Recycled Crayon Leaves

I saw this project on another blog recently and thought it would be fun. The kiddos loved the grated crayons and couldn't keep their hands out of it. They had alot of fun watching the crayons melt under the warm iron. I decided to try this project at school with my sons Kindergarten class..... things were a bit messy but all in all everyone had fun with the project.

Project: Recycled crayon leaf

Grated crayons, I melted mine by color so they were a large chunk, then grated.

wax paper

scissors

black construction paper

iron, towel

Cut the leaf shape out of the black paper, two sheets together. Then sprinkle the grated crayon on the wax paper, place another wax sheet on top and iron. Then sandwich the wax paper with melted crayons in between the black construction paper. If you hang in a window then you get a beautiful transparency like stained glass.

Playground Fun

Just some shots at the Sunset Hills playground today after school. Good times.

Dinosaur Camp

Today was the second day of Dinosaur Camp for K... He loves it!! We are slowly getting geared up for Kindergarden. Im getting more and more used to the idea. He is very excited about Kindergarden. All I can say is he is going to have the coolest lunch out of all the children. You will see that in a couple of weeks.

Batik with glue

I wanted to post this so I could do this as a project later on. Cheers

Handmade Books

These are the beautiful books.... They chose four sheets of paper from my scrapbooking paper. L picked paper that had flowers and K picked clouds, water, grass and map. I thought that was pretty smart, he chose the elements minus fire. I cut them down by four and they punched holes and used embroidery thread for the binding. After, I asked them to write their names on the inside. L decided she wanted to draw a leaf instead and K, well , he wrote his name-backwards-it was amazing! Then I pointed it out to him so he said " Oh, I will write it the other way now" and he did.

Jenga Blocks = Fun

Friday was beautiful, we decided to met some friends over at Jamestown City Park. Of course, I forgot my camera. The playground is the one that K broke his arm at a couple of years ago and we have not been there since. So, we met our friends there, with a picnic lunch. First we rode the Carousel and then the train and of course lunch. The playground is so much fun now that they can do for themselves more. They have a zip line and three tunnel slides and two moving bridges.

After the long day at the park I decided to go to Goodwill and do a little thrifting. I found a large bag of Jenga blocks for three dollars. The next morning they built castles and made long domino trains. I love a good thrift store find!!

Beans and Magnets

So today I begin, This is something I have been thinking about for a long time. I thought it served as the perfect opportunity for me to connect with family and journal my daily life at the same time.

Today was a day I had Carly, a friends daughter I keep a couple of days a week. I really wanted some studio time so I set them up with beans and magnets. We play in beans often and I hide washers inside the beans for them to find with magnetic wands. Sometimes K just plays with his trucks and moves beans. L likes to sift the rice out of the beans and fill cups and bowls. The beans held their attention for about 30 min. and I did have time to work. So grateful for any time I can weave in my day.