Burlap picture frame sewing

Burlap Picture Frames

 

I started by wrapping burlap around the cardboard backing of the picture frames. 

The girls wrote a message to mommy/drew a picture. 

I-Bell is drawing a picture of her family. 

S wrote a message. 

I-Bell liked hers just the way it was. 

I wrapped and glued the burlap around the frame. For I-Bell, I glued the back onto her picture.

 

S wanted to do some sewing:) 

These pictures are so adorable. 

 

I didn't get a picture of them at the end, but the cardboard backs were glued on, and the picture frames were able to stand up. This was so fun -- I can't wait to do it again!

Play Dough Surprise!

Let's get ready to make play dough!

 

Setting the dry ingredients out for the kids to mix.

Mixing

D wanted green play dough.

Here it is on the stove before and after.

Here they are warming up their hands and kneading the dough!

Gave D a rolling pin, and this is how he used it:)

They played and played and played...

When they were losing interest, I set up a fort!

They were excited to get in!

Surprise! Glowing play dough!

And straws and cups...

And SOCKS!

This was fun!

It's a luau face painting kind of day....

I went to the dollar store the other day and they had all of this stuff for a luau. I grabbed a bunch of it and surprised the kids the other day.

I got it all out during our snack time, and we brought everything outside.

We had juice in our coconut cups with umbrella straws.

And they each picked a pretty flower for their hair.

It was a lot of fun, and we imagined we were on vacation!

When it started to rain, I had to think of a quick idea... Face Painting. YES!

Just in time for mom to show up!! 

D had places to go that night too...

He got to go out for dinner with his Grandma Laurie and Great Grandma Shirley.

Of course, they let him keep his face painted. 

D told us he painted Gordon and Thomas on his cheeks, then pointed to his mustache and said, "That's Percy!" (Of course, those are trains from Thomas & Friends.)

He was so proud of his face painting.

 

I'm so proud of my little guy:)

What do you do with shaving cream?

 

The girls got their suits on to go through the sprinkler. So, naturally, I brought a can of shaving cream with us! They asked what it was, so I told them (in case they do this at home, it is perfectly acceptable, you know).

 

Let's play with shaving cream!!!!

 

First, you spray the entire contents of a can on your outdoor slide.

Then, smear it all around...

"It feels like snow!" They say....

Then climb on up,  and ...

Slide down head first!!!

Go again, and again and again.

Then lather up!

SMILE! 

And put the sprinkler at the top of the slide....go down the water slide a few times...

And rinse off in the grass.

 

And that's what you do with shaving cream!

Learning About Plants and Flowers

This week we began talking about plants and flowers. To introduce plant growth, we took a look at some beans. 

The kids have been playing with these in our sensory table in our playroom. I grabbed some and brought them up for them to look at.

We talked about what plants need to grow.

We got our paper towel wet, added a bean and put them into a plastic bag. Since plants need water and sun to grow, we taped them up in a window that gets lots of sun. We've been watching them all week!

Then we decided to plant some beans in soil.

Everyone got to plant their own.

They've been wanting to just play in the dirt.

We also sprinkled some wild flower seed in the back yard.

I bought tulip from the dollar store ....

And set them next to a bin of potting soil with planting tools and buckets. 

The girls did their own thing, and D did his. 

A very busy, pretty girl.

Look at that beautiful flower pot! 

I-Bell working on hers.. 

So happy! 

Then we found a bumble bee! 

We talked about how they like flowers because they eat nectar, and the girls let me know they gather pollen! 

Can you tell what D was up to?

 

Here is an update on our bean plants: 

D's didn't do much....

I-Bell's grew a bit! 

And S's was really grew!

The kids loved this...they would check their plants every day:)

Only one of our planted plants grew, but that's OK. It gave them a different look at these plants in soil, and the window plants gave us the opportunity to talk about the parts of the plant (leaf, stem roots).

We also did this! First, we cut up some pool noodles from the dollar store.

Then D got a better look at them, or through them...

We added some paint, and a big roll of paper....

And they took it from there.

Flower stamping!!

:)

Finger painting!!!!!!!!

YIKES! 

They are the best! 

We found another use for these noodles....

S helped me poke holes in them, and we added straws....

The girls made another flower garden.

They turned out pretty neat.

Lucille liked them too!

What a fun week!!