a cotton ball, bends down and picks up the cotton ball with their nose. The child or team to get the most cotton balls back to the starting line wins! This is a hilarious game for the kids and to watch!
Rhyme time!
Kids love to write silly stories and rhymes!Add to the fun by getting the neighborhood together and doing a rhyme chime, let the kids create the stage, add some fun lights and chairs for the neighbors to sit on and suddenly you are putting on a show! What great fun for the kids!
Kids need some help with words that rhyme? Visit the following website for help!
http://www.writerhymes.com/
Add to the day with rhyming books:
I Hope I Don't Strike Out!
And Other Funny Sports Poems
By Bruce Lansky
Edited by Angela Wiechmann
Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter
Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems
by Joan Horton and JoAnn Adinolfi
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition:
Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Dirt on My Shirt (Hardcover)
by Jeff Foxworthy(Author)
Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator)
Kids need some help with words that rhyme? Visit the following website for help!
http://www.writerhymes.com/
Add to the day with rhyming books:
I Hope I Don't Strike Out!
And Other Funny Sports Poems
By Bruce Lansky
Edited by Angela Wiechmann
Illustrated by Stephen Carpenter
Hippopotamus Stew and Other Silly Animal Poems
by Joan Horton and JoAnn Adinolfi
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition:
Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Dirt on My Shirt (Hardcover)
by Jeff Foxworthy(Author)
Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator)
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