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Mod Podge Valentine Heart Jar!

2012-02-12T18:34:00.000-06:00

Project: Mod Podge Valentine Heart Jar - Addie loved doing the other Valentine jar the other day, so we did another one today - just a different version. Addie is really liking the Mod Podge - a little too much. She really caked it onto the jar this time!

Directions: We ripped pieces of red, purple, and pink tissue paper into pieces and used Mod Podge to stick it to an old glass jelly jar. When the jar was dry, Addie stuck felt, heart stickers onto the jar. I helped her glue a large, red, felt heart to the lid and she stuck more felt, heart stickers over the top of the felt heart on the lid.

Materials Needed: glass jar, red, pink, purple tissue paper, paint brush, Mod Podge, felt heart stickers, red felt, scissors, glue

Valentines Heart Jar!

2012-02-08T14:37:00.000-06:00

Project: Valentines Heart Jar - Cut out hearts from paper - use a variety of colors. Apply Mod Podge to the jar (you can use any size jar) and stick the hearts onto the jar. Cover the paper hearts with a layer of Mod-Podge and let dry!

Materials Needed: glass jar (any size), paper, scissors, Mod Podge, paint brush

Beaded Heart!

2012-02-07T10:00:00.000-06:00

Project: Beaded Heart! String pink, white and purple tri-beads onto a white pipe cleaner. (you can use red beads too) Bend over ends of the pipe cleaner to secure the tri-beads. Bend the beaded pipe cleaner into a heart shape and twist ends to secure the heart shape. Tie on a ribbon for hanging!
Materials Needed: pink, purple and white tri-beads, white pipe cleaner, ribbon

Circle Snowman!!

2012-02-06T14:36:00.000-06:00

Project: Circle Snowman! Cut three different sized circles out of white paper - 1 large, 1 medium, 1 small. Glue together to make a snowman. Decorate/dress the snowman with buttons, felt, paper, or any other material. Addie glued on a pink foam hat, button eyes and mouth, paper carrot nose, felt scarf, pipe cleaner arms and buttons down the middle!

Materials Needed: white paper, scissors, glue, felt, buttons, paper, pipe cleaner, foam

Snowman Jars!

2012-01-19T10:00:00.001-06:00

Project: Snowman Jars - Sponge paint a baby food jar white. Let it dry. Use a permanent, black marker to draw the eyes and mouth. Glue on an orange pipe cleaner nose. Trace the lid of the baby food jar onto black felt and cut out the circle. Color the sides and edges of the lid with black permanent marker. Glue the black felt to the top of the lid. Glue a colored pom-pom to the top of the lid. You can place a tea-light candle in the jar if you would like!

Materials Needed: white paint, sponge, baby food jar, black permanent marker, orange pipe cleaner, black felt, pencil, scissors

Cardboard Tube Snowman

2012-01-12T10:00:00.001-06:00

Project: Cardboard Tube Snowman - Paint a cardboard tube white - I used one about the size of a toilet paper roll. Once the roll is dry, draw a face with permanent, black marker. Glue on a chenille stem, orange nose, and 3 buttons down the front. Tie a piece of fleece around the tube for a scarf and use an old, clean, colored sock for the snowman's hat.

Materials Needed: white paint, paintbrush, cardboard tube, black permanent marker, orange chenille stem, fleece, scissors, glue, 3 buttons, old and clean sock!

Snowman Footprint!

2012-01-11T14:29:00.000-06:00

Project: Snowman Footprint - Paint the bottom of your child's foot. Press foot onto blue construction paper. Let dry. Paint on hat, scarf, arms, buttons and face.

Materials Needed: white paint, paintbrush, blue construction paper, various colors of paint

Cardboard Gingerbread Man/Girl Ornament!

2011-12-21T19:26:00.000-06:00

Gingerbread Ornament - Trace a gingerbread man/girl onto cardboard and cut it out. I used my gingerbread man cookie cutter as a template. Glue on decorations. I used foam stickers and googly eyes. I tied a ribbon for the neck and added a bell to the ribbon. Draw a smile for the gingerbread man/girl. Glue a string on the backside to make into an ornament!

Materials Needed:cardboard, pencil, scissors, foam stickers, glue, googly eyes, marker, ribbon, small craft bell, any other decorations you would like to use!!

Rudolph Handprint Reindeer!

