More Easter Crafts

We have all been sick this week, so we haven't been able to do all the things I planned. On the other hand we have been home non-stop, so we have done quite a bit. Yesterday I started feeling better, so I took Sawyer outside to pick dandelions. There weren't too many dandelions, so he also picked some grass.

I let him paint with them when we came inside. He wasn't interested in it at first. Then I tried it myself. I guess it looked like fun, because he joined in.

This week I have been telling the boys about the Easter story. We have read a little part each day. Today we talked about how Christ's tomb was empty. We also did this craft.

The boys painted each side of a paper plate. Neither of them wanted any help.
I used a rolled up paper sack as the stone. I also drew my own angel. I am really a pitiful artist. I am not very crafty either, but my kids don't seem to mind. I hope that it helps Sawyer to remember the story.

Hand Print Bunnies

I helped the boys make bunnies using their hand prints. I just painted their palm, pointer finger, and pinky with white paint and placed them on the paper. I had them paint a nose on and I drew the eyes and mouth. I cut them out and let them glue them to the paper.

Then they colored the paper. There are cuter things with this I could have done with this, but this was simple and fun for them. We are all sick this week, so simple is good.

Sweet Art

After we did the jelly bean graph I decided to let the boys paint with peeps.
Sawyer saw these and wanted me to buy them. He doesn't like marshmallows and I think they are gross, but I saw on someone's blog that they painted with peeps.
They work like little sponges and make cute bunny prints. I didn't get any pictures of Jax, because I didn't want to leave his side. I was so afraid he would try to eat the paint covered peep. He didn't seem to realize it was edible though, and enjoyed painting.
I also let them glue a few jelly beans on the paper.

Jelly Bean Graph

Sawyer loves jelly beans, so I knew I needed to think of some way to incorporate them into a lesson. I decided to teach Sawyer how to make a graph. This was the first time I had ever done this with him and it went really well. First, I let the boys separate the jelly beans by color. They each snuck one to eat.
Then I showed Sawyer how to put the beans on the graph. He counted them as he did this.
Next, he colored in the graph. The last thing we did was look at the graph and talk about what color we had the most and fewest of.

I let the boys eat one of each color, so Jaxon was happy with that.

Eggcelent Colors and Shapes

I love this time of year. I love the beautiful weather, flowers, and colors. I bought some plastic eggs and other Easter materials the other day. There are so many activities I can use them with.
First, I played a color match game with Jax. I put colored paper at the bottom of these ramekins and had him match the colored egg to the paper. He did a great job with this. He got them all right on the first try and was so proud of himself.
Next, I let him put the eggs in the spoon and drop them into the containers. Sawyer did this once too. It was really easy for him, but still fun.
For Sawyer I filled the eggs with pictures of shapes and hid them around the house while he was sleeping. I could have done letters, numbers, or really anything. I had him find the egg and then tell me what was inside.

Bunny Ears

Last week the boys and I worked on the letter x. We talked about xylophones and x-rays. I didn't take any pics. The only letters we have left to review are y and z. This week I decided to focus on Easter activities. Tuesday I helped the boys make bunny ears. I found the idea here. We also sang, "do your ears hang low?"
First, they colored construction paper with chalk.

Then while I cut the paper into headbands, they glued cotton balls onto the ears.

I stapled them all together. I think I put the ears on backwards, but they didn't care.

Then we hopped around the house pretending to be bunnies. Jax and Sawyer practiced wiggling their noses like little bunnies.

A little bit of T, U, and W

Wow! I have really slacked lately. We have been so busy with vacation, sickness, and just life lately. We have done a few things, but like I said I have really slacked. A couple of weeks ago we talked about the letter t. We had a scavenger hunt around the house. I hid things that started with the letter t and the boys found them. One day I read a book about tigers and we played a tiger game.

We also painted with toothbrushes and toothpaste. The boys loved this.

This week we moved on to the letter u. There wasn't much to do with the letter u. We read books about u and made an umbrella. I also started the letter W and we talked about weather. It was a good week for umbrellas and weather, because it rained all week.

One day the boys made clouds with glues and cotton balls. The top one is Jaxon's. He kept trying to taste the glue, but he did a pretty good job.

This next week is spring break, so we probably won't do much.