pumpkin projects
I try to do crafts with the kids on a daily basis. It doesn't always work out to be daily but, I try. Oddly, I hardly ever do crafts that are holiday themed. A couple of weeks before Halloween, I decided to take my friend Andrea's lead and have jake make a jack-o-latern out of some construction paper and a paper plate.
I set anna up with a dry erase marker and board. Ummm, yeah. I know. I'm nuts giving a 1 year old a marker. Yes, she still likes to shove things in her mouth. Yes, she doesn't always stay on the paper. Yes, I am an idiot. She enjoys it, though. The marker. Not the fact that her mother is an idiot.
I let jake cut the pieces of paper himself. I figured it was good fine motor practice and I was too busy making sure anna didn't end up with a face covered in marker. I cut out the mouth, eyes and nose shapes for him. This is where I should probably follow Andrea's lead and make an example for him. The kid went all rogue on me and ended up making an orange car. He just glued a bunch of orange on a plate then took two black circles and plopped them on that sucker and called it a day. For some reason, I didn't take a picture of the end product. I have it hanging on the wall, though. I like to say he was thinking outside of the box. Not that his mother was too lazy make him an example.
I set anna up with a dry erase marker and board. Ummm, yeah. I know. I'm nuts giving a 1 year old a marker. Yes, she still likes to shove things in her mouth. Yes, she doesn't always stay on the paper. Yes, I am an idiot. She enjoys it, though. The marker. Not the fact that her mother is an idiot.
I let jake cut the pieces of paper himself. I figured it was good fine motor practice and I was too busy making sure anna didn't end up with a face covered in marker. I cut out the mouth, eyes and nose shapes for him. This is where I should probably follow Andrea's lead and make an example for him. The kid went all rogue on me and ended up making an orange car. He just glued a bunch of orange on a plate then took two black circles and plopped them on that sucker and called it a day. For some reason, I didn't take a picture of the end product. I have it hanging on the wall, though. I like to say he was thinking outside of the box. Not that his mother was too lazy make him an example.