Bird in a nest!

We made birds in a bird nest this week.

We began by making paper mache nests - with left over Shredded paper Easter grass.

Then we made birds to live in the nests!

Tweet tweet!

Inspiration and nature!

We have been really busy gardening our little patch of land. We are hoping for a great deal of amazing plants to surge forth. There should be lots of veggies to try if all goes well!
To go along with our nature and gardening activities I showed my tots the pictures of Happy Hooligans Robin Family! We also did our version of their rockin-robin & we also made our version of nesting material for the birds from The Crafty Crow, which Happy Hooligans shared the link for on their FB page. Thanks you guys for inspiring us to have a great day!

Here are our gardening pictures from today!

Our version of the Rockin'-Robin - hung in the hallway with our coffee filter flowers!

Our version of the nesting material for birds - hung in a tree beside our garden.

Our garden - veggies in back - flowers in front!

Daily watering!

Magnetic to Sensory

We are moving from Magnetic March into Sensory Spring!

So we did these creatives to overlap the two:

We used a steel ball to drag around on an egg shaped piece

of cardstock, with a magnet wand underneath.

It was taped onto a tin cookie sheet

I had to hold up the tins for stability.

 

We added another colour and another ball.

The result was successful!

Then we glued alphabet letters, which we dyed previously,

onto and egg shaped piece of cardstock.

The texture was effective.

It looked very pretty!

Nice eh!

Valentines Gifts

I like to celebrate the seasons and all the wonderful celebrations that go with them, because the children get so excited when they can participate in something light hearted and fun. They also love giving gifts to their parents and I love to give gifts to the kids!
It's also an excuse to get creative and have a party!

This is what the teachers are giving the kids for Valentines Day!

I created the tag for the front of the gift bag on the computer and printed them off.

Bought some Gummy Worms and Valentines baggies.

I put the worms in the baggies...

...then put them in the gift bags!

Cute eh!

This is the parents gift from the kids!

The snowy hearts which were included in 'the heart book'.

Along with this poem...

Out of a snow cloud, cold and gray,
Something dropped on St. Valentine's Day,
Whirling and twirling and soft and light,
A wee little heart all dainty and white,
And I guess the sky children were sending down,
This Valentine straight to the Moms and Dads in town.

 ...pasted to a red heart doily.

Then the kids made their foot print - cut it out and pasted them on

a gift bag,with a cute saying!

All set to go!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Tin Drums

Today we made tin drums!

We used large pasta tins and huge balloons!

We cut the top off the balloon and stretched the balloon over the

opening of the large tin and tapped it down with masking tape.

Then decorated with paper and ribbons!

Not bad!

The best part - playing them!

The smaller one was made with the top of the balloon we cut off!

Why not use the shaker we made as a drum too!

All together now!

Hand Made Paper Hearts

Today we created hand made paper hearts.

First we tore up our scrap paper into a bowl.

As much as you want.

This was actually fun for the tots!

Some little ones needed some instruction on how to tear up paper.

A handful of paper scraps into the blender with a cup of water.

                                                           Puree!

        

It only takes a few seconds. Don't put in too much at one time - make this in small batches.

Dump into the bowl until you have the amount you want.

Some friends thought the blender was really loud.

Now put down a towel and some paper towel and dump on the paper pulp.

Place paper towel on top and press out some water.

Roll it all up and squeeze tight to drain excess water. You will get quite  bit.

 Unroll.

                 

 See what you have!

 

Make sure you get it all.

Press into any mold you may want to use.

Presto Our hearts!

It dried still full of colour!