bust out your crayons

I hope you all have some St. Patrick's day fun!   Bust out your crayons and enjoy! 5 Shamrocks One green shamrock, in the morning dew,  Another one sprouted, and then there were two. Two green shamrocks, growing beneath a tree;  Another one sprouted, and then there were three.  Three green shamrocks, by the cottage door;  Another one sprouted, and then there were four. Four green shamrocks, near a beehive  Another one sprouted, and then there were five. Five little shamrocks, bright and emerald green,  Think of all the luck these shamrocks will bring!

This might be a little confusing, but my girls asked for a pop-up card for their dad this year, and instead of buying a $1,000,000 card (ok, I may be exaggerating a little ), I thought I'd make my own.  So, here it is, and I'll try my best to explain how to make the pop-up. Pop-Up How To: 1. Print out both pages and color it! 2. Cut out the around the three hearts 3. Fold the heart drawing in half with the picture facing you (make sure you do a good job folding down the middle or the pop-up won't work!) 4. Fold along the sides where the two little hearts touch the big heart 5. Fold the front of the card (the haiku part) in half 6. Place the folded heart inside the folded card, and touch the bottom point to the inside seam 7. Glue one little heart to the inside of the card 8. Put glue on the other little heart and close the card, making sure everything will close properly 9. Open it up!  If I've explained everything well, enough and you've been able to deci...

I'm leaving this up because it's what comes up in Google, but they're are last year's dates.  If you go here , I made one with squares so you can write in the correct dates! Seriously, one of these months I'll get the calendar out before  the month actually starts. Anyway, I hope you love December as much as I do.  Where we're at, we've had at least 17" of snow already, and made a snow-woman out of it!  So, have lots of fun this month in the snow if you've got it!  You can even color the snow with food coloring and water.  How fun is that?  You can also check out the Snowman books (Snowmen at Night, Snowmen at Christmas, and Snowmen All Year) by Caralyn and Mark Buehner.  I love them, and my girls love them.  So, there's lots to do this month.  Anyway, bust out your crayons and enjoy!  Happy December! P.S. If you guys have any ideas of something you would like me to make and post, let me know, especially for the holidays. ...

In keeping with the Thanksgiving spirit, I thought I'd post a thank you card for policemen.  I am truly grateful for all the people who sacrifice to make my life safer and better.  They should never go unappreciated.  So, bust out your crayons and go thank a policeman! :) Outside: You work hard each day to make sure we're ok, You protect all our homes and the places we play. You watch over our friends and our families too... Inside: I just wanted to say, "Thanks!"  For all that you do! *Just remember if you want this to print out right, you have to save the image/download it first. If you print straight from the blog it will be all off center and weird :S

So here's my first attempt at some sort of craft.  It seems a little random, but I'm part of a pre-school co-op and I was in charge of an 'H' lesson.  Since Hippo and Hat both start with H, I wanted to make a hippo hat.  Turns out, those are amazingly hard to find.  So, I made my own and just thought I'd share.  We actually used this as a pattern and made the hats out of foam sheets and googly eyes. Directions: 1. Color! (If you think it's boring because hippos are grey, they don't have to be!) 2. Cut out shapes 3. Attach the ears.  The ears can either just be glued on top or cut a v where the v's are and stick them through. 4. Glue on eyes 5. Fold the teeth on the dotted line and glue to the underside of the brim. 6. Punch out the holes near the back and use a piece of yarn to tie around your child's head. 7. You're done!  You're child is now a hippo.  Enjoy!

Sorry for all the posts this week, I just needed to get caught up!  Since Halloween is fast approaching, (a little too fast if you ask me...) I thought it would be fun to do 5 Little Pumpkins.  It always seems to be 5 Little somethings doesn't it?  Anyway, hopefully this will help get you in the Halloween spirit if you're not already :)  Bust out your crayons and enjoy! 5 Little Pumpkins Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late!" The second one said, "There are witches in the air." The third one said, "But we don't care!" The fourth one said, "Let's run! Let's run!" The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?" Then "Woooooo," went the wind,  And out went the lights. And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

These felties go with the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".  My kids love this book, and hopefully yours do too!  So, bust out your crayons and enjoy :)