Leaf Craft

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!

G and I did this leaf craft back in September. It turned out so cute! 

Directions:
1. Cut paper into small squares
2. Put glue on paper
3. Put squares on paper
4. Find a leaf template online
5. Use template to cut project out

RAWR

About a month ago I brought a board book about dinosaurs to my nanny families house to read with their 15 month old and she loved it! We read it at least twenty times that day and now, her newest obsession seems to be dinosaurs. The weather around here has been cold and rainy so I decided to do a craft with her and it only seemed necessary to make a dinosaur. I put a few drops of green finger paint on a piece of paper and let her paint away. She wasn't all that interested in paint which surprised me because she spent 45 minutes (not exaggerating) coloring a piece of paper green the other night, but anyway, I gave her a fork and spoon and then she showed more interest in mixing the paint. I brought her painting home, found a dinosaur template online, printed a cute little saying out and here is our final creation: 

G apparently loves her dinosaur craft because it is three weeks later and apparently every morning the first thing she says is, "Dino!"

Teddy Bear Colors

Teddy Bear Colors:

- Multiple colors of Construction paper or Cardstock
- Teddy Bear template from Google
- Marker to draw on faces
- Scissors to cut out the bears

Bunny Colors

I whipped this simple color matching activity up in 15 minutes. It will be a great way to introduce the 1 year old I nanny for to colors! I'm hoping to get more "big" pom-poms from Micheal's and add more colors as she gets older.

Quiet Book

Q for Quiet.

Picking Apples.

Matching colors and patterns.

Build a cake.

Fly a kite.

Tic- Tac- Toe.

Counting.

Build a house by adding 2 windows and a door.

Customize your own Ice Cream cone.

You've got Mail.

I can't sew and most of the Quiet books I found and have seen have involved sewing. Thanks to Pinterest, I found a template for a quiet book using Velcro. Above are the pages in the book I made for the little girl I nanny for.

Here's the link to the template: http://kojo-designs.com/2011/03/guest-tutorial-from-made-by-heidi-quiet-book/

Pirate Wore A...

Only glue that works on felt is hot glue!

Patch comes in 9 different colors.
 

Song (Tune of Mary Wore a Red Dress):

Pirate wore a red patch, red patch, red patch

Pirate wore a red patch all day long. 

(Switch the color as you switch the eye patch) 

 If you'd like the template for this project, you can find it here: http://storytimekatie.com/2012/06/08/flannel-friday-pirates/

Felt Rainbow

Felt only costs 29 cents!!

I don't have a template for this, but it was very easy to make. The cloud especially since it's just white felt and all you need to do is make wavy cuts. I started with purple and went up in the colors of the rainbow. It's not perfect, but it works!