1. Sun and Stars in the Sky
The girls had lots of fun with this one. First step was working on coloring skills. They grabbed all sorts of blue hued crayons to cover the page in blue sky. We added a little purple to the side that will be "nighttime". For the older kiddo, you can have them cut out the rectangles for the sun and stars and the circle for the sun. Then they go to town gluing their sun and stars on the page.
2. A Snowman in Summer!
Cut out some shapes, draw an outline of a sandy beach area and some water and sky. Like the last project, there is lots of coloring to start and then glue on the different shapes and pieces. The girls drew crayon sunshines in case you weren't sure it was, in fact, SUMMER! :) This project was (or course) a hit because it has Olaf. Who doesn't love Olaf? Now, do YOU want to build a snowman?
3. Tissue Paper Snake
Draw the outline on the paper, let them tear up tissue paper and glue. Easy and cute. My 3 year old sort-of covered the snake's eyes, but it gives it the appearance of being even more sneaky don't you think?
4. Saxophone
I cut out the s-shaped saxophones and the girls glued them on the paper. Next we read a library book about music and musicians and we paid special attention to the page with the saxophone player. The 3 year old isn't really drawing people yet, so my 5 year old totally did that part for her. But drawing people is a great skill for the kids to practice as they grow and develop. It's rather neat to see all the details she puts in.
5. Toilet paper roll Sunflowers
Use toilet paper rolls (squeeze the edges to make the petal shape instead of a circle) to stamp yellow "petals" around a painted black circle. Use a paintbrush to fill in the petals with color and also to add a stem and some leaves.
5 year old
She needed no assistance other than verbal direction
3 year old
She needed assistance with each step and had a hard time stamping the petals in a circle around the black circle she painted. I helped with that step and then directed her to paint yellow inside the petals and add a stem, which she did on her own for a neat 3 year old finished product.
1 year old
I started out a black circle for her and she took the brush and added flare. I had to do the actual stamping of the petals for the flower, though she did enjoy stamping all around the page on her own. I tried having her paint in the petals, but she mostly just added more yellow to the page in various places and when I gave her the green, she did the same. Very abstract, but still quite cool, I thought, and she got to have fun with paint.
