We read this sweet little color mixing book called “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stoll Walsh. It was a great lead in to a color mixing stART project! What’s stART? Simply put: A Story + Art = A Great stART! For the art portion of this project we made a painted…
I had no idea that I could ever love a measly $2 roll of aluminum foil so much! I had this left over from a road trip we took (let the kids play with it in the car). So when we pulled it out for a VBS craft this summer…
So about 2 seconds into my beloved “school’s out for summer” much needed break, the kids started getting bored. Thankfully I stumbled upon this post from Muffin Tin Mom and got right to work! Click here to download “Find It!” I handed each child a clipboard with the Find It…
For this stART project, we read What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Ann I got the eraser dot painting idea from Mama Jenn’s Blog. And just to make life easier, I downloaded this rainbow worksheet from Making Learning Fun. I put out paint cups with red, yellow, and blue paint…
Welcome to What’s in the Box Wednesday, today I’m doing it a bit differently and instead of showing all the boxes for a certain grade, I’m showing what was in our “Fun Box” that everyone received! A nice reader led me to these super fun Orb Factory Magnetic Mosaics! I…
We just finished up our Life of Joseph Bible Study and I found this great craft on Delightful Learning so we had to do it! I used a box of tissue paper squares since I didn’t have fabric. (I got them at Lakeshore Learning, and probably paid way too much,…
Moon Sand: It looks harmless enough, and its even super fun to play with. The best part is that it’s non-hardening & never dries out, so you can use it over and over again, really you’ll have it forever! (Or until enough is swept off the floor and tossed into…
For this stART project, we read What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Ann This is just one of many ideas I’ve grabbed from Mama Jenn’s Blog. After reading our cute “what makes a rainbow book, we made a super cute ribbon rainbow! I used construction paper and pencil to write…
We did some measuring and color mixing today for Art. I found this Liquid Measuring Kit from Lakeshore Learning. We used it along with my color mixing cards to measure and mix new colors. First we filled each container with it’s designated color using water and food coloring. Next we…
This craft is super easy and produces beautiful results! It was also the Teeny Tiny Tot’s first craft! (Usually we do crafts while she’s sleeping, you can image why…) I have to say she was thrilled to be involved! And she did an excellent job. Supplies: Contact Paper Tissue Paper…
