Christmas!!

Christmas!

Christmas Crafts

Thumbprint Reindeer Ornaments

Paint thumb brown

Press painted thumb onto a small ball ornament

Let dry, add antlers and eyes with permanent marker

Use glue to make a nose and sprinkle red glitter to make Rudolph!

Craft Stick Sled Ornaments

Lay out 5 craft sticks side by side in the shape of a sled

Hot glue 2 more craft sticks across the laid-out craft sticks to create supports

For the slid runners, lay an craft stick on its thin edge so it rests on the supports. 

Hot glue it into place.  Repeat with the last craft stick

Decorate the sled

Attach a chenille stem to the sled for hanging

The bottom of the sled

Reindeer Cookies

Ingredients:  Nutter Butter Cookies, pretzels, chocolate chips red M&M's, frosting

Break pretzels to make the antlers

Use frosting to stick on the antlers, eyes and nose

Addie and the Reindeer Cookies for her 4K snack!

Beaded Wreath Ornaments

String green beads onto a red pipe cleaner - we used a sparkly red pipe cleaner!

Form into a circle and twist shut

Form a bow with the pipe cleaner ends

Hand and Foot Print Santa's Sleigh

Paint a foot with green paint

Press onto the top corner of a piece of white paper

Paint a hand brown and press on the paper 3 times.

Let dry and draw on the details!

Handprint Snowmen Ornament

Paint hand and press onto a colored glass ball

Let dry and draw on faces, hats and arms!

Pom-Pom Wreath

Glue pom-poms onto a circle shaped piece of tag board

Glue on a red bow.

Extra Large Gingerbread People!

I cut 2 gingerbread figures from large pieces of the brown, packing paper from my

Online Christmas Packages!

I then gave the 2 girls a bunch of supplies and let them go crazy! 

I actually think they were pretty tame with their decorating - but I did have to scrub my floor when they were finished. :)

Decorating!

Christmas Tree Math
Skills: math, addition, number writing, counting
I created a document with blank Christmas Trees and easy word problems. 
The word problems involved adding two different colors of balls to each tree and then writing the total on the line. 

Addie writing the total sum

Her completed Christmas Tree Math Sheet

Our Little Pine Tree

Decorate a foam tree with beads, sequins, gems . . .

Type and print the following poem:

Here’s our little pine tree,
Tall and straight
Let’s find the things
So we can decorate.
First we want to put
A star on top!

Then we must be careful
The balls don’t drop.

Hang on all the tinsel

Shiny and bright

Put on the canes

And hook them just right.

Finally put some presents

For you and for me.

And we'll be ready

With our Christmas tree.

Glue the completed tree and the printed poem to a piece of red construction paper

My Little Reindeer

Print a picture of your child

Cut around the picture and glue it to a piece of construction paper

Paint both hands brown and press them onto the paper to make antlers

Add glue to the nose and sprinkle with red glitter

Add bows and names to complete

Christmas Cutting Practice Sheets 

Skills:  cutting, pasting, matching

Cut the trees on the dotted lines

Match the trees and glue them to a piece of paper

Here is the link to the Christmas Theme Cut It Out Pack

 Cutting

Pasting and Matching

The Finished Product

 Candy Cane Rudolph

Cut a candy cane shape out of white paper

Cut red strips

Trace hands on brown construction paper - cut the hands out

Directions: Glue red stripes to the candy cane

Glue the candy cane to a piece of construction paper

Glue the hands/antlers to the candy cane

Glue on a googly eye and a glitter nose

Thanksgiving Fun!

Thanksgiving Fun

Projects
Circle Handprint Turkey
Cut out a larger circle from brown construction paper and a smaller circle from tan construction paper
Cut out an orange beak and feet, and a red "gobbler"
Paint a hands with different colored paint and press around the paper
Let dry and assemble the turkey - adding googly eyes
Glue the turkey in the middle of the hand prints
Cut around the turkey

 

Turkey Clothespin

Glue on googly eyes and an orange bead - for the beak

Place a small amount of  glue in the clothespin and stick 3-4 feather in the opening

 

 Paper Plate Name Turkey

Cut a brown body and an orange beak and different colored feathers -enough for each child's name

Directions:

Color a small paper plate brown

Glue the body onto the plate

Glue the beak onto the turkey and draw on eyes

Glue the feathers to the back of the plate

Write your name on the feathers - 1 letter on each feather

 

Plastic Egg Turkey

Cut a beak and gobbler from yellow and red felt

Directions:

Glue a matching color pom pom on one half of a plastic Easter egg

Glue on the felt beak, "gobbler" and eyes

On the back, glue on 4-5 feathers

 

Tissue Paper Turkey

Cut a paper plate in half

Cut pieces of colored tissue paper into squares

Cut a circle from brown, craft foam, a triangle and feet from orange craft foam, and a "gobbler" from read craft foam

Directions:

Assemble the turkey

Glue the tissue paper squares around the edge of the 1/2 paper plate

Staple the assembled turkey to the plate

 

Pumpkin Pie Magnet

Trace the lid from an old soup can onto orange craft foam -make sure the lid doesn't have sharp edges.

Cut a triangle out from the orange circle.

Directions:

Glue the orange craft foam to the inside of the lid

Hot glue on a tan chenille stem - this is the pie's crust

Cut a square from a white coffee filter and accordion fold it.  Glue it on top of the pie!

Attach a magnet to the back.

 

 

Learning Activities

 Counting Feathers

Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting, one-to-one correspondence

Cut out "turkeys" from brown construction paper and draw on eyes and beaks

Write 1 number on each turkey along with the corresponding number of dots

Cut out different colored feathers from construction paper

Glue the turkeys to construction paper (leave a gap at the top, so you are able to add feathers later)

Directions: 

Say the number and count out feathers to match the number.  Glue the correct amount of feathers to the matching turkey.

 

Turkey Feathers - Number Order

 Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting, number order

I created this activity and printed it off for Addie to complete.

I cut out the feathers for her and then she put them in order!

 

 

 

Gobble, CVC Word Game!

Skills:  Reading - CVC words, sight words, reading

Here is the link to this great CVC word game

 

 

The Pairs 

 

Thanksgiving Numbers Clip-It!

Skills:  Math - number recognition, counting

Here is the link to this cute Thanksgiving themed counting activity

 

 

 

Halloween Fun!

Halloween Fun!

Projects

Handprint Spider

Paint child's hand black

Press onto 5x7 piece of orange construction paper

Let dry - add googly eyes and spider webs!

Book Connection:

Spooky Bunny Tales - The Blue Tarantula

Max & Ruby Three Stories in One

 

Witches Broomsticks

Press a pretzel stick into the middle/bottom part of a Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cup

Book Connection:

It's Halloween Night

By: Jennifer O'Connell

 

Mosaic Candy Corn

Draw a candy corn shape on black construction paper with white chalk

Separate the candy corn into 3 sections

Cut white, orange and yellow paper into squares

Glue the colored squares onto the paper

 

Square Monsters!

Cut a green square  and 2 rectangles -for the legs from green construction paper

Cut two squares, a skinny rectangle and a zigzag for the bolts, hair and nose piece

Cut two rectangles for the feet

Glue the feet to the square

Glue the other pieces to the Monster!

Draw on two scars and two eyes

Book Connection:

Inside a House That is Haunted

By:  Alyssa Satin Capucilli

 

Coffee Filter Pumpkin

Paint a coffee filter with orange water color paint.

Let dry - Glue a green stem to the top!

Handprint Jack-O-Lanterns

Trace hand on orange construction paper

Cut it out and draw a face on the hand print

Glue on a green stem

Candy Corn Footprint

Paint the bottom of one foot white, orange and yellow.

Press the foot onto a piece of construction paper

 

Learning Activities

Candy Corn Number Match

Skills: number recognition, counting, number words,

Cut out pieces to candy corn - white, orange and yellow

Write the numeral on the white piece, corresponding dot/dots on the orange piece and the number word on the yellow piece

Directions: 

 Match the three pieces of the candy corn and glue them on the black construction paper

 

Halloween Shape Sort

Skills:  Shapes, gluing, name writing

Create a document with 3 circles and 3 triangles

On the side of the document copy 3  jack-o-lanterns and 3 candy corn

Directions: 

Cut out the jack-o-lanterns and candy corn

Glue the pieces into the correct shape

Halloween Counting Book

Skills:  number writing, counting, reading, name writing, coloring

Here is the link for this cute Halloween Counting Book

 

At the Pumpkin Patch Beginning Sounds Sort

Skills:  beginning sounds. cutting, pasting, letter recognition

 

Here is the link to this great beginning sounds activity.

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Fun!

Fall Fun

Projects 

Stamped Cork Fall Tree

Cut a tree trunk from brown paper

Prepare red, yellow and orange paint and 3 wine corks

Directions: 

Glue the tree trunk to a piece of white paper.

Press the corks into the paint and press onto the paper to make leaves!

Ripped Paper Fall Tree

Cut a tree trunk from brown construction paper

Type and print:  In the Fall, the leaves fall off the tree!

Directions:

Rip small pieces of red orange and yellow construction paper

Glue the tree trunk to a 5x7 piece of blue construction paper

Glue the "leaves" to the tree

Glue the poem to the bottom of the tree

 

Fall Leaf Man

Cut out a leaf shape

Cut out strips of black paper for the arms and legs- accordion fold the strips of paper

Type and print:  If I were a leaf, I would . . .

Directions: 

Glue googly eyes to the leaf

Draw a mouth and nose on the leaf man

Finish the sentence

Staple the arms and legs on the leaf man

Staple the finished sentence to the leaf man

 

 

Learning Activities 

Pumpkin Seed Counting Story

Skills:  MathCounting, one-to-one matching, number recognition

Here is the link to this printable book

We used a light pink stamp pad to make the pumpkin seeds on each page

 Leaf Counting Book

Skills:  number writing, counting,  number recognition, name writing

Trace and cut out out a leaf shape to make this book

Directions:

Write the numbers 1-5 on the top of the leaves

Stick the appropriate number of  fall sticker/s on each page

Write your name and  1-5 on the cover

 

 

Acorn Shape Match
Skills:  shape recognition, matching, pasting
Cut acorn shapes from brown and tan construction paper - brown for the top and tan for the bottom.  Draw matching shapes on the top and bottom of each acorn
Directions:
Match the shapes and glue the acorns to the paper

Acorn Number Match
Skills:  number writing, one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, counting,
This is a variation of the acorn shape match
Directions:
Roll two die and add them together
Write the sum on the top part of the acorn
Draw the same number of dots on the bottom of the acorn
Glue the acorn halves to a piece of paper

 

  

Fall Tree Words

Skills:  sight word reading, gluing

Trace hand on a blue piece of paper - color with brown marker

Cut out different colored leaves (I did 6 leaves)

Write sight words on the leaves

Directions:

Read each leaf and then glue it to the tree