Cupids Arrow. 1 box of wide straws. (the basic grocery store straw with stripes.) I box of Q-tips 2 large bowls (heart shaped are cute, any dollar store has plastic heart shaped bowls right now) Masking tape Divide the group into teams. Place a heart shaped bowl in front of each team and place some […]
Polymer Clay – beige, white, dark red, green and black Colored Wire – 1 1/2″ piece medium weight Shape a golf ball-size piece of beige clay into an oval and flatten until the shape is approximately 1/2 inch thick. Place the oval in the center of the baking dish. For the nose, roll two pea-size […]
Scissors Brown felt Fabric glue Uncooked rice Lentils or beans White and colored puffy paints For each beanbag, help your child cut two matching gingerbread shapes from the brown felt. Use the fabric glue to seal the two shapes together at the edges, leaving an inch-wide opening along the seam. Fill the beanbag with the […]
In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other’s homes for visits and shared meals, most significantly a feast on New Year’s Eve. In the United States, however, many early Chinese immigrants arrived without their families, and found a sense of community through neighborhood associations instead. Today, […]
Collect pictures of nutcrackers. You will find them in books, magazines and so on. Look at all the different styles and if possible, hang pictures of different options around the room while working on the project. You can also read the story of Clara and her nutcracker, and play the music from the ballet while making […]
* Pop Rocks: Valentine, you ROCK! * You Rule! – Attach to a ruler or Fruit By The Foot * Gum: We “chews” you to be our Valentine! * Gummy Bears/Teddy Grahams, etc: “Bag of bear hugs”, “You’re unbearably cute!”, “Join the cub!”, “I can’t bear being without you!” * Squeeze-it kids drink: Valentine, Will […]
Large and small paper plates … paint … paint brushes … construction paper … scissors … glue sticks … hole punch … yarn or ribbon. Paint a face on the small paper plate and paint three buttons on a large paper plate. Punch a hole at the top of the large paper plate. Punch a […]
 Cut three bumps in a row from a cardboard egg carton, leaving them attached. This will be the snowman. Paint the entire outside of the three bumps white. Glue the snowman to blue paper. Cut facial features, buttons, boots, stick arms and a hat for the snowman from colored construction paper. Glue them all […]
