broadcloth or cotton material (old sheets work fine)
Ahead of time: Cut the material to 12x10 inch piece. Turn under a 1 inch seam at top. This can be sewn in place or use fabric glue. Cut a piece of dowel rod 12" to fit across top into seam opening. Tie a piece of yarn or ribbon to each end of dowel rod for hanging. At the top of fabrinc, just below the seam write in permanent marker childs name ex, "Zachary's" and at bottom write "Garden". Leaving the middle of fabric open.
Craft time: Allow the children to pick three (3) buttons, encourage them to use different colors. Glue them down, spacing well between them. Each child gets a turn to put their pointer finger in glue and follow the button around making the petals. Use three (3) different paint colors if possible for a colorful garden.
Makes a bright spring craft and also captures those tiny fingerprints. A real parent pleaser.
games to play...
songs to sing...
Balloon Battle
balloons
string
inflated balloons
Designate a certain color for each team. If you have a LOT of children you can have more teams or you don't have to have teams at all. Tie a balloon to each players ankle. Each team tries to burst the other's balloon first. The team with the last balloons wins. As your balloon is burst, you withdraw from the game.
waxed paper
styrofoam ball
glue
yellow tissue paper
pipe cleaners
beads
glitter
Place a piece of waxed paper down to protect your surface. Mix 2 parts glue to 1 part water. Tear tissue paper into small 1 - 2 inch pieces. Coat a section of foam ball with glue mixture, cover with pieces of torn tissue paper. Coat over the tissue with glue to smooth down. Repeat this until ball is completely covered. While ball is still wet, give it a sprinkle of glitter. Let ball dry completely. Cut the pipe cleaners in half and stick them into the foam ball in a row. Continue this till a row of rays are around the ball. Now you can either leave the pipe cleaners straight or you can get creative and make them bent or spiraled. Add a pony bead to the end of each pipe cleaner and twist to secure. Attach string and hang.
A fun small plastic dish or bowl
1 Whole Graham Cracker
1 tablespoon cream cheese
1 tablespoon strawberry preserves
This is a dump recipe. Get a large bowl and dump all ingredients into it. Mix well with clean hands. Store in individual sized snack bags that kids can grab and take along.
This month we are giving away some wonderful prizes geared toward kids! Three baseball themed coloring books and a fun exploration book for kids/ 