Fingerprint Flags

We found this fun flag project, and I thought it would be a cute way to get their little finger prints on something cute that I could keep! :) I haven't taken a picture of the finished project yet...maybe soon though!

For now, here is what you'll need! -Minus the kid whose finger prints you want! :)

Marshmellow sculptures

My boys were in heaven with this little project!!




All you need are:

mini marshmellows
toothpicks
and your imagination!!

*And, yes, they did get to eat the mallows afterwards! :)

Soda erruption

Here is a cool science experiment to do with the kids.


What you will need

A 2 litter bottle of Diet Coke (Apparently diet Coke with caffeine works the best, but any carbonated soda can get a similar reaction.)

• Mentos Candies (About 1/2 a package per bottle.)
• You just drop the mentos into the bottle As quickly as you can and watch it erupt. The first link says that you can turn it into a rocket if you quickly replace the cap and turn the bottle upside down. But when we did it, we only got 3 mentos in the bottle before it erupted all over me. So I don't see how it could work unless supper man tried it with his supper speed :) It was cool and we will certainly do it again.

An explanation and history of the experiment can be found here from wikipedia.

I basically told the girls that carbon Dioxide is what makes the pop fizzy and bubbly. When you drop the candy into it, there are lots of VERY little holes in the candy and the holes react to the carbon dioxide to make TONS of bubbles out of the pop. Since bubbles are bigger than the pop there is no more room left in bottle, so the bubbles/foam shoot up into the air.

I first got the idea here from mintagehome.blogspot.com
I got the picture from google images, there is no way I could get a picture of this on my own.

American Flags

The Fourth of July is coming up!! I found this really great idea for kids to make their own flags! And out of popsicle sticks! (Maybe if you're a nice mom, you'll let the kids eat all nine popsicles they need to get their sticks, instead of just buying them like I did. My poor kids! :) )



Soo...You'll need everything pictured here plus some white cardstock or printer paper. (I don't know why that didn't make it in the picture...that white square is actually a piece of cardboard.)

After painting the sticks ( 2 red, 2 white, 2 white/blue, 3 red/blue), 'paint' the piece of cardboard with glue and assemble the sticks to resemble a flag. Once that is finished drying, glue on your stars and then attach some string/ribbon/yarn onto the back for hanging!!

Magic painting

I didn't have time to snap a picture of the finished project, but it really wouldn't have mattered. I tried and tried to get my boys to color with the white crayon more, but they were just too darn excited to paint. And then when they finally did paint (I practically had to force them to color more!), they didn't even try to paint over what they colored to see if it would magically appear! We might have to try this one again sometime!

So pictured above is what you need! Start off by coloring a picture (white crayon on white paper) and then use water colors to paint over your coloring and see what turns up!!

Summer crafting ideas!

Go to THIS blog soon....like NOW! I seriously found 10 projects to do with the kids, and I only looked through 1 & 1/2 pages of her blog!! Your one stop blog for any and all crafting ideas. :)

Father's day Alumni T-shirt

Here are the Father's Day Shirts I had the girls make this year. We made 1 for Sam, 1 for my Dad and 1 for Sam's Dad.

Supplies:

• Parchment paper and masking tape or contact paper
• scissors
• permanent marker
• masking tape
• Printed out copy of school's Logo
• T-shirt
• fabric paint
• cardboard
  

1. cover your table with newspaper
2. Print out a copy of the school's logo. (I went to google images, copied the logo, pasted it into a word document, enlarged it there, and printed it out.)
3. Trace the image onto the contact paper or parchment paper. (If using contact paper make sure that you are tracing it so that when you peal back the paper the image is not reversed.)
4. If using Parchment Paper instead of contact paper cover the image with masking tape
5. Now cut out the image with scissors. Try to save as much of the cut outs as possible, you could use them too.
6. Any cut marks that were made in the cut outs can be patched up with some more small pieces of tape. They can be used on the sleeves, back, or another shirt.
7. Put the cardboard inside the shirt so that the paint doesn't soak through to the back. If you want the paint only around the logo, fold all the extra fabric of the t-shirt under the cardboard so the kids don't paint it. (like the Yellow shirt.) If you want hand prints all over the shirt, don't tuck. (Like the Blue Shirt.)
8. Peal off the backing on the logo and apply it to the shirt. Make sure to center it. If doing a multiple piece logo, apply the center one first and work out from there.)
9. Now that you have everything set up, let the kids come to the table, give them the paint and let them go at it. while supervising make sure that they get the paint on all the edges of the tape so that the image shows up.
10. When the kids are done pull off the tape while it is still wet. (I'm not sure, but if you wait until the paint dries the paint might peal instead of giving you a nice crisp edge.) Then leave the shirt in a safe place to dry overnight.