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Kinder Christmas Art and Crafts

Have I mentioned how much I love the twins kinder teacher.  I've voiced my opinion before about the lack of art and crafts in school these days, but you won't hear a single complaint from me this year.  Their teacher does a lot of art and crafts with them and I love spending time volunteering in the class helping out.

Here are just some of the Christmas crafts they did over the past couple of weeks (there are still more hanging in the classroom).

Fingerprint Reindeer Christmas Cards made for the parents

Gingerbread people on plates which were used as props for their holiday concert to sing "Gingerbread Cookies".  Cut and paste snowman project.  Coloring stocking - note the matching colors to the number of objects in each section.

Christmas tree by numbers.  Poinsettias (these were framed for parents) - acrylic paint used for the poinsettias and watercolors to make the stained glass windows behind it.

Kidzui Blog: Handmade Thanksgiving Cards

Have your child stitch some pretty Fall cards to send to relatives this Thanksgiving.  My tutorial for these is over at Kidzui.

Spring Activity: A nature walk and craft project

Looking for a fun activity to do with your children this Spring?  They will love this one.

I'm over at the Creativity For Kids blog today, giving you tips on how to get your kids out in nature this Spring and do a fun craft project afterward using the Flower Press & Nature Cards Kit.  Come by and say hello.

 

Disclosure:  As a Creativty For Kids Ambassador I am compensated for my posts on their blog.

Friendship Gifts: Preschool

Instead of celebrating Valentine's Day, the twins preschool are celebrating Friendship Day.

Remember the Friendship Bracelets we made for the girls in the class.  Well we made these for the  boys.

These are very simple to make.  I found the train sand molds at Target.  Using the kids crayons I sketched out the picture, scanned it into the computer, added the text, then printed out enough copies for the boys in the class.  Then using a couple of Elmer's glue spots, I attached the train to the picture.

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A Valentine's Day Gift Card

I'm taking the kids to see Gnomeo and Juliet for Valentine's Day (with thanks to Collective Bias).  So when they asked me to come up with a giant Valentine's Day card using an Elmer's Tri-Fold Display Board I knew immediately what I wanted to do.

GNOMES!

And inside:

Along the sides I created pockets and popped in the free printables available on the Gnomeo and Juliet website.  I put pretend tickets in an envelope for the gnome to hold as their gift.

The kids will be so excited to find out that they are seeing the movie next week.

Disclosure: I was compensated for this project as a member of the #couchcritics and #gluenglitter communities on Collective Bias.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my hubby.

As you know I had to share my birthday with Father's Day, so I celebrated a day early.  My brother flew into town on Father's Day too - he's been coming and going for the past few weeks.  We decided to celebrate at home.  We ate way too much food, we rode bikes and we watched a movie.  It was a very relaxing day.

 

We started our late morning with brunch (eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes and mixed vegetables) and mimosa's.  In the afternoon whilst watching a movie we moved onto platters of cheese, crackers, fruit and variety of other yummy treats.  Later in the evening I cooked bacon-wrapped pork with a warm bean and tomato salad and a mixed lettuce & spinach tossed salad on the side.  Followed of course by a giant heart-shaped chocolate chip cookie, my hubby's favorite.

The kids hand-stamped and wrote on their own cards for daddy which was a real treat as he'd never seen Flynn write his own name before.  Marisol rode her bike for the very first time and they gave him some new bits and pieces for the grill.  After all, he is the grill master of the house.

He even managed to watch a little of the U.S. Open Golf, which after having spent all day at Pebble Beach on Friday being pampered in a corporate box I thought he would have been well and truly tired of.  Apparently not though. The man loves his golf.

How did you celebrate Father's Day?