Glitter Bunnies and An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick

Yesterday we had a snow day, so we didn't do any craft projects because we were so busy cleaning, making homemade granola, playing games and playing in the snow.

This morning we made Glitter Bunnies and read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick while using a cute printable. 

To make the glitter bunnies I printed out a template from here and used it to cut out bunnies in the colors each kid chose. 

Next, they used a small flower cookie cutter to stamp white paint on their bunnies. 

The Easter cookie cutters I have are very large, so we chose a small flower instead. I really like the way they turned out. When they were done, I shook glitter on to each bunny. 

Then, we read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick. We used this printable that I had laminated and taped to a butter box as we read the story. We did a similar printable at Thanksgiving so the kids loved having an Easter one too.  

Potato stamping

As part of Lucian's feeding therapy I've been trying to incorporate foods into our projects. Getting him to touch foods in a non-threatening way is a step to maybe one day getting him to try them. Our Easter project today then, was stamping with potatoes carved to look like Easter eggs.

First, I attempted to carve 6 potato halves to look like Easter designs. They are nowhere near perfect, but they worked. I stamped each egg first to make sure they worked, and then we passed small paper plates around (each had one potato half and the color of washable paint assigned to it). 

Sutton usually has limited patience for art projects, but she really enjoyed this one. Even after the other kids had left the table she used some of the potatoes again to fill up her piece of paper. 

Now my artwork display area is looking very Easter like! 

Easter baskets

It's spring break week here, so I have an extra daycare kid (age 5). Today I had the four kids paint or color an Easter basket from a template I printed out from here.

Then, they used their fingers to fill their baskets with dots (eggs), and color in the bows. Some got quite messy, like Sutton's. She said her eggs exploded. :)

Two of the books we read today are 2 of my favorite Easter books. 

You can get both from Amazon. Happy Easter, Mouse! (If You Give...) by Laura Numeroff, and 10 Easter Egg Hunters: A Holiday Counting Book by Janet Schulman. Both are easy to read, and hold the attention of young children.

Marshmallow bunnies

Easter is Sunday, so our books and projects will be Easter themed this week.

This morning we used a bunny template and glued marshmallows all around it. You can use any template you like (or draw your own), but I chose this one.

I put glue around each bunny and the kids placed their marshmallows.

These take a while to dry, so we will leave them sit a few hours before hanging them up. 

Two of my former daycare kids are visiting today