Bunny Bags

This is too cute not to share!  This is a child's hand print.  We printed the children's hands on white gift bags for our school Easter egg hunt.  You could do this for Grandma or Aunt Betty's hostess gift bag  for Easter dinner or if you have loads of time and energy it would be a cute Easter card (card stock is easily found in most super centers and craft stores).

Use brown acrylic or tempera paint. Paint your child's palm and fingers (EXCLUDING THE THUMB) and print on paper.  Let dry.  Use the pointer finger to paint in pink ears (have your child start at the top and pull the paint down), a pink dot  for the nose and two black dots for the eyes.  After the facial features dry, use a sharpie marker to add mouth and whiskers.  Hippity hop to it!  It's easy!

Girls Night Out

Anita Renfroe is coming to ISU's Braden Auditorium on Friday, June 6th at 7 p.m. Have you heard Anita?  She is a wonderfully funny comedienne.  Maybe you saw her YouTube video of  'The Mom Song'.  She is also a Kraft foods spoke person.  Click on http://www.kraftrecipes.com/yougottalol.aspx for super funny laughs about family life and motherhood. Tickets are only $8 and go on sale Tuesday, April 12th at 10 a.m.  For more information and ticket information go to  http://www.wcicfm.org/anita-renfroe

Have fun and don't blink! 

All Your Eggs in One Basket

This is a fun activity for number and letter recognition.  If you would like to make some for home, it's cheap and easy. You need some plastic Easter eggs and a Sharpie marker. 

For numbers-put the number on one section of the egg and draw black dots on the other half. We have numbers 1-12.

For the letters-put the upper case
 letter on one section and the lower
case letter on the other.

Hippity Hop!



Easter Bunny Jars

The Easter Bunny jars the kids created turned out pretty cute.  One thing I will do next year is have the kids take a pink marker and color a little pink on the ears.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail!

We have had lots of empty baby food jars donated to the school and came up with a fun craft for the Easter holiday. This would be a cute favor for the kid's table for your holiday dinner. Fill this with jelly beans or wrapped chocolates and the nieces and nephews will love you!

This is the same technique we used for the jack-o-lantern jars and vases.  This jar is just a sample for the kids and I drew the face.  We decided to cut black and pink paper so the kids can glue their own faces.  The ears were cut out of fun foam and hot glued with a low temp glue gun.  If you are feeling super creative you could use googly eyes and a small pink pom for the nose.

Directions-Cut white gift tissue in small squares.  Dilute glue in a small bow. Paint glue on jar in small sections and cover with tissue paper squares. Paint a coat of glue over tissue and let dry completely.  Add facial features and fill with candy.

To Infinity and Beyond!

It is amazing to see what happens when you combine a cardboard box, some empty juice bottles, a few additional props and add some preschoolers.  Our rocket ship center has been a blast (sorry I couldn't resist).  The items you see in the photo are used in most of our dramatic play. The rocket boosters have been airpacks for the firestation and scuba gear on the beach.  All these items fit in a laundry basket and provide lots of entertainment for our preschoolers. If your child likes to play 'dress up',  gather up some old cameras, cell phones, a few suitcases or backpacks, a keyboard, old maps and some small notebooks and pencils. Your child will fill in the blanks with their imagination.

Hundreds and Hundreds of Easter Eggs

 Our preschoolers are having fun filling eggs for the upcoming CUC Easter Egg Hunt!  We have a little 'center' set up and when the children fill a tub with eggs, we count!  They are getting pretty good at counting to one hundred.  We hope by Easter they are
                                                                           really good!

After we count out one hundred eggs, we write the number on our chart. Ask your child how many eggs have been filled.  Children love trying to count to one hundred. Want to see if your child can count to one hundred?  Use Cheerios, coins, beads, buttons, anything to count.