Homemade Birthday Cards

Recycling Wrapping Paper

Into Cards

 

Over Easter Break!  May and I were busy making Birthday Cards.

May is becoming great at recycling ,so all the cup cake card toppers were made out of wrapping paper.

 

Card Toppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Switch the Light Off

 

Same Old Problem

New Solution

 

 

 

I know it should be easy ,it takes less than a second ,but why do all kids find it so hard!!! Its just a light switch.

My two have been driving me nuts with this, so I have now got them to make signs.This is Mays one ,James has his on bright Red card in the hope it catches his eye. Both I stuck up beside the light switches in their rooms.

{ Fingers crossed this works or the kids are going to wonder why they have no light in their bedrooms}

Alexis

{this great picture was printed off free at www.daniellesplace.com}

Any Ideas?



Colouring in Mandalas

May's Mandala

 



 

At 8 May is always looking for harder pictures to colour. She loves colouring in with Gel pens. Mandalas are good for older children to practicing colouring in. It gives them a chance to create their own patterns and decide their own colours.

I found a great site for printing Mandalas off for free.

Its called Printmandalas

Printmandalas 

 

Alexis

Hard Dot to dots for Kids

 

 

 

May is off sick this week, so its been a hunt on the computer for free printable worksheets. We were looking for worksheets for older children and found  www.Raisingourkids.com

They have lots of nice colouring in pictures for younger children. But more important for me they have hard dot to dot worksheets ,May thought they were great! The link below takes you straight to the dot to dot section.

www.raisingourkids.com/activities/connect-dot-to-dot

Alexis



Alien Junk Spaceship

                                                 James's Space Ship

 

This is my son's English homework. James couldn't see the sense in it, High school kids making junk toys for English. He told his teacher he would have rather done an essay.

After a lot of moaning he got it done !

 2 foil baking trays got stuck together and plastic bottles added for legs. May helped him decorate the top. It turned out well, even lasted a trip into school and back!

James is hoping its back to English for the rest of the term.

Alexis

 

Recycling Lollipop sticks

Keepsake Box

Lollipop Stick Style

 

 

I haven't used lollipop sticks in years , we were in Asda when I spotted a bag of coloured ones. So it was a quiet hour and a trip down memory lane, on how to make a box with sticks.

If I had got an extra bag the box would have been taller but it turned out not bad ! for lollipop sticks and some PVA glue.

May says I just need to add some sparkle !

I have put some more photo's below to show you how it was done.

 

Alexis

Butterfly Suncatchers



 

The windows in my house are getting a makeover at the moment!

Spare black card is getting cut up to make suncatchers, May and I are fed up with the cold dull days and are busy bringing some colour in!

 

 

 Alexis

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