Kitty Cat Craft

Me: "Madison, what do you want to do today?"
Madison (Jumping up and down): "I wanna make a kitty cat craft!"

That's the scenariothat prompted this cute little craft. Here's the website link I found to make it: http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/kidscrafts/eggcartonkitty.htm

Madisonbug

I'm still working on getting Madison to write her name, right now I'm just making sure she recognizes it. First I folded this paper in half length-wise then in Black Crayon (pressing heavily) I wrote her name above the fold. Afterwords I refolded the paper and rubbed very hard to get her name to transfer onto the bottom half. Then I traced oved the bottom hal in black crayon. Then both she and I colored it to make it look like a bug.

SNOW CREAM!

Around here its tradition to Eat Snow Cream:

Here's the Receipe:


Put clean snow into a bowl ( Maybe 2 quart mixing bowl)use sweetened condensed milk, vanilla...mix and enjoy...
...mix in milk and squish with a whisk or tater masher to mix.
...Grab a spoon and eat !!!!
(Variation) add Hershey chocolate syrup.... Yummy!!!!

SNOW DAY!


Nothing better to keep a little girl occupied than SNOW!

PONY-RAMA



Ponyland- its a game I made up for Madison one day when she was walking around the house complaining that she had nothing to do. First it started with the store-bought house in the center. Then Mama was bored one night after she had gone to bed. First one I made was the kitchen.





Then I had to make the Disco-land when I found a disco-ball in with my Christmas decorations. you might not see it very well, but on the ceiling is little Christmas lights that I found on clearance......Later on I also made a few pieces that she could add to it to change it into a Musical Stage.


 
Then last night my friend came over and she wanted to make one as well. So now we have a bedroom.

While my friend made one, I decided that Madison needed something to carry/store all of her ponys in. So now we have a Pony-barn. Not visable in the picture is a little handle at the top to carry it.

I must say that I didn't use Madison's help to make all these, she's still a little too hyper to do something like this.....but she sure does have fun playing with them. :) Made out of old boxes, construction paper, glue and a few other miscellaneous things I had laying around the house.


Here's the last pic of the original PONY House we started with.


A Fishy Painting

A Fishy Painting (Difficulty: Very Easy)

Here's another cool craft that I couldn't resist when I found these foam fish at the Walmart Craft Section.
This was a cool craft because Madison had to listen to instructions with the Tempera paints, then she got to decide where all the foam stickers went.

Painting with instruction (also helps that I only gave her one color at a time to paint with)

1.Told Madison to paint the whole background blue.
2. Madison could only paint the bottom brown.
3. Using Pink, Purple and Green she could go up and down, and even squiggly up and down.

4. Last I had Madison put the foam sticker Fish and bubbles anywhere she wanted.
5. I told her Starfish had to stay in the brown area
6. If you want you can embellish the Fish with Googly eyes to make it more Fun.

Dad Rocks!

Dad Rocks! (Difficulty: Moderate, Parental help needed)

Here's a cute little idea that will require some parental help. Makes a good gift for Dad on Father's day or any day.

Part One
1. (Kids)-Pick out a rock
2. (Kids)-Paint it with Tempera Paint.
3. (Kids)-For the Face-Add Googly Eyes, and Yarn Hair with Elmer's Glue, Paint the lips.

Part Two
4. (parents) Cut out a T-Shirt and Pants out of Cardbord.
5. (Kids)-Have your Child paint it with Tempera Paint.
6. (parents!!) with a hot glue gun (ps I tried other glues, they weren't working)- Glue the T-Shirt and Pants together, Glue Pipe Cleaner Arms and Legs onto the back, Glue the rock head onto the body.
7. In Marker add "Dad Rocks!" on the T-shirt.

3D Mosaics


3D Mosaics (Difficulty: Very Easy)

Here's a cool little craft I found at my local Walmart. CRA-Z-ART 3D Stick'n Sparkle. This was so easy all Madison had to do was peel and stick the little squares on the tiles. You'll notice too that she tried to match the colors of the squares too! 
I found my set on clearence for $3 however the website list these packages for about $8.

Trinket Boxes



Trinket Boxes (Difficulty: Easy)

Here's another great craft that we did I was actually a little surprised at how well these turned out.

I fount these awesome colored Popsicle sticks at our local dollar store and added stickers for embellishments.

Craft Requirements:

Popsicle Sticks
Elmer's Glue
Stickers (optional) (you could also use glitter glue or paint)

Pom Pom Family

Little Pom Pom Family (Difficulty: Very Easy)

This was such a fun little craft that Madison and I did. We love Googly eyes and have use them several times in our crafts.

This particular craft we used:
2 Large Pom Poms
1 Little Pom Pom
Foam Sicker Hands and Feet
3 pairs of Googly Eyes
4 Popsicle sticks.
Elmers Klue

Although you don't have to have the popsicle sticks, it was a nice touch to be able to transport the little Family. Very easy to do just glue them together as shown.