crafts

We have been busy doing lots of crafts here at Sweet Surprises! With three four year olds and a two year old around, art projects are a daily event! Usually we have a few neighbor kids over to join in the fun too. It has been my goal to get the kids doing something creative every day. So Last week I accomplished our goal! Our theme for the week was the five senses and the letter "S".

Monday-Homemade bright pink play dough (I added some peppermint extract) The kids lovedit. B insisted that it smelled just like chewing gum. I was going for the candy cane scent but close enough.

Tuesday-Sidewalk chalk rainbow art. I wrote the kids names on the driveway and let them trace over it with different colors of sidewalk chalk. This activity was perfect since it is getting so much cooler outside!

Wednesday-It was just me and my girls most of the day so we had lunch at Mongolian Grill andtook a trip down to Ikea to check out Children's Ikea. They have fantastic art supplies for super cheap. We picked up a few things to store away for Christmas presents.

Thursday-(crayon resist) We have been working really hard at learning how to spell and writeour names. The kids wrote their names on painting paper with crayons. Then we painted over it with water colors.

Friday-find its! We dyed rice with food coloring and alcohol and let it dry for two hours. We then filled plastic water bottles 3/4 full of the rice and added small trinketts. I then hot glued the lids down. B's bottle was filled with hot pink rice, a couple barbie shoes, hair clips and a little horse. The kids love playing with these, especially in the car.

I will try to post some pictures later today.

We had a really fun weekend too. We went to an Equestrian fair where B and S entered in the Little Buckaroo rodeo. They got to use a stick horse to run a pattern, have a flag race, and lasoo a fake cow! B actually roped the cow twice! S totally cheated and just ran up and threw the rope over the horns! It was so cute!

On J's day off we took our girls to see UP at the dollar theater. I was amazed at how long the girls lasted. We almost made it all the way through the movie!

Sometimes I need to remember what my Grandma always told me....I tried to follow her advice this week.

"Life is what's passing you by while you are busy planning for your future."

Its nice to slow down and enjoy my little ones while they are still so small.