Dinosaur ROAR!

Ollie's 3rd birthday party is this Saturday, and it is a dinosaur theme.
So, we are doing all things dinosaur this week for crafts.
Today we made two crafty dinosaurs that we will be hanging as decorations for the party.
I downloaded a template for the first dinosaur from the All Kids Network here.

Then I copied it by free handing it on heavy weight construction paper with a black marker. Next I asked Ollie to color it in, and then glue "spots" on it.

Next he applied little pom poms to the spots.
We added a googly eye and then started the next one!

I just free handed this triceratops
(I guess I have been staring at a lot of dinosaurs lately, since Ollie is so obsessed!)

Next he colored it in,

Then we added another googly eye.
(Something about these eyes makes Ollie laugh like crazy!)

More glue for spots,

And there we have it! (Please excuse the runny nose!)

We will make a few each day this week.
After they dry we will cut them out and hang them as decorations
for our little birthday party!

Funky Playdough Caterpillar

So you know when your toddler has basically mish-mashed all of the playdough colors into one? Well, here is a fun idea that I found (somewhere, long ago, PLEASE FORGIVE ME because I can't possibly remember where).

Playdough Caterpillar

Roll play dough into balls about golf-ball size.

Use a skewer (Mommy or Daddy does this part) to push a hole through the middle.

Next comes the hard part--put the balls on a windowsill out of reach of little hands for a few days to dry. Ollie would ask me over and over--is it dry yet???



When the balls have hardened, help your little one to string them on a pipe cleaner. depending on the size of your play dough balls (or the number) you may have to link two pipe cleaners together.



Next, fashion antennae out of a pipe cleaner. (Don't forget to twist the ends so that the balls do not come off.

VOILA! A FUNKY PLAY DOUGH CATERPILLAR!

Crazy Hat Day

Here's an easy craft!

Materials: whatever you have lying around!

I made a band of paper a few inches thick and held it around our heads
to fit to size and then stapled them twice (I taped Ollie's to be safe).

I made Ollie a crown,
I made his Dad a bird that Ollie colored,
and I gave myself a fun flower.

Then we had a crazy hat parade!

The best thing was that it was TOTALLY spontaneous!

MAKE IT!