Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Summer with Kids.... week 7!!

I know Summer is over...Fall is already here and I've been missing in action since.....I don't know how much time...but definitely a long time.I've my reasons but now when I think about them they feel like excuses so I would just say I was a little busy with my personal problems.But as they say...Better Late than Never....

Though Summer is over but when it comes to crafting there is no season when you can't. It does get a little difficult to do with kids especially if they are going full time school but still I hope you get some ideas for those weekends and holidays :)

So for week 7 we did some beautiful crafts, and here are the pictures :

1 : Kids assembled some foam cutout dolls which came in a kit.Though I got it as a kit but now I feel it's really easy to cut out your own pieces from foam sheets.





TUESDAY:  Next we did a fun project...printing with leaves.Kids had a blast mixing colours and making all different coloured leaf prints on a sheet of paper.With little older kids it should be a fun project to print on fabric with fabric paints.I remember making table cover with leaf prints when I was young.


This one is my favorite....



WEDNESDAY : Schools were about to start in couple of weeks and we wanted to do some back to school craft. What can be more intriguing for girls other than back pack key chains? I know my daughter just loves to put different kind of hanging stuff on her back pack :) So girls decided on making a beaded key chain for their backpacks...which was not so interesting for the boys, so they got to make suncatchers once again





THURSDAY : Once more paints came to my rescue when I was out of ideas for what to do for crafts that day.One thing with paints and kids together is that you can never expect a dull moment. We made some marble prints and kids got so excited with this simple yet so charming activity.It still brings a smile to my face when I remember how much fun they had.



FRIDAY:  Once again it was a back to school craft that day...bookmarks out of foam pieces and stickers. Easy and fun to do and requiring no supervision crafts always make me super Happy :)
and as I write this post my daughter is sitting beside me reading her everyday 20 mins and using the same bookmark...isn't the feeling awesome when you can use something you created for a good purpose??



So that was all we did for the 7th week of summer with the kids.I hope to post the last week's activities really soon...so check back soon :) and do let me know what craft did you liked the best.
Take care everyone....

    parents as teachers     

 

13 comments:

  1. Wow! These are great crafts! I like them all, but I think my favorite one is with the bookmarks. I'm following you from the Mom's Library and I will share this post on Google+

    Tina - mom of 4 and author of 5 blogs
    http://abooksandmore.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Tina...even I love those bookmarks especially for the reason that they are being nicely used...even today my daughter used that same one while reading :)
      I'm following you too now...

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  2. Wow, these are so cute!! :) I love your crafting projects with the kids - I can't wait until my son is old enough to try these! :)

    Newest follower from the mingle! :)

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    1. Thanks Rebecca..I'm sure you'll also have fun crafting with your son.It's like enjoying your chilhood once again :)

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  3. Hi, I'm Anne from Life on the Funny Farm (http://annesfunnyfarm.blogspot.com), here from the mingle. What great craft projects!!

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  4. I would love to see how you made those marble prints. Great crafts. Thanks for sharing at Mom's Library!

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    1. Thank you ..I don't have any pics of making those but it's a real simple process...Just line the paper on a baking tray, put some drops of tempara paints,drop 5-6 marbles and start rolling away..that's it.

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  5. This is so cool. Love all the little project for the little ones.
    Following u back :)

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  6. What fun ideas - I'm going to pin this! Found you on the Monday Mingle Blog Hop and followed via GFC. :)

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    1. Thanks Katie...following you now on Pinterest...that's a lot of collection you have there...looking forward to explore.. especially the clay pendants board..

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  7. I love all the crafts! So fun! Found your blog via the Blog Hop! Excited to be following along!

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