Thanksgiving crafts

 We've made these crafts before, but Sophie wanted to do them agian this year. We even got Christian to make a few thankful hand "leaves"!

Easy Crafts

This is what Sophie did today while I was helping Christian with his schoolwork.

I love these foam shapes that you just peel the backing off and stick. Our local Dollar Store has them. You can also get them at Wal-Mart and any craft store. They have letters, animals, hearts, stars, and lots more shapes to choose from. Sophie is using thin foam rectangles to stick her shapes on, but you can get bookmarks, hats, crowns, doorknob hanger, picture frames and more. Sophie is decorating hers with paint pens.

I got this marshmellow snowman idea from Amy at Buffaloes and Butterfly Wings. Kind of a strange pic of Christian. He really needs a haircut!

Leaf Craft

On Sunday afternoons, the older boys go to youth group, so I like to do something special with the younger kids. Since it was such a gorgous fall day today, Christian, Sophie and I hunted for some nice leaves to press. We read the book"Why do leaves Change Color?". In the back of the book it has ideas for leaf crafts.

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Crafts with Sophie

Papier Mache Maracas

We had fun making these Papier Mache Maracas, but unfortunately, they don't work very well. We followed the directions, but they didn't harden enough and the some rice falls out every time you shake them! This is my second attempt at papier mache. I don't know if I'll try it again. :)

Making Masks

Tonight we made the 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf masks. Tomorrow the kids want to put on a play. Notice the star on one of the pigs, and the crosses and heart stickers on The Big Bad Wolf. :)

Homemade Christmas Cards

We made these Christmas cards using stamps that we made from cut potatoes.

Stocking craft

Sophie and I had fun making these stockings. She is putting candy canes in them and giving them to her friends.

More christmas crafts

Another Thanksgiving Craft

I looked online for a while this morning for a Native American headdress craft instructions. Sophie was getting really tired of looking and she knew what she wanted; beads on the front and paper feathers with glitter on them. I always have glitter in the craft box, but for some reason it wasn't there. So, no glitter, but we had fun making it. Christian almost finished his, but gave up before it was finished. I'll help him with it this afternoon.

Tturkey Thanksgiving Craft

Sophie loves to do crafts, and asks to do them often. Christian usually has to be talked into it, but once he starts he enjoys it. I've done this particular craft before with when the other children were young. You trace the child's feet on brown construction paper for the body of the turkey, then trace their hands 6 times with red, yellow and orange paper for the feathers. You can use googly eyes if you have them, I used small white fuzzy balls and black marker for the eyes. Cut out a red circle for the wattle, and an orange triangle for the beak. Then cut out legs and glue them to the back of the turkey.

Fun Day

Andrew played VeggieTales songs on guitar and Christian and Sophie sang along.
Isaiah is working on a notebooking page on bugs.
Sophie and I made finger puppets. We used the book My Pupet Art class by Nellie Shepherd.
We spent a lot of time outside today. It was a sunny day with a nice breeze.

great craft book for little ones

This is one of my favorite craft books for little ones. When my oldest two were young I think we did just about every craft in the book. I pulled it out recently and I've been doing some crafts with Sophie.
Here is the butterfly she made yesterday.
This a bag of craft supplies I found at the still-good-shed at the dump.

egg carton caterpillar craft

Fall Crafts

Today we made some fall crafts. First we took a nature walk and collected leaves.

The first project we did was place leaves between 2 pieces of wax paper. Then I put a cloth over the wax paper and I ironed over the cloth with the warm iron. Next the kids cut out the leaves and put them up on the windows.

For the second project the kids made leaf rubbings. They put leaves between 2 pieces of white paper . Then they peeled the paper off from crayons and rubbed over the white paper.

Kool-aid playdough recipe

Here is a great homemade playdough recipe that I have been using for years. It's a great activity for your pre-school age children to do while your schooling the older kids. I like the fact that it's safe if they happen to eat some. And it smells great!

Kool-aid playdough

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 pack koolaid (any color you like)
3 Tbsp oil
1 cup boiling water

Directions:
Mix first three ingredients in a large bowl. Add the last 2. Stir until well blended. Remove from bowl and knead into soft dough. Store in air-tight containers.

Homeschooling day 17

The past couple days we've been making stickers using a Discovery Toys kit. It's fun and you can stick them on windows or glass doors like shown in the picture on the right. I'd like to buy more of the sticker paints. I'm guessing I can find them at wal-mart or a craft store.

Here's what the kids did for school today:

Andrew:
Science-scientific notation and quiz 4
History-quiz 3
Writing-musical for contest
play practice
Bible-world view book


Charles:
Math- Pg7E
TLP-Unit 3 vocab. B, spelling D
History-Lesson 7
Reading-"Prince Caspian" by C.S.Lewis
Read-Aloud- "The Bronze Bow"
Bible-1 kings

Isaiah:
Math-Lesson 2B
TLP-Unit 2 vocab. B, Spelling B
History-Lesson 5&6, quiz 1
Reading-"Hank the Cowdog" finished book
cursive writing
Play Practice


Christian:
Math-Pg. 29F
Explode the Code-Pg. 90
Reading-"Fox and His Friends"
Bible-AWANA handbook
AWANA club meeting