Rainbow Tissue Flowers

  

Rainbow Tissue Flowers

This all came about because I needed a spring activity for my son's first grade party.  I found quite a few videos and articles on making tissue flowers but I decided to put my own preschool spin on it and make rainbow flowers. 

1- Cut your tissue paper into fourths and then make a nice looking stack.  (My stack doesn't look very nice because I ran out of paper and had to dissemble my son's flower.)  Once you have your stack, fold the paper like a fan. 

 2- Attach a pipe cleaner to the center of the tissue paper.

 3- Open the paper up to make a circle.

 4- Pull each of the layers up.  That's it.  Have fun.

Busy Bees Service: Rest Home Valentines

 I have made a decision, which I'm hoping will change my life and the lives of my family.  I've decided I want to do a monthly service project with my children and I want to add it each month to my blog.  Hopefully it will spark some ideas for you and your family to plan your own special project. This conclusion was made after reading this wonderful quote by Elder M. Russell Ballard:

"Like the little honeybee's one-twelfth teaspoon of honey provided to the hive, if we multiply our efforts by tens of thousands, even millions of prayerful efforts to share God's love for His children through Christian service, there will be a compounding effect of good that will bring the Light of Christ to this ever-darkening world."

So for the month of February I planned the:

Rest Home Valentines Project

At first, this project was very intimidating, since I had never done anything like this before.  I took the first step and called a rest home and set up a time to visit.  Alright, that wasn't too bad.  Then I had my children make 75 valentines.  My first thought was that I would have to pull out "Military Mom" to make my children complete the valentines but what a happy surprise when they were excited to help and put their little hearts into it.  It was fun to watch them come up with their own little valentine sayings.

When it was time to deliver the Valentine's, to be honest, I was feeling pretty terrified and unsure of what to do.  Once my kids started going room to room telling these wonderful grandmas and grandpas, "Happy Valentines Day,'" and handing out their cards, the fear left and what a wonderful feeling of happiness came when we saw all those precious, wrinkly smiles.  I was really proud of my kids!  And hey, it turned out to be a lot of fun!

Teddy Bear Tic Tac Toe

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope this year is full of faith, fun and fabulous memories!  I have big plans for my website and my blog this year and hopefully with some strict time management, goals and some luck... I can make them happen.

Babies vs. Angry Birds

 

This activity is from my Letter T Lesson Plan.  It's pretty easy setup.  You can use yarn or masking tape to set up the squares.  Then find ten stuffed animals.  Let your child sort them into two piles by color, size or type.  You are then ready to start playing!

Babies WIN!

Thanksgiving Mr. Turkey

 

Mr. Turkey Worksheet 

What a wonderful holiday to reflect on the blessings we have to be grateful for.  My greatest blessing is my little family, well, it's not so little anymore with four kids :)  I hope you enjoy this fun turkey project with your little gobblers.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

Skeleton Fingers Bean Bag

 These spooky gloves are easy to make and perfect for Halloween bean bag games.  The best part, when you shake these gloves it sounds pretty darn creepy!

All you need is a white glove, large shell noodles and a rubber band.  First stuff noodles in each of the fingers, then fill up the rest of the glove.  When full, tie the bottom closed with a rubber band. 

Happy Haunting!

Crazy Wet Noodle Art

What do you do for a letter N art project and a pile of noodles?  That was the question that tormented me for days.  I found my frustrated self, in the kitchen, trying to paint with a wet noodle.  It wasn't going to hot.  The noodle kept sticking to the paper.  Then, bam, it hit me: the noodle sticks to the paper!  It's magical. 

All you need to do is cook up a bunch of spaghetti noodles.  When they are soft, empty the water and keep the noodles moist.  Then all that's left to do is stick those noodles onto paper.  It's really cool because even when they are dry they stay stuck to the paper.  Like I said... magic.  It also would be fun to make tangled mazes that your child can follow with their finger or make letters or numbers. 

Ice Cube Racers

I consider an activity that has my daughter squealing, "It's like a party!  It's like a party!" a success!  Even better, it has a very easy setup and cleanup. 

All you need is: ice cubes, cookie sheet, blow dyer and food coloring.  You can also use markers to color the ice cubes but the colors won't bleed when the ice melts.

Add color to each of the ice cubes.  I got a little crazy and did too many colors and the water turned into a murky swamp color.  It probably would be best to stick to three colors. 

Take a minute to explain to your child that when water gets cold it freezes and then when it gets hot it melts.  Let your child use the blow dyer to melt the ice.  And that's it, pretty fun.