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k is for kansas

we had a week of celebrating kansas and nature around us. we used our fingertips to make the seeds in the center of a sunflower shaped paper. it is harder than it seems to make our fingers go up and down instead of round and round. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::Continue reading “k is for kansas”

y is for yarn

the preschoolers having been showing consistent interest in cutting. more specifically, cutting yarn. more specifically yet, cutting the yarn from our weaving project. so since it was winter white week, we had white yarn in the tub table and tied some of it to an embrodiery hoop hanging from the ceiling (where the magnet usedContinue reading “y is for yarn”

y is for yarn sandwich

i found this yarn between two block platforms and thought, “ha! that looks like a yarn sandwich.” when i found the person who made it and asked what he was thinking, he said, “oh, it’s just a yarn sandwich.” of course it is.

r is for recycled snowman

this was a group project based on opening the craft cupboards to find any white things. again, thank you thrift shop! i painted a white snowman outline , then set out the white things and glue. at the end of the day i poured about 2 bottles of glue over the whole thing (kind ofContinue reading “r is for recycled snowman”

w is for wooden snowpeople

more thrifted wooden pieces. first was painting them with glue (it looked like icing!) with any brush you choose. then rolling them in tiny snips of white paper. then letting them dry. then having to get them off the paper that they dried on. if hitting doesn’t work, then use a paintbrush to get itContinue reading “w is for wooden snowpeople”