Handprint Turkeys and More

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  We all have so much to be thankful for.  Here's a few projects my kiddo's have been working on. 

Paper Plate Turkey's

I love the Hand print Turkey shirts.  I let them embellish with fabric markers to make them unique.

Turkey cookies.  They love to decorate.

Happy Turkey Day.....

Rhonda

Little Chicks Gingerbread Houses

My little chicks had a blast with Gingerbread Houses today.   It's always a mess, but, they have a great time.  I just used little school lunch milk cartons (I have my connections), gaham crackers, frosting (I had white and a little green), assorted candies and waffle pretzels make cool windows.   Here they are:

Just a little messy and a whole lot of sugar (the kids are outside running and screaming -- woo hoo).

Here are my girls - SO much fun.

If you haven't done it with your kids, you gotta try it.  I just let them create (I may help with the structure a little).

Enjoy.

Pine Cone Trees

My daycare kids did this little project today.  I think they turned out so sweet.

It all started with my after Thanksgiving deals.  I found this box of Fruit and Pine Cones for $1.50.

I loved the shape of the pine cones so much....

I went to Michael's and bought these cute little pots for about .59

(Boy do I need some hand lotion - ha ha)

Little hands, paint and glitter......

This is what you get.

Happy Crafting

Monkeying Around

Changing gears, I love my kids.  I am known to do a lot of crafts, we decorate cookies and just have fun.  We decided to talk about monkeys today.  We ate banana's, played monkey see, monkey do, and made these adorable necklaces:

Aren't they cute?

This is all you need:  peanuts in the shell, pipe cleaners, brown construction paper, yarn,  Elmer's school glue, and I used an ice pick.

You take your ice pick and poke 2 holes on each side (arm and leg).  The one on top, I just poked the ice pick clean through.

You can see how the arm and leg just poke in, and the pipe cleaner goes all the way through the top for the yarn.  Dip your tip in glue at least 30 min before your project.  It helps the yarn stay together when you try to thread it through.  I also used the ice pick to help

I gave the kids scissors to cut their own.  Most of them just cut it ALL up and I supplied extra heads.  Some did a really good job cutting.

When you have them put the pipe cleaner arms and legs in, I had the kids dip the ends in glue and helped them put the pipe cleaners in the holes.  Then just have them put glue on the head and place it on top of the peanut.  Done.  They are so proud of what they made.  Oh, I use a Q-tip as a glue applicator.  The kids can handle it pretty good and it keeps messes to a minimum.

Have fun and just Go Banana's....  : )