Father's Day Projects

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day Projects

Best Dad Hands Down

Create a document and print

2013 in top right corner and best dad in top left corner

Hands down centered on the bottom

Paint both hands and press onto the paper - hands down!

Dad Rocks!
Brainstorm words that describe DAD!
Type and print the words out
Cut each word into an oval shape
find appropriate sized rocks
Mod Podge the words onto rocks
Place them in a basket and give to DAD!

Fishing You a Happy Father's Day!
Cut out a fish shape
Tear colored construction paper into pieces and glue onto the fish. 
Glue the fish to a folded piece of blue construction paper.
Write, Dad - Fishing you a Happy Father's Day
Draw a line and hook.

 

Father's Day 2013 Questionnaire

I created my own questionnaire based off of one I saw

Addie's answers about her dad!

My favorite answer - My favorite thing about my Dad is . . . he drinks beer.

Oh the things children say!

 

Tana's answers about her dad!

My favorite answer(s)  - Daddy always tells me . . . to go in a time out.

and It makes my Dad happy when . . . me not naughty.

Butterfly Fun!

Butterfly Fun

Butterfly Projects
 

Footprint Butterflies

Paint feet with water color paint

Press onto white paper

Let dry and draw the body and antenna with marker

 * I accidently had the blue butterflies flipped the wrong way when I was drawing the bodies and antenna on each of them.  They are upside down - oops!*
 

Folded Painted Butterflies
Draw a butterfly onto white paper and cut it out
Paint one half of the butterfly
Fold the butterfly in half and press together
Unfold and let dry


Snack Bag Butterflies
Glue pom pom's onto a clothespin
Fill a baggie 3/4 full with some sort of snacks
Divide the filled baggie in half and wrap it with a pipe cleaner
Pinch the clothespin around the pipe cleaner and the filled baggie
Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner to make antenna

Cardboard Tube Butterflies
Cover a cardboard tube with decorative paper
Cut wings out of decorative paper and tape to the back of the tube
Glue on googly eyes
Glue pipe cleaner antenna to the inside, front of the cardboard tube.

 

Sugar Cookie Butterflies

 We divided the dough into 4 balls and added a different color of food coloring to each ball.  We mixed each ball and then combined the 4 balls to make one large ball of dough.  The girls helped me roll out the dough.  They took turns pressing the butterfly cookie cutter into the colorful dough!

 

 

 

 

Butterfly Learning Activities

Butterfly Patterns
Cut out different colored butterflies from construction paper
Make your own butterfly patterns - glue on to a piece of construction paper

 

 

Big, Bigger, Biggest Butterflies

I printed 3 different size butterflies

Addie colored each butterfly and cut each one out

She glued the words big, bigger and biggest to the bottom of purple construction paper

She glued the corresponding butterfly above it's matching word

 

 

Butterfly Life Cycle Book and Wheel

Here is the link to this Butterfly Life Cycle Wheel and Book

 

 

 

Butterfly Matching - File Folder Game

Here is the link to the Beautiful Butterflies File Folder Game

 

 

 



Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day and Flowers!

Mother's Day Crafts

Flower Finger Print Bookmarks

The poem:  To My Mom

This pretty flower that you see

was made for you by me.

My finger made the flower part,

showing love from all my heart.

Happy Mother's Day

2013

Press index finger into green paint and onto the book mark to make the stem of the flower

Press finger into pink paint and then onto the bookmark to make the petals for the flower

 

Thum-body loves me

Type the Thum-Body Loves You poem and print it off (the poem is below)

Press thumb on an ink pad or in paint and then onto the paper.

 

Mother's Day Button Flower Pots!

I bought a multi-color pack of flower pots from our local Dollar Store

The kids used buttons to make flowers on their pots to give to for Mother's Day

We even planted flowers - from seed!

 

Sponge Painted Flowers

 Cut out different colored circles from construction paper and green stems from construction paper

Glue the circles and stems onto 11 x 13 white paper.

Dip rectangular shaped sponges into paint and press onto the paper to make flowers.

 

Thumbprint Hyacinth

Cut green leaves for the stem/leaves of the flower

Glue the leaves to a piece of white paper

Use a green marker to draw the stem of the flower

Press thumb into purple paint and press onto both sides of the stem to make the hyacinth

 

Tissue Paper Flowers

Cut tissue paper into squares

Accordion fold each piece of tissue paper

Stack the pieces  and wrap a green pipe cleaner around the stack to secure them into place - The pipe cleaner will also be the stem

Fan out the pieces to make the flower

Finger print flowers

Cut a flower shape out of colored construction paper - you will need two per child

Press a finger into paint (any color) and press the finger on the petals and in the middle

When dry, tape a green pipe cleaner to the backside of one of the flowers

Glue the other flower on top, so you have two sides and the pipe cleaner is secure

 

Flower Learning Activities

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

I typed the following:  _______, _______ (insert name two times) how does your garden grow?

I also type and printed off the number's 1-5 along with a sheet full of flowers that I then cut out

Addie glued each  number an 11 x 13 piece of construction paper

She glued the corresponding number of flowers underneath each number (she also colored each flower - pink of course!)

