kid's projects...

These are the projects we are doing for my class. Most of mine aren't completely finished, just because I used what I had at home, and then when we got there, I just told the kids the next step. :)



So for the rainbow, I used strips of paper, and made a cloud. Then after they glued the strips to the back, on the front I had them pull cotton balls so they were a little thinner and had them glue those on. They loved that part. This is exactly what we did, although I don't know if I got this idea from here or in my brain...I looked every where for ideas so who knows. :)

Oh, and I forgot to say that each day is a different color. So the first day was rainbow, then after that they got a letter from me, and they got to wear the color of the day and bring in something that color for show and tell. So for Orange, we did lions. I just used an orange piece of paper and made a line for them to cut on for the body, then you can use a paper plate and paint it or you can use one of the half circles you just cut out for their body/legs for their head (which is what we are going to do this time). Then you can cut out orange yarn and glue it around for their mane. I had cut too long of strips-like 3 inches, and I suggest making then about 2 inches otherwise they don't really fall right. And I am not a 100% sure that that will make it look completely right either. :)

For Yellow day we did bees. If you have white paper, I suggest doing that for the wings-I just didn't have enough, and I think they still turned out cute. I also taped black pipe cleaners on the back for his antennas. Then you can use an ink pad, or black paint, and have your child dip their finger in and do their finger prints across for the stripes. Some of the kids in my last class did a whole stripe, which looks cute, but made it go a lot faster. And the finger prints are so Adorable! :) (I took this idea from a craft store idea that you could buy and just used paper instead of foam, but you could use foam if you wanted)

For Red day, we painted pots like lady bugs.

For Blue day, we did blue birds. The original one I saw (which I have no idea where now, maybe on Carissa's site again) used two paper plates, and painted them. But I didn't have enough paint for 12 kids to do that, so instead I traced some things to make two different sized circles. The kids also put feet on their birds. Here are some other cute ideas for birds. I thought the idea I had came from Tot school as well, but maybe not??

For Green day we made frogs. I got this idea from one of the gals on Tot School. Here is a whole bunch of ideas for frogs/ponds.  We just painted a paper plate, cut out legs, and a tongue and put googly eyes on it. I stapled them in half, putting the tongue, and legs into it when I did that.

Hope you guys like them! :) We did some other stuff in the class too, like painting with stamps/cookie cutters. Making a collage with all the things they could find that were yellow, or blue or whatever color of the day. This time we are going to paint with shaving cream for orange day. They will get to put yellow in, and mix it all around, then they will get to put a little red in, and then they can make orange. Should be cool. :)