What you’ll need: Blue Face Paint Green Face Paint Yellow Face Paint Black Face Paint White Face Paint Red Face Paint Orange Face Paint Black eyeliner pencil Medium Brush Small Brush Powder Brush Setting Powder STEP ONE Outline your monster’s mouth using the black eyeliner pencil. Create a large half circle over your child’s mouth… Read more »
Edible Construction Sensory Bin
Welcome to the Edible Construction Sensory Bin! Today we will be exploring what construction people do through the medium of sensory play! I am yet to meet a child that does not love a tractor, digger, dump truck, bulldozer, fire engine, police car or garbage truck or really any vehicle that is big and has… Read more »
Make Your Own Recycled Blocks
This project has it all – an engaging activity for little ones, a fun and colorful craft, and it’s mostly made with materials you probably already have in your recycling bin! These blocks are simple to make, and the possibilities are endless. Let your imagination soar as high as the skyscrapers! Materials toilet paper rolls… Read more »
Halloween Face Paint – Baby Shark
What you’ll need: Blue Face Paint White Face Paint Red Face Paint Black Face Paint Setting Powder Small brush Powder Brush STEP ONE Draw the outline of Baby Shark in blue paint. He can be made with 3 continuous lines. One slightly curved line for the top of his head/body. A second on the bottom… Read more »
Soap Sculpture Exploration
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) Who? A British Sculptor and leading artist in the international art scene. Her career spanned the course of five decades and she was the first female modernist sculptor. She studied and worked alongside the equally infamous British sculptor, Henry Moore. Both were pioneers of the avant-garde movement and method of ‘Direct Carving’…. Read more »
Thankfulness Jar
Teaching your kids to be thankful for what they have in their lives. Whether you are a toddler, preschooler, teenager, millennial, or even an adult, it is easy to take for granted what we have in our lives. It’s an important lesson for children to learn and think about in a world where social media… Read more »
Let’s Talk About Table Manners
I remember parts of what it was like to be a child… I remember time moving slowly, summers seemed to go on and on. I remember getting out of bed to show my mom a booboo I had, and hoping she would let me stay and watch TV with her instead of sending me back… Read more »
Turkey Table Decoration
Gobble, gobble! It’s that special time of year for giving thanks and preparing some festive food….what’s not to love? Get the little ones in the spirit with this fun turkey craft! It is a perfect decoration for the mantle, or the Thanksgiving table itself! Materials autumnal coloured construction paper bingo dabbers to decorate feathers scissors cello… Read more »
Apple Hand Pies
Fall is just around the corner, which means that it’s almost time for apple season! Aside from crisp fall mornings, dew on the grass from the frost the night before, and all of the back to school madness, nothing signifies fall more like the smell of apples and cinnamon, wrapping around you like a warm… Read more »
Make Your Own Fish Aquarium using CDs!
Today, Caitie’s Classroom is all about Cleaning Up! We’re going to make a fish aquarium using upcycled materials from around the house. This is a fun craft to do, while recycling materials you may not use anymore. Here is what you need: Fish CDs tissue paper small piece of construction paper permanent markers scissors, or waived edge… Read more »
