Fall Handprint Tree

I painted a tree trunk for Joey and Tana. Addie painted her own tree trunk.  Next I painted their hands and pressed them onto the paper to make a fall tree!  They used their fingers to make fallen leaves on the bottom of the paper.
Materials Needed:  red, orange, yellow, green  and brown paint, paint brush, white paper

Fall Fingerprint Tree!

Addie's Tree,

Chase's Tree and Tana's Tree

 

I cut out a trunk shape from brown construction paper.  Addie glued the trunk to a piece of white construction paper.  I helped Chase and Tana with their tree trunks!  Next the three children dipped their fingers into the red, yellow and orange paint and pressed their fingers on, above, below and around the tree trunk to make colorful, Fall leaves! 
Materials Needed:  white and brown construction paper, red, yellow and orange paint

Fall Leaves Plaque

Addie's Fall Plaque!

 

I made a half batch of salt dough, and cut it into circles.  Addie, Tana and Joey pressed leaf cookie cutters into the dough.  I baked the plaques at 225 degrees for 2 hours and then let them cool.  Addie and I mixed orange paint with sparkly gold glitter and then Addie, Ty and Joey painted their Fall plaques! 

Pink-Pig Puppet!

This is such a cute, easy project to do with any age.  First paint a large craft stick pink - let dry.  Then glue on googly eyes, a pink button nose and two pink, felt ears.  Draw eyebrows with a black, permanent marker and you are done.  This wonderful idea is borrowed from makeandtakes.com

Chase and Addie with their Pigs

Hand Print Chicken

Here is another cute project from funhandprintart.blogspot.com  This chicken handprint was so easy and cute.  Tana, Addie, Ty and Chase did this project.  They added a head to the handprint along with the eyes, beak and feet!

Pig Footprint

I read Three Little Pigs to the kids and then we made this adorable pig project!  I saw this cute footprint at Funhandprintart.blogspot.com   There are great foot and handprint crafts on her site - check it out!!  She even featured my rooster handprint from a couple of years back.  This pig was fun to make - the kids love having their feet painted! 

Tana's, Ty's and Addie's Pig Footprints!

Princess Birthday Party!

Addie's 4th Birthday - A Princess Party!

 I made a Birthday Banner out of pink and purple scrap booking paper.  I cut the paper into triangles and added glittery, foam letters to spell out Happy Birthday.  Then Addie and I added sparkly princess themed foam stickers to each triangle.  I found the foam stickers at Wal-Mart.  Next, I punched holes in the corners of the triangles and strung pink ribbon through the holes. 

I made a two tiered birthday cake and frosted it with purple frosting and added pink flowers for contrast. Addie picked out her favorite tiara and wand and we added it to the cake. I cut number 4 from pink craft foam and added it to the front. This is not my best cake - but my sister and I got a good laugh out of it when we were frosting it at midnight the night before. I will forever think of this as the purple hippo cake!! :)

I made tulle princess wands for the little guests. This party had more boy guests than girl guests, so I made yellow, brown and white wands in addition to the adorable pink wands. I got this idea and directions from mydecoupagedlife She has such wonderful ideas and these tulle pom pom wands were super easy to make!!