mother’s day

m is for mother’s day

SPOILER ALERT: if you are a mama from preschool and you have not opened your green tissue paper or white lunch bag present, stop reading (and check your child’s backpack…)! :: :: :: :: but may you all know the joy children take in making something for someone special. this year they were “found itemsContinue reading “m is for mother’s day”

m is for may day…and mother’s day!

we made these flowers on may day (though several kids said i should bring these supplies out to make their mamas flowers next week! but we will do a new project…hopefully as fancy as years past). this is a very simple eye-hand coordination activity. pre cut flowers with holes punched in the middle fit perfectlyContinue reading “m is for may day…and mother’s day!”

m is for mother’s day ii

in a top-secret corner of the room, we made mother’s day bead strands which could be worn as a choker-style necklace (quite literally due to shorter-than-i-planned wire), a wrap around bracelet, or a longer necklace if mama would add a bit of string. there was a random assortment of beads, cut apart leis, straws, thenContinue reading “m is for mother’s day ii”

m is for mother’s day

this was mother’s day 2007’s project. we had non-mamas come in to help preschoolers by using hot glue guns (a pin back was added to the pre-cut foam flower shape). preschoolers placed items where they wanted them and the grownups glued them in place. with encouragement to add as much as they liked in “collage”Continue reading “m is for mother’s day”