Jul 31, 2020 | Art/Creative, Game/Play
Maddie drew the donkey and a few little tails, but you could start this with a craft session: each kid designs a tail, or they all draw a part of the donkey. You know the game–blindfold, spin if you want, try to get the tail on the donkey. We played a few rounds...
Jul 5, 2020 | Art/Creative
I am happy to have guest video content for this next post! My good friend and local artist, Wendy Sittner, originally created this tutorial video for the Urban Adventure Squad, a non-profit that provides outdoors-based hands-on learning programs for schoolchildren in...
Jul 2, 2020 | Art/Creative
I bought a roll of 24″ wide white kraft butcher paper long ago on Amazon and we still have it. It was 900 feet. We have made many banners and wrapped many gifts. Today, I rolled it out and traced each kid, then their job was to color themselves in, and cut out,...
Jun 15, 2020 | Educational, Game/Play
Annika just turned 4 and can count and recognize some numbers. These are easy games with a standard deck of cards. Game 1: Speedy Card Match Pick one suit and lay out the letter cards in one row and the number cards in row 2. Turn the rest of the cards face down in a...
May 31, 2020 | Art/Creative
Tape a piece of Glad Press n Seal wrap to a window, with the tacky side facing out. Stick stuff to it! Tissue paper works well. You can draw on it to start things off. I drew a tree for Annika to...
May 18, 2020 | Art/Creative
Maddie came up with this project and made a chart for Annika. Lace a piece of thick paper with string or ribbon, adding a bead for every visible line. Write in chores or activities. Slide the bead over when each is...
May 9, 2020 | Art/Creative
Old fashioned glue and construction paper day! Here are a few things we did, but there are a thousand site that come up when you Google ‘construction paper crafts’ so I’ll let you have a go at that. I do have a few good supplies I found. Supplies:...
Apr 21, 2020 | Art/Creative
Here’s how I explained it to the kids: Today’s project is to develop and run your own master class. Think of something to teach the other kids then teach it. You have 15 minutes to go think of the plan and gather materials. When it’s your turn, you...
Apr 19, 2020 | Art/Creative
Eggs are a little scarce and I honestly didn’t want that many hard-boiled eggs, so we didn’t dye them this Easter. Instead, my mom sent over 3 sheets of paper with eggs drawn on them. They colored and used tissue paper to decorate. Sort of lame, but I...
Apr 18, 2020 | Art/Creative
I kept all our cereal, cracker, granola bar boxes, as well as a few plastic jars and TP rolls for the past few weeks. The kids then were given the boxes, along with glue, paper, scissors, tape, and crayons and told to make a town. I told them to be judicious with my...
Apr 6, 2020 | Art/Creative
To the forest, kids! We’re painting stumps today. Acrylic paint in an egg carton. Jar of water. Big brushes. Lots of stumps out there in the woods, get started,...
Apr 2, 2020 | Art/Creative
Print the mermaid tail and make it fancy. Or draw it, that will work too. Go Easy On YourselfPrint a Mermaid Tail Mermaid tails are a little hard to draw. I know, because I drew this one. It’s not too svelte, but I went for maximum coloring area. Print a school...
