Posted in challenges, crafts, art on Oct 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
This week’s Unplug Your Kids challenge is white. So here’s the art project we did…
Isn’t it lovely?
Okay, there was a bit more to it!
1. Give each child a piece of watercolor paper (or any white paper) and a white crayon. Explain that they’re making invisible art and have the kids draw elaborate drawings […]
Posted in Unplug Your Kids, challenges, crafts on Sep 29th, 2008 6 Comments »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids is fruit, so I thought it would be fun to make watermelon playdough.
This is a craft that is great for Sensory Integration work (with the bumps, the scent, the squishing and the warmth when you first make it) and it’s just plain fun.
Steps…
1. Save watermelon seeds, rinse and […]
Posted in challenges, crafts on Sep 8th, 2008 3 Comments »
This week’s theme for Unplug Your Kids is soft. We had a hard time coming up with a good project for it for some reason. In the end I made up a puffy “quilted” art project. It was a lot of work for the kids and I’m impressed with how carefully they did it. In […]
Posted in challenges, crafts, nature, art, science on Aug 28th, 2008 2 Comments »
Here’s the craft we came up with for Unplug Your Kids‘ Insect theme (see here for all our resources). It was quite fun!
I printed out some of the basic insect info first, along with the handout about how different types of legs, mouths and such did different jobs. We talked about what all insects had […]
Posted in Preschool, Kindergarten, crafts, lesson plans, nature, science on Aug 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids is Insect. We’re getting ready to start a craft I made up and I needed some basic information for the kids to go along with it. I found these great sites and thought others might like them.
This 4 page PDF file from the Denver Museum of Nature and […]
Posted in crafts on Aug 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s a simple craft we made up yesterday to decorate the windows.
Needed:
Coffee filters (can use white paper towels, tissue paper or another absorbant paper)
Washable markers in fall colors (we used red, yellow, orange and brown)
A spray bottle of water or a medicine dropper and bowl of water
1. Either lay out lots of newspaper or do […]
Posted in crafts, art on Aug 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s what we did for art yesterday. It was quick, easy and fun!
We also did it through stencils and tried planning patterns with it. If you don’t have any good paint, tint corn syrup or condensed milk with food coloring for a similar craft. Corn syrup dries sticky though and will attract ants! It’s definitely […]
Posted in Jack, magical moments, crafts, Fun, art, writing on Aug 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jack has been asking for kindergarten every day this week and so I’ve made time to do something special each day. We’ve made cakes, read books, done leaf rubbings and so on.
Yesterday he said he wanted to make paper dolls. We decided to do them freehand and I asked if he’d like alien or monster […]
Posted in challenges, cool sites, crafts, Fun, art on Aug 6th, 2008 No Comments »
There are a bunch of really fun creative challenges out there in cyberspace right now. I’m really hoping to get to some of these with the kids in the next week or two. A few of my favorites…
KidMade just ran a challenge “to engineer the longest marble ramp you can using only cardboard and duct tape.” […]
Posted in crafts on Aug 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Okay, as promised, here’s my easy no-cook playdough recipe. I have no idea where it came from originally but this has been a favorite around here for years.
This is one of the easiest playdough recipes I’ve ever tried and is not all grainy and odd like most playdough that isn’t cooked. We make it at […]
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.