2011-12-13T10:00:00.002-06:00

Project: Rudolph Handprint Reindeer! Cut a reindeer shaped head out of brown construction paper. Cut an antler shape from brown construction paper. Paint child's hands brown and press onto antler shaped paper. (The thumbs should meet in the middle) Draw cheeks, nose, mouth and ears on the face with brown crayon or marker. Color the cheeks and ears pink and the nose red. Glue a red pom-pom to the center of the nose. Glue the antlers to the back of the head when the paint has dried.
Materials Needed: brown paper, scissors, brown paint, paint brush, brown crayon or marker, googly eyes, red pom-pom, pink and red crayon, glue

Christmas Mouse!

2011-12-12T14:23:00.001-06:00

Project: Christmas Mouse - Cut three circles from brown paper. Cut out three smaller circles from pink paper. Glue the three pink circles to the middle of the brown circles. Arrange and glue together the 3 circles to make a mouse head. Cut a triangle hat out of red construction paper. Glue to the mouse head. Glue cotton balls to the hat to make the hat look like a Santa hat. Glue on googly eyes. Draw a nose, whiskers and mouth. Attach yarn to the back of the mouse for a hanger.

Materials Needed: brown, pink, red construction paper, scissors, googly eyes, black marker, cotton balls, glue, yarn

Christmas Peppermints!

2011-12-07T21:38:00.000-06:00

Project: Christmas Peppermints - Divide a small paper plate into eighths with a black marker. Color every other section with a red crayon. Cover the plate with clear plastic wrap. Secure with tape on the back of the mint/plate. Twist ends and secure with tape to make the wrapper.

Materials Needed: small paper plate, black marker, red crayon, clear plastic wrap, tape

Turkey Cookies!

2011-11-22T15:11:00.000-06:00

I saw this recipe for turkey cookies in a Taste of Home cookbook. I modified the recipe by using malted milk balls instead of chocolate covered cherries!

Directions: Attach malted milk balls - or chocolate covered cherries to fudge striped cookie with frosting. Position the other cookie perpendicular to each base (the cookie with the malted milk ball on it). Attach candy corn to the front of each malted milk ball with chocolate frosting.

Ingredients: fudge striped cookies, chocolate frosting, malted milk balls or chocolate covered cherries, candy corn

Styrofoam Ball Turkey!

2011-11-14T15:51:00.000-06:00

Styrofoam Ball Turkey - Paint 2 different size Styrofoam balls brown and let them dry. Attach the Styrofoam balls together with a toothpick. Glue on orange, foam feet. Glue on 2 googly eyes. Cut 1/4 inch pieces from orange and red chenille stems. Stick the orange piece into the top, painted ball for a beak. Stick the red piece just above and to the side of the beak. Poke different colored feathers into the bottom, painted ball for the turkey's feathers.

Materials Needed: brown paint, paint brush, 2 different size Styrofoam balls, toothpick, orange craft foam, glue, googly eyes, red and orange chenille stems, feathers

Cardboard Tube Turkey!

2011-11-07T14:47:00.000-06:00

Cardboard Tube Turkey - Cut a cardboard tube into a 6-7 inch section - I used the tube from clear plastic wrap. Cut orange feet from orange craft foam. Apply layer of glue to the bottom of the cardboard tube and press onto the orange feet. Cut a beak shape from the orange craft foam. Glue onto the tube. Cut a 1 inch piece from a chenille stem and bend into an upside down L. Glue the chenille stem onto the tube, so it sits around the beak. Glue on two googly eyes. Put a layer of glue on the top, inside of the cardboard tube and glue colored feathers in place.

Materials Needed: cardboard tube, scissors, orange craft foam, red chenille stem, googly eyes, feathers, glue

Jar-o'lanterns!

2011-10-27T15:31:00.000-05:00

This project comes from the October 2011 issue of Family Fun Magazine.
Directions: Cut masking tape into jack-o-lantern face shapes and stick to a jar. Paint the jar orange and let dry. Carefully, remove the tape shapes. Light the jar-o'lantern with a tea light or battery operated tea light.
Materials Needed: clean jar, masking tape, scissors, paint brush, orange paint, tea light

Candy Corn Necklace

2011-10-24T10:00:00.001-05:00

Candy Corn Necklace - Trace candy corn shape onto white paper, Cut out orange, yellow and white craft foam sections for the candy corn neclace. Glue the colored pieces to the candy corn shape. Let dry. Punch hole in the top of the candy corn and string ribbon through to make necklace.