 

 

Flower Petal Count

 

Cut out 4 construction paper circles and multiple petals

Roll a dice.  Count the number on the dice and write it on a circle. 

Glue on the corresponding number of petals to make a flower.  Glue the completed flower to the paper!

 Beginning Sound Flower Pots!

Cut out 5 flower pots from brown construction paper.  Cut out 5 green stems and 5 flowers from different colored construction paper.
Print off different picture's - 2 for each beginning sound.  I did Q - queen and quilt, W - watch and whale, R -  reindeer and robot, H - house and helicopter, Y - yo-yo and yogurt
Assemble the pots and flowers and glue them to construction paper.
Find a pair of matching beginning sound pictures and glue teach picture to a flower pot.  Write the correct beginning letter sound on the flower.  Repeat until all of the flower pots are completed!

Caterpillar Fun!!

Caterpillar Fun 

Caterpillar  Learning Activities

Caterpillar Counting

I made an activity that had Addie make caterpillars with stickers and her fingerprints.  She looked at the number and added a head and then her fingerprints for the body. For example: for the number 6 she added one sticker and then five finger prints. 

Caterpillar Name

Cut different colored circles out of construction paper

Glue the circles onto black construction paper

Stick letter stickers onto each circle to spell out each child's name

Draw a face on each caterpillar and add antenna

 

ABC Caterpillar

Addie writing the letters of the alphabet

The finished ABC Caterpillar

 

I cut out 26 circles from construction paper.

We glued the circles to a piece of construction paper.

Addie wrote the letters from A-Z on the circles.

We made the circles into a LOOOOOONG Caterpillar

We drew a face and added antenna!

 Caterpillar Crafts

 Watercolor Caterpillar

Draw a caterpillar onto white paper

Paint the caterpillar with watercolor paint

Let dry and then cut out the caterpillar

draw a face on the caterpillar

 

Caterpillar Clothespins

Glue 4 pom poms onto a clothespin

Glue on googly eyes

Glue on pipe cleaners for the antennas

 

Caterpillar Handprints

Trace hand onto green paper ( I used two different shades of green)

Cut out a circle for the head from green construction paper

Cut out the hand prints - I did 4 handprints per caterpillar

Glue the handprints together and glue on the head

Glue on googly eyes, pipe cleaner antennas and draw smile and nose

Write the child's name on their finished caterpillar

 

Pom Pom Caterpillar Craft Sticks

Glue 7 pom pom's onto a large craft stick. 

Glue on pipe cleaner antennas

 

Paper Roll Caterpillar

Cut strips of 2 different colored construction paper

Roll the strips and secure with glue.

Cut a leaf shape from green paper

Glue the rolls onto the leaf

Glue on googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennas

Use a hole punch to make holes in the leaf

Milk Cap Caterpillar

Cut green craft foam into a leaf shape

Glue on 4 milk caps to form a caterpillar

Glue on googly eyes

Bend a 5" piece of pipe cleaner into a V and glue it to make the caterpillar's antenna

Draw a nose and smile on the caterpillar

Draw feet on the caterpillar

 

Earth Day Projects and Activities!!

Earth Day Projects

 

Earth Day Crafts

Earth Crayon Molds

We peeled the wrappers off all of our broken blue, green and white crayons and broke each crayon into small pieces.  Each child took turns filling their mini-muffin hole with the broken crayons.  I placed the muffin tin into a 250 degree oven until the crayons were melted.  We let them cool and then I popped  each Crayon Earth out of the muffin tin! 

The end result

 

 

Watercolor Earth Hand Prints!

I painted the girl's hands with blue and green watercolor paints.

They pressed each of their hands onto white paper. 

We let them dry and then I labeled the paper with each girl's name and the year.

I also wrote, "Our hand prints are all over the world!"

 

Hand and Foot Print Earth

Paint 1 hand and 1 foot with green paint

Press the painted hand and foot onto blue paper

Let dry

Cut a circle shape around the hand and foot print

Label with name and year

 

Coffee Filter Earth

Paint a coffee filter with blue and green watercolor paints

Earth Window Cling/Suncatcher

Cut a circle shape from green construction paper (you will need 2 circles for each project)

Cut a circle from the middle of each circle so you have a large circle opening

Rip pieces of green and blue tissue paper

Stick one of the circles onto Con Tact Paper

Press the green and blue pieces of tissue paper into the middle of the green circle

When  covered, place the other circle on top and seal with Con Tact paper

 

Torn Paper Earth

Cut a circle from white paper

Tear pieces of green and blue construction paper

Glue the pieces onto the white circle

Glue the finished earth onto black paper

**I did this same project in 2010 with my son and friend.
Here are their Mosaic Earth Projects from 2010!!**

 

 

Earth Day Learning Activities

 

I Heart the Earth

Writing

Cut a heart shape from white paper

Paint the heart with blue and green watercolor paints

Let dry

I made a writing template that says, "I heart the earth by "

Discuss ways that we care for and love our earth

Have your child write how they "Heart" earth

Glue the painted heart and writing template onto a piece of construction paper.

Here is the link to the activity that inspired my writing/painting activity!