U is for USA

Alison from Oopsey Daisy put together this adorable U is for USA packet. Her packets are the best! Hope you enjoy it as much I has I did.

Click on the following link to be taken to her website where you can download the packet.

http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2011/07/u-is-for-u-s-a-mommy-school.html

Eensy Weensy Spider

Materials:

black, white and red felt
black pipe cleaners
bag full of rice
sewing machine or fabric glue

(Click here for turtoial) 

This Eensy Weensy Spider is from  Oopsey Daisy and once again Allison has not failed us. I'm sure you have already noticed I absolutely love her blog. If you have hours to spend (trust me you will need it once you see all she has to offer) I highly recommend checking it out. You'll be amazed.

Magic Shape Painting

Materials:

1- sheet of foam

markers

 painters tape

scrap piece of construction paper 

(Click here for tutorial)

I stumbled upon this fun painting idea from No Time For Flash Cards and knew Colton would have a blast with it, hope your kids do too.

Counting Fish

Materials:

1- fish template, printed and cut out

(template)

20 ish- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish

1- sheet of plain paper

markers

glue

We have been working on counting so when I found this cute fish template from  First School I knew we needed to do it in school. As a review we also worked on F is for fish.

Today we also used goldfish to work on counting. I made a worksheet by writing 1 fish, 2 fish, etc. then an area for total of goldfish. For each number Colton counted corresponding number of fish. When all the numbers were filled up we added then all together and wrote the total number on the bottom.

Caterpillars

Materials:

1- egg carton

pompoms

pipe cleaners

paint, variety of colors

scissors

glue

(Click here for tutorial)

These caterpillar's are from Na's Days. It's a project that takes sometime, but are too cute to pass up. 

Pink Paper Plate Pigs

Materials:

2- paper plates

1- clear water bottle cap

2- small googley eyes

pink paper

pink paint

tape
glue

(Click here for tutorial)
(You will need to scroll down a little bit to find it.)    

This paper plate pig is too cute for words. I found this idea from Pocketful of Posies. Enjoy!

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Last weekend Colton attend a reading party for preschool with my mom. The party was planned around the adorable book Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle. I wanted to share with you a few of the art projects he made while at the party. 

Craft Project #1: Coffee Filter Butterfly

Materials:

1- coffee filter

1- pipe cleaner

markers

This cute butterfly is the easiest project Colt and I have ever done. There are only two steps:

1. Color the coffee filter. 

2. Gather filter in the middle, wrap the pipe cleaner around and bend the end of the pipe cleaner on both sides to look like a antenna.

Craft Project #2: Popsicle Caterpillar

Materials:

1- Popsicle colored stick

5- large pompoms

1- 1-inch pipe cleaner

glue

1. Glue pompoms onto popsicle stick. 

2. Bend pipe cleaner into an antenna, and glue onto popsicle stick.