Summer Craft Time

When we have down time at home, Karis always wants to do a craft. So far, our crafts have been simple and the girls love them. The other day, we worked on some foam mermaids I bought at the craft store. They were quite detailed and the girls did a great job.

Karis always takes the longest, whether we are at home or at the library craft time. She takes her time and enjoys doing it.

Makena was so happy with the final products. She loved playing with them afterwards.

And while the girls did crafts, Kyle happily watched a show by himself on the iPad in his undies. 

Summer Crafts

We spent a lot of time this summer (mainly at the beginning) doing crafts at home. I tried out some stuff I learned about on the Internet. Here are a few things the kids enjoyed. 

A raceway down the stairs

Making pet rocks with glitter paint and googly eyes

Pom pom shooters

Slime balls out of glitter glue and borax

  

And lastly, finger painting, coloring, stickers and perler beads.

Dying Easter Eggs

Dipping 

Double dipping

Kyle tried his hand at dying eggs. He was pretty good. He patiently held the egg in the bowl. 

He only spilled colored water twice... =P

Need. more. glitter.

Almost done

Colored eggs. Happy kids. 

These Are A Few Of Their Favorite Things

These days, the girls love to do crafts. They love to cut, color, glue and play with beads. They also love coloring books and drawing with markers. One of our most recent projects was making paper fairies and mermaids. It was Karis' idea. I drew them, they colored them, and then I cut them out. They played with them for hours. 

Here are some of their other projects:

Their latest obsession is Strawberry Shortcake. They watch the show every day and love to read the books and play with little figurines. Their second favorite TV show is Care Bears. 

I love that they have been enjoying a lot of the same things. It's fun to watch them play together and I love how their relationship is developing.

A Preschooler's Valentine's Day

Being in her first year of preschool, this was the first time Karis was to pass out Valentine's Day cards. I had my own idea of the kind of Valentine's Day card she was going to pass out to her classmates. It was going to be a goodie bag filled with little bunny cookies and heart-shaped chocolates. The tag was to say "Some Bunny Loves You" with a little drawing of a bunny head. Cute, right? I soon realized that Karis would have no part in making them and that it would be all me having fun with the project. So, I reluctantly put away my selfish plans and let her help me create something of her own. 

We went to the craft store and she picked out some stickers and ribbon. She carried her stickers and ribbon around the house for days until she finally got to design and make her tags. I took her to the store so she could help pick out the treats that were to go inside the bags. She wanted to get everything on the shelves, but we walked away with heart lollipops and Hershey kisses. She helped me count the candy and stuff the bags. I tied them up and they were ready to go! 

Karis came home from preschool with Valentine's Day crafts and a decorated bag filled with all kinds of goodies from her 11 classmates. Being the good sister that she is, she happily shared some stuff with Makena. She then looked through her stash over and over again until it was time to take a nap. 

Noodles

I've been trying to find new things for the girls to do indoors. Thanks to preschool, Karis always wants to work on some kind of craft project. And because Makena doesn't go to preschool, I'm trying to do more learning activities with her. The other day I colored some noodles, gave them some kitchen utensils and let them use their imaginations.