Materials Needed: white paper, pencil, scissors, orange, yellow, white craft foam, hole punch, orange ribbon

Feather Pumpkin!

2011-10-21T22:47:00.000-05:00

Feather Pumpkin - Draw a pumpkin on white cardstock. Glue orange feathers onto pumpkin shape. Cut face pieces from black craft foam. Glue eyes, nose and mouth to the feather pumpkin. Cut around the pumpkin, trimming feathers as needed.
Materials Needed: white cardstock, pencil, orange feathers, glue, black craft foam, scissors

Cardboard Tube Ghost!

2011-10-19T09:00:00.001-05:00

Cardboard Tube Ghost! Paint a cardboard tube - about the size of a toilet paper roll tube - white. Let dry. Trace a ghost shape onto white craft foam and cut out. Glue on googly eyes. Draw a mouth with black marker. Staple to painted cardboard tube.

Materials Needed: cardboard tube, white paint, paintbrush, scissors, white craft foam, googly eyes, black marker, stapler

Ghost Wreath!

2011-10-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

Ghost Wreath: Cut out ghosts from white paper. Decorate each ghost. Cut out the center from a paper plate to make a wreath. Glue ghosts to the wreath. Cut out 1 to 2 pumpkin shapes from orange construction paper. Decorate the pumpkins. Glue pumpkins to the wreath. Staple orange ribbon to the back of the wreath as a hanger.

Materials Needed: white paper, orange paper, scissors, markers, ink pad, googly eyes, orange ribbon, stapler, paper plate

Edible Acorns!

2011-10-14T10:00:00.001-05:00

Edible Acorns - This project comes from Family Fun Magazine. Dip Hershey's Kisses into chocolate frosting and attach to underside of mini Nilla Wafers. Dip skinny pretzels into chocolate frosting and stick to top of mini Nilla Wafers (I broke pretzels into little pieces).

Materials Needed: mini Nilla Wafers, Chocolate Kisses, pretzels, chocolate frosting

Addie and Ty making the acorns!

Autumn Banner!

2011-10-13T15:06:00.000-05:00

Autumn Banner - Stick fall stickers onto brown piece of craft felt (5x7). Sew buttons onto top corners. Sew ribbon to the back of the banner for a hanger.
Materials Needed: fall stickers, brown craft felt (5x7 size), 2 buttons, needle and thread, orange ribbon

The Letter Ee

2011-10-11T10:00:00.000-05:00

The Letter Ee!

Elephant Shapes - This project comes from the http://www.first-school/ website. We talked about shapes and made an elephant to go with our letter Ee.

Elephant puppets - We made elephant puppets. We modified the templates from the http://www.first-school.ws/ website.

Ee is for Elephant - I don't have a picture of this, but I printed off block letter E and e from the dltk-kids website. Addie glued pictures of Elephants onto upper and lower case letter E. We cut out the letters and glued them to a piece of construction paper.

Cardboard Tube Bat!

2011-10-10T15:01:00.000-05:00

Cardboard Tube Bat: Paint a cardboard tube black - we used a tp roll. Cut out a bat shape from black craft foam. Staple the bat onto the painted tube. Glue on googly eyes.

Materials Needed: cardboard tube, black paint, paint brush, black craft foam, scissors, stapler, googly eyes

The Letter Aa

2011-09-28T10:00:00.001-05:00

I am teaching Addie the alphabet, so we started with the letter A - since her name starts with A! I printed off block upper and lowercase A's from the dltk-kids website. I then printed off apple shapes and cut the apples out. Addie glued the apples onto the upper and lower case A's. I cut around the A's and glued them to a piece of red construction paper.

Addie made an Acorn Man for one of her letter A activities. I traced the template pieces onto brown paper and cut them out. Addie glued the Acorn man together on yellow paper.

I printed this awesome apple template out and let Addie color it. I helped her with some of it. She then glued the awesome apple to a piece of red paper. (We modified the apple a little bit). I wrote Addie's Apple Man on the top of the paper and had Addie circle the upper and lowercase A's.

Painted Leaves!

2011-09-20T14:32:00.000-05:00

Painted Leaves: Trace a leaf shape onto yellow paper. Scrunch up paper towel and dip one end into orange paint. Press paint covered paper towel onto yellow paper. Let dry. Cut leaf out. Glue onto green construction paper and cut around leaf leaving a border around the painted leaf.
Materials Needed: yellow and green construction paper, orange paint, paper towel, scissors, glue