by jessicaperkins | Jun 6, 2012 | art, beach, coloring, crayons, preschool, project, shell, shells, summer, totschool
We did several projects to include on our Beach Mural this summer. One of them was a simple color-me shell page. We both colored some of the shells to put up at the bottom of the ocean floor. Buga doesn’t always enjoy coloring – it’s not that she...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 19, 2011 | activity, art, Christmas, decorate, decorations, homeschool, kid, kids, preschool, project, tot art, Tree
Oh Christmas Tree!! Oh Christmas Tree!! How Felt-y Are Your Branches!I recently had the idea for Buga’s room – a Christmas Tree!I used to decorate my room growing up for all the holidays, Christmas in particular and I thought it would be fun for Buga to...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 16, 2011 | activity, art, candy cane, candy canes, Christmas, paint, painting, project
Highlights High Five magazine came in the mail this week. Buga ALWAYS heads straight for the “Make This” and “Cook This” section. This month they did painting projects with tape – so that when you peel the tape away the negative space...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 30, 2011 | art, coloring, craft, fall, glue, halloween, Language, poem, preschool, project, seasonal, totschool
A Haunted Halloween Project. Buga and I made this Haunted House project (Thanks, Mom!) as one of our Art projects. There were two sections to color – the top of the house and the bottom. Buga REALLY wanted us to color the house, together – which I try not...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 28, 2011 | activity, art, autumn, candy, fall, favor, gift, halloween, preschool, project, totschool
While in the bathroom at my parent’s house, I noticed a ton of empty toilet paper tubes…..and inspiration struck! I know, an interesting beginning to a craft story….Anyway, I remember seeing / making “poppers” – goody favors inside...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 11, 2011 | art, autumn, fall, leaf, project, tot school, totschool
We made these in the Summer, but Fish…and I thought they would make a beautiful addition to our autumn decorations. I was right. They are so beautiful. We just used clear contact paper and covered it with tissue squares; added a piece of contact paper on top;...
