crackle coating ...

Crackle coating is a finicky thing . Were we live its extremely humid and this project is taking me longer then  I thought . My suggestion if you are interested in trying this is go to Lowes and not Home Depot for your crackle product . Here is some pics of a work in progress ....

This weeks to -do list

Bubble Recipe

1/2 cup of dish detergent (washing up liquid)

5 cups water (soft water is best - if your water is very hard consider using distilled or bottled water)

2 tablespoons glycerine (available at the pharmacy or supermarket). You can substitute light corn syrup (not golden syrup!)

Mix the ingredients together very carefully, so that you they don't get too bubbly. Pour into storage containers and, if possible, leave overnight to blend.

Bubble wand making........

Crakle Coating ......

Candy bracelet making ......

Eraser bobbles

The same idea as the pencil  but the bobble is  attached to the eraser , which was a little quicker but it doesn't wrap around the pencil as cute but it's definitely adds some sparkle !
                                                        
                               You will need pencil erasers,jewelry wire , beads ,needle nose pliers

1) i used a tac to poke a small hole in the eraser neck .then feed the wire through.

                                                              2) string your beads

3 ) tie off the end and you have another type of bobble 

Pencil BOBBLES

Very easy back to school craft that was a big success and a big HIT ! The kids loved the end result of a crazy twirlable beaded creation !

Things you'll need pencils , beads , jewelry wire ,

 and needle noes pliers... ( not a must but it saves your finger tips from getting sore )

1) feed the wire through the pencil ... there are little holes in top near the eraser .

 This is where you feed the wire into .

2)After you have feed a bit into the eraser wrap a little wire around the silver part to sturdy it and help  it stay just a bit better incase it gets pulled on .

3)dtring your beads 

4)Wrap the last bit of wire down and around your last bead .

5) your pencil bobble is done !

This was a very kid friendly project !

TIE DYE !

The key to success when tie dying with kids is PREPARATION . The first reminder I would give is pre-wash your new white-t's . Or use a stained white -t and use the tie dye as a way to turn something old into something new . 


1) Lay out plastic,newspaper or a drop cloth  , we used painters plastic . It clean and easy ! 

2) Set up a drying rack with labeled hangers . We had a large group so each hanger had the name of each tie dyer !

3) mix your rite dye in squirt bottles 

4) pinch a bit of fabric and tie it up with rubber bands 

                                          5) We had 4 colors pink , orange ,yellow , blue.

Start spraying sections different colors , for a vivid pattern saturate the areas where your rubber bands are
6)Let it dry and take out your rubber bands . Next admire your groovy home made mess free tie dye !

        

tomatoes and pumpkins

Past tomatoes and pumpkin picking time , none of our own crops this summer but 

we will vist Apple Annies in Wilcox for there apple harvest and pancake breakfast .

Apple Annies , is a pick your own fruits and veggies  family farm . It's a good thing for little ones to  pick  what they eat at least now and then .

The above was a past vist to Apple Annies !

things of intrest in the montessori ideal

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sweet heart's lovely little hearts

Sweet hearts

1 ) make a template out of fun foam

2) cut out your template

3) pick your spot

4) 2 heart ...front and back side

(don't forget to remove the fun foam )

5) thread your needle and tie a knot at the end

6) start sowing an simple over and under stitch

7 ) stop just before the end and fill with the batting

8) finish your stitch and tie

A sweet little heart ...my girls will work on this project tomorrow Ill post there results soon!

Something cool to do

http://www.bookmans.com/

Build your own instrument from recycled materials  , BOOKMANS provides all the materials for this  FREE event . Generally  every Tuesday in the kids corner about 10:00 there is something fun to do .

little lady bug

YOU WILL NEED :

1)1 small styro ball 2)1 extra small stryro ball

3)RED paint 4)1 black sheet of fun foam with adhesive back

 5) 1 RED sheet of fun foam with adhesive back ,

6)google eyes,7)black pipe cleaner

. Also you will need but probably have on hand

a serrated knife, scissors,whole punch.

 STEP 1) cut styro ball in half

 Step 2 )paint red ...dabbing works best

painted half .........

Step 3) Draw wings on back of red fun foam & cut

Step 4) Use a whole punch to make 

Now you have your pretty little wings and little black spots.

5) take the paper that covers the adhesive off of your dots and apply to your wings,

next  take the adhesive off of your wing and stick them on your DRY lady bug body

6) paint small ball  red and cut pipe cleaners (7)

6 for the legs and 1 to attach the head.

7) using  a short pipe cleaner poke it in to the end of the body that 

the head would be and then poke the other end into the small ball.

8) Take the 6 legs and poke them into the body

And you have a little lady bug!