The Letter P and Pumpkins!

The Letter P and Pumpkins!

The Letter P

P is for pumpkin

P is for pirate

P is for penguin

Pumpkin Projects

Hand Print Pumpkin

Paint one hand orange and press onto paper.  Paint 1 thumb green and press onto the top of the hand print pumpkin to make the stem.

Cut and Paste Pumpkin

Skills:  scissor practice, gluing, letter P

Print out or draw a pumpkin pattern onto white paper.  Cut out small rectangular/square pieces of orange paper and a few brown pieces.

Directions:  Cut out the pumpkin

Glue the pumpkin to a colored piece of construction paper.

Glue the cut pieces of orange paper to the pumpkin.

Glue a couple pieces of cut, brown construction paper for the stem.

Write (or trace) the letter P above the finished pumpkin.

Paper Plate Pumpkin

Cut out the center of a small paper plate.  

Cut two leaves from green felt.  Twist 1/2 of a green chenille stem.  Use the other half to make the hanger for the pumpkin.  Punch a hole in the top of the plate and in the bottom of the leaves.

Directions:  paint the paper plate orange. When dry - string the chenille stems through the punched out holes in the leaves and through the paper plate.  Twist together to make the stem and hanger for the pumpkin plate.

Lego Painted Pumpkin

Cut out pumpkin pattern from white paper.

Directions:  Press a Lego into orange paint and then onto the pumpkin.  Continue until the pumpkin is covered.  Repeat with brown paint for the stem.

Pumpkin Learning Activities

Pumpkin Name Puzzles

Skills:  name writing, name recognition,  gluing

Cut out a pumpkin from orange paper. Draw sections onto the pumpkin and write your child's name.  I wrote Keely's name, but had Joey work on tracing his name.  Cut the sections - or have your child cut the sections.  Lay out the sections in order and then mix them up!  Have your child find each letter in his name and place them in order.  Then glue the puzzle onto another piece of paper.

Pumpkin Letter Matching

Skills:  Upper and Lowercase letter Matching, letter identification

Cut out small pumpkins shapes from orange paper.  Write a matching upper and lowercase letter on each pumpkin.  Cut each pumpkin apart separating the upper and lowercase letters.  

Directions:  Glue the matching  upper and lowercase letters to a piece of paper.

Pumpkin Name Tracing

Skills:  name writing, name identification, gluing

Cut out small, orange pumpkins and write the child's name, so they can trace over each letter.  

Directions:  Trace each letter.  Glue each pumpkin onto a strip of paper to spell out your name.

Pumpkin Find the Letter Pp

Skills:  letter P, letter identification, following directions

I found this cute Pumpkin and letter P activity at 3boysandadog.com  Here is the direct Link.

Directions:  Find the P p's the page.  (circle the P's, use a dot dabber, or use finger in an ink pad)

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!

 

 

Patriotic Mosaic!

Day 1 of the week - The theme this week is Independence Day/4th of July!!

Project - Patriotic Mosaic - Cut red, white and blue paint samples into squares. Coat a piece of card stock with glue. Place the red, white and blue squares on the card stock to make a patriotic mosaic. My niece Caitlyn did this project with Connor. Connor made a flag on one side of his mosaic and then filled in the rest of the card stock. Materials Needed - card stock, red, white and blue paint samples, scissors, glue