Table Decorations

I always like to have something made by my children for our holiday table.  This year for Thanksgiving we covered candle holders with tissue paper and glue.  They turned were beautiful when lit. 

Jump and Jiggle

Eeks I am really behind on posting because I have been in a felt food craze.  If you haven't made felt food, you must.  It is easy and fun.

Anyway during our letter J study I made a J activity die.  On each side was one of the verbs jump, jiggle, jerk, jive, juggle, and jig.  We took turns (I participated) throwing the die and then doing the activity.  The jerk was their favorite. 

Jars

We had our monthly big clean out the fridge where all the dribs and drabs get tossed.  Lucky for me there were a lot of jars, so after I washed and dried them I had G & H find the lids that matched the jars.  Perfect for their fine motor skills and the letter J.  The best part was while doing the activity they realized the jars smelled.  It was fun for them to guess what had been in the jar.

Jelly Bean Counting

This activity was a bit of a stretch for G and H since there were multiple steps.  It took a lot of guidance from me, but they kept working on it.  They loved eating some jelly beans when we were finished and giggling about the word jelly bean later on. 

Art for the Wee Ones

I am back after going on a hunt to find the picture card reader.  I put it in a special place so the children wouldn't play with it and I forgot where that special place was until today. 

This week was my husband's birthday.  My daughter suggested we get him a Dora guitar so she could play with it and my son agreed that would be good.  Instead I had them make some art for his office.  If I had been thinking I would have picked up the watercolor canvases when they were on sale a few weeks back, but I can't remember half the things on my grocery list when I have the list in my  hand. 

I started by asking them what are some things they like to do with their daddy.  After we generated a list I had them chose one and paint a picture.  On the back I had them tell me what it was and I wrote it, so in 5 years we won't be scratching our heads.  Even the baby made one.

Cheesy Roll Up

I have been blessed with very good eaters and they love to help in the kitchen too.  One of their favorite things is a cheesy roll up and who can blame them?  What is there not to like about cheese?  We practiced spreading beans on the tortilla and then added our onions, tomatoes, and cheese. 

Jumping Jack/Jane

We are still working on the letter J, so I put together a J craft.  We made jump rope Jack/Jane who wears a jazzy jacket and jeans.  I cut up an old pair of jeans for the jeans and copied the jacket off the internet.  You can find the paper doll at http://www.makingfriends.com/  This is a great site to print off paper dolls for the Flat Stanly project too.  The best part was G was actually excited for this one. 

After we were finished with our craft we watched a few double dutch videos on YouTube.  They were amazed.