Snowman Craft

This could possible be one of the cutest crafts we have ever done! Or it could be that I am just very partial to snowman too! I love decorating with snowmen!

Here is what you will need.Cardboard, felt, constuction paper, scissors, glue, hole punch, paint with brush and pipe cleaners.

First off I just cut 3 circles and the hat from the cardboard and had the kids paint them. Once they dried I punched holes in them and attactched them with the pipe cleaners that I cut in smaller pieces. Kind of like a twist tie like this.The kids then glued on the eyes, nose and buttons all cut or punched from construction paper. The arms were made from pipecleaners. Then we just wrapped the piece of felt around for the scarf. Aren't the cute?For more craft ideas visit Ramblings of a Crazy Womans Showcase Friday.

Snow

We are settling in for the big winter storm that is suppose to hit tomorrow. 8-12 inches is what they are predicting. Will and I did a little Christmas shopping tonight so I went ahead and got a hand full of groceries while we were out since I am assuming I will be home bound for a few days. My usual grocery shopping night is Tuesday but I don't drive when there is snow on the roads.

Speaking of snow, here is one of the crafts we did today. We are using this week to talk about snow, snowmen and the weather. I wrote the word snow on a piece of paper and the boys glued snowflakes onto it. Then we cut some homemade snowflakes. We added them to the penguin scenery in our living room.The boys got to play outside this afternoon with Dad in the snow that fell last night. Only about 2 inches fell but they still were able to have a snowball fight. Should be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. The older boys are really hoping for a delay or early out from school.

S is for Spiders

We wrapped up the letter "S" this week. We talked a lot about spiders. Here are a few more crafts we did. We made this spiderweb using marbles and paint. I just put a piece of construction paper in a pan, added some white paint in the center and a marble and had the boys tilt the marble back in forth through the paint. After it dried we added a diecut spider.For this craft all you need is:
egg carton
paint
paint brush pipe cleaners
googly eyes
I cut apart the individual egg containers and had the kids paint them. Brodie of course chose blue since that is his favorite color right now. Once dry, I poked 8 holes around the sides with a tiny screwdriver this way they could put in their own pipe cleaners for the legs. Then we glued on the googly eyes.
Linked to Learning Through Love at My Family My Forever.

Spider Craft

Here is a fun craft we did this week. You will need:
Some sort of plastic lid. We used Folgers Coffee lids.
Yarn
Scissors
Hole Puncher
Plastic Spiders

First cut the center out of the plastic lid and use the hole puncher to punch holes all the way around the edge.Thread yarn through the holes to spin a web. Attach your spider!A really funny spider book we read before making this craft was Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin.

Linked to Showcase Friday at The Ramblings of a Crazy Lady.

Spider Math Mat Game

We started the letter "S" this week. We have been talking about spiders. Here is a fun math mat we are using. I printed the mat from this site.I picked up a bag of spider rings on clearance at Michaels for $.39 on Monday. They work perfect. I just cut the ring part off. Each child gets their own stack of spiders. You take turns rolling the dice and counting the number. Then you get that many spiders to place on the webs. Whoever fills up their mat first wins.

Strawberry Craft

(I forgot to put glue in the picture)

This craft was inspired by Stacy. My kids loved doing this craft.

We cut out our berries from the backs of cereal and cracker boxes. We painted them and then allowed them to dry. Next we used glue and drizzeled it all over the berry and sprinkled it with bird seed. They look great! Now, I just have to find a place to hang them up!