We started out by cutting out bug pictures
and classifying them by how they move: crawl, slither, or fly. Then we
glued them on different pieces of construction paper. Both kids really
enjoyed this activity. They even acted out crawling and flying!
Then we made construction paper flowers with
pompom centers and pipe cleaner stems. I had the kids put their
thumbprints on white construction paper with yellow paint, and we made
little bees and glued them onto Popsicle sticks. Also a big hit. This
was a great way to teach them how bees get nectar from flowers and take
it back to their hives to make honey. Top that off with a peanut butter
and honey sandwich, and this is a wonderful bug activity!
Finally, and by far my favorite craft of the
week, we made a ladybug tic tac toe game. The bodies of the ladybugs
are cut up cardboard egg cartons painted with acrylics. Of course,
anything that involves painting goes over really well with my kids.
Once those were dry, we glued on 1″ pompoms for the faces, two googly
eyes and black chenille stem antennae. Colton did a lot of the
gluing…we just used tacky glue for most of it. He has been loving bug
week! I hot glued the ribbon on for wings because the tacky glue just
wasn’t cutting it. The board is just orange poster board with black
construction paper squares glued on. This was one of my favorite crafts
so far because it was something the kids could really help with plus
they learn how to play tic tac toe.
The rest of the weekend is going to involve a
10 Commandments train and a Cat in the Hat hat painting. I was going
to do those today, but I really want to laminate the 10 Commandments
train. And I just found out that my dad got my mom a laminating machine
for Christmas. How did I not know this for six months?!?!?! She asked
if I would like to use it…um, yeah, duh. So I’m going to laminate
those tomorrow. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out.
Happy crafting!
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