The Orange Poster:
For this project we got a posterboard and cut out "orange" things from a magazine. She thought this was great fun... until I tried doing it again with the color blue. She was was like, "Mom, didn't we already do this but with a different color?" Of course she doesn't talk but that was the look she gave me as she walked away from my craft center. :( We'll try again in a couple of days.
The Pilgrim Dress
A friend of mine suggested that she isn't too young to begin Thanksgiving tradition crafts. So, we started with a pilgrim dress made out of a paper bag. On the bag we cut outt things that had to do with Native American Indians and talked about pilgrims and Indians. I'm pretty sure she didn't understand but she did enoy pointing out the Indian girl and her horse and her teepee, etc. She did not, however, like wearing the dress. A few days later she ripped all of tthe pieces off of the dress and we threw it away. :(
And finally:
America's newest snack... Play-Doh.
You faithful blog readers are definitely not surprised to see that Addy attempted to eat the Play-doh! That pretty much describes that experience... yah.
John Michael isn't doing many crafts these days. Unless of course you include sucking his fingers, sucking his thumb, sucking his paci and learning how to roll over :) As a matter of fact that has been my mission as of late... trying to keep the little guy from sucking his finger by constantly removing it and inserting tthe paci. Its usually successful but some days I think I might end up with a finger sucker after all! But, he sure is a CUTIE!! Check out these smiles!
MY FAVORITE!!
7 comments:
michelle those pictures of John Michael are amazing! that last one is so full of joy i love it!
Hey Michelle - thanks for the great ideas. Incase you don't have one here's a recipe for homemade play-doh that we've been using since I was a kid...that way if Addy eats it you'll at least know it's okay!
2 packs unsweetened Kool-aid
1/2 cup salt
2 1/2 cups flour
2 Tablespoons Oil
2 Cups boiling water
Mix dry ingredients. Add oil & water. Knead together. The dough should be like bread dough - soft but not sticky. Add more flour if necessary. Store in a air tight container. (You can seperate it in different batches for different colors, etc.)
Emilee
That last Picture looks just like you!
Here is a list of toddler time activities from the girltalk blog.
http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/files/toddler_time.pdf
Kids always put play-doh in their mouths ~ even after they've tried it once, and hated the taste of it. :)
John Michael sure is a cutie!
As far as a craft, the first one that came to mind, is to let Addy color on the backs of two paper plates, put some beans in it, and staple or glue the two plates together, and you have a tamborine! My kids loved it, until Brett tore his open and the beans went flyin'! Gotta love him!
nice job trying to be a good parent. i'm challenged by this post.
did you get my email? santa's coming with some stuff...
I love Addy's facial expression with her orange artwork.
Hey you have given me some ideas..! One thing that never fails is sripping down, standing infront of the kitchen sink, and letting them splash away with all sorts of home stuff!
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