Last year, or maybe it was two years ago… or was it three? I have no idea! I’m loosing track of time. Let’s just say, at some point in the past few years, I read about grass heads on Pinterest and my daughters and I have been making them ever since. We have so much fun watching their “hair” grow and really love when it’s time to give them a trim. You can also style their “hair” when it gets long enough. I think I have been in quarantine for too long, because today, when my grass head’s “hair” was long enough to style, I was so excited. Don’t judge me… ok, judge if you must. My daughters even gave me a sideways look as I gleefully tied the grass into a ponytail.
Here’s what you’ll need:
Plastic plant pots (clear cups work just as well)
Potting soil
Grass seeds
Construction paper
Googly eyes
Buttons and pom poms (optional)
Scissors
Hot glue gun (glue dots also work depending on what your using to plant your grass in)
How To:
First, glue the face onto the plastic plant pot. Next, fill it with potting soil. Don’t go all the way to the top, leave some room. Add a good amount of grass seed and then cover the seeds with soil. Water daily.
If you give this a try, comment down below. I would love to hear how it went.
*Adult supervision is required*
Press’n Seal art is something I did with my daughters when they were younger. I used it to teach them shapes, colors, and counting. They really loved it, especially my one daughter who is more sensory seeking. She loved sticking her hands to the Press’n Seal more than she liked sticking the tissue paper to it. Whatever keeps them busy, right?
So today, I decided to set this up for them again, but to make it age appropriate (they are 8) I asked them to cut out the tissue paper shapes themselves and create a scene. They made beach scenes (which included mermaids of course) and a neighborhood. This held their attention for such a long time. I was able to eat breakfast AND put away some laundry while they occupied themselves with this activity. Mom win for sure!
If you give this a try comment down below and let me know what your child created.
*Adult supervision is required*
My daughters and I have been seeing these chalk mosaics all over the place. Every time we take a walk around our neighborhood, a new one pops up on someone’s driveway.
Today, we decided to give it a try. Let me tell you what, it is not as easy as you would think. Maybe, unlike me, you never thought it was easy. I can not tell you how much painters tape I went through to create this little mosaic for my daughters to color in. I really hope my husband didn’t need that tape for another project … there’s none left!
While it didn’t come out exactly the way I envisioned, perfection was never the goal. Having fun was, and we really did have a great time creating this mosaic.
Have you tried creating one? If so, comment down below and let me know how it turned out.
*Adult supervision is required*
The weather is becoming nicer, (thank goodness guys, being quarantined with children when it is cold outside is not ok) and we have been enjoying all that Spring has to offer. We’ve been riding bikes, going for long walks, and searching for rainbows on rainy days.
I think seeing a rainbow is one of my daughters’ favorite things. It is always such big deal, even though they have seen over a dozen. There’s a magical quality to a rainbow that even adults enjoy.
We won’t be seeing any rainbows in the sky today, so we thought we would make some to put in the house. We searched on Pinterest this morning and found an adorable rainbow coffee filter craft and just had to try it out. We love a good coffee filter craft.
What I love about this craft is we had all the materials needed to complete it in the house already. We didn’t have to order a single thing! I love when that happens. Scroll down to see how we made them.
Materials
Coffee filter
Markers
Spray bottle filled with water
Scissors
Googly eyes
How To
First, you will need to flatten out your coffee filter. And FYI, coffee filters DO NO like to lay flat, so do the best you can. Now you can start coloring your coffee filters. Go around in a circle in rainbow order.
Now it is time to spray your coffee filter and watch as the colors blend together. My girls love this part! Make sure to protect the table underneath the coffee filter.
Set them aside to dry and start working on your cloud. We cut ours free hand and hoped for the best. We glued on some googly eyes, drew on a smiley face and they were good to go.
Check on your coffee filters and see if they are dry. If they are, cut them in half to form your rainbow. Glue the cloud to the coffee filter rainbow and you are all done!
Comment down below if you gave this a try. I’d love to hear how they turned out.
*Adult supervision is required*