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A couple weekends ago, we stocked up on construction paper and glue sticks to try out this fun craft I found on Pinterest.

It was a huge hit!

I folded most of the faces, and then the girls went to town decorating them.
First Daughter was meticulous.

Second Daughter was secretive :)

This craft kept them busy for hours.
Literally.
They sat there for at least an hour and a half making monsters and animals.
They came back multiple times throughout the day to make more.
They made even more later that night with the babysitter.

 

They were so proud of all their creations and so excited to gift them to friends and teachers.

Seriously - best craft ever.



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So...We Are Thankful

::we are thankful wall.
::pack of 50 leaves from the dollar store + mailing labels + mirror.
::Son is my favorite right now.  I just can't help it.
::Second Daughter is thankful for Jesus (Jesis - with a backward J)
::and "buchis" (bushes)
::and Dad.
::I'm thankful to be married to my BFF.  Seriously - it's the best.
::Third Daughter wrote her own thankfuls.  She said this one says "Heavenly Father."
::First Daughter was thankful for leaves, trees, grass, spiders, bees - all things of the earth.
::we will feast on T-Day beside this thankful wall.
::we have so much to be thankful for.



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So...M

Remember when I did letter projects with my kids like 10 years ago?

Ya - sometimes I get in overachieving-mom-mode.

Then I wonder what I was thinking.

And then I take a nap for a week.

But since Third Daughter is starting to get interested in letters, I thought we'd jump back on our Learning Letters wagon. 

Letter M!

M is for Monster:

These are the only pictures I took of them doing the project.
With three kids doing a project it gets a little tricky trying to take pictures for the sake of the blog :)

I drew a letter M.
They cut it out (I helped Third Daughter).
They glued the M onto another paper.
They decorated the M - using markers, googly eyes, pom-poms, feathers - to look like a monster.
First Daughter made hers look like the Monsters Inc. M.  It was very well done.
Third Daughter drew lots of arms on hers (as shown in the picture below).

We displayed the M's on the wall for a couple weeks.
The girlies always get so proud of their projects on the wall.
And that makes me a proud mama.

So...Valentine's Treat

We made these fun sucker-toppers for the Daughters' Valentines. I got the idea off of a blog last year {if anyone knows the source, please let me know!} and tucked it away for future use. Just too cute to pass up.

Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!

P.S. Sorry for the premature post in your RSS feed earlier today.
I was getting a bit ahead of myself.



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So...L

Lette L!!!

L is for Leaf:

1.) collect leaves

(just had to include the no-pants-and-boots shot)

2.) cut out L

3.) do not disturb Third Daughter, or expect her to come inside for letter craft.


4.) glue cut-out L onto other piece of paper.

5.) glue leaves onto the L


6.) practice writing L's




7.) Display!

8.) allow Third Daughter to sharpen as many crayons as she wants.

See #3 for further explanation.

So...bendaroos

I've always been a sucker for info-mercials - watching, never buying. A few years ago Sister sent us a pack of these as-seen-on-TV treasures. We got them out once (I think) to play with, and then stashed them in the back of the craft cupboard because at the time the Daughters were a little too young to know what to do with them. I completely forgot they were there.

Today, we got out the Bendaroos and oh my goodness were they a hit. The Daughters sat at the kitchen table for 2+ hours making jewelry, butterflies, flowers, letters to spell their names, and anything their little hearts desired. They had a blast. They even invited a few neighbor friends to come share in the action. It was so much fun.

Today I became a fan of Bendaroos.
They work fine motor skills, imagination, and creativity. I love it.
And so do the kiddos.

Oh! And they are reusable - an added bonus.

So...K

it only took me a few months...

Letter K

K is for Kite

I didn't get very many pictures of this Letter Project, but you get the idea. We used watercolors to decorate the kite, colored popcicle sticks, glue dots to glue them on, ribbon and paper for the tail.

First Daughter enjoyed cutting out the bows for the tail herself after I drew the shape - great scissor practice! And they were thrilled to finally have a new letter craft to display in our kitchen.

So...J

Letter J!

J is for J-in-the-box

1. Draw J, joker hat, and box ready for kiddos to color.

2. Color.
The diagonal lines create great practice for coloring inside the lines.

3. Cut out pieces and glue together. We used pipe cleaner for the spring and added pom-poms to the hat. Little jingle bells would've been a cute alternative.

I had them each try to write a "J" on the box too.

Second Daughter's:

First Daughter's:

4. Display - of course!

Maybe it will take us less than 6 months before we get to our next letter craft. :)

(btw - this was my favorite so far)

So...I

Letter I!!!

I is for Inches

First Daughter measured and numbered the inches on her I

Second Daughter tried

They took turns measuring each other

And display:



I is for Ice Cream

First Daughter's

Second Daughter's

What I love about this project is that I outlined everything in washable marker, so when they paint with watercolors the water makes it all blend together. It's a great color matching exercise.

I is for Island

Second Daughter's

First Daughter's

I had them tell me what things they would want to have with them if they were stranded on an island. I'm not sure if they even knew what that meant, but it was fun to hear their responses.

My favorite was one of First Daughter's. If she was stranded on an island, she would want "Mom."

**I know there are a few obvious problems with these projects.
1.) "If I were on an island" is not grammatically correct. Oops.
2.) I spelled "fly" incorrectly on Second Daughter's island picture. Oops again. Apparently I wasn't having a very good spelling/grammar day.
2.) Husband informed me that ice cream cones are not stacked in a pyramidal formation. I realize that, but for the sake of having more scoops and a cone fit on one piece of paper, the pyramid remains. The kiddos didn't seem to notice or mind. :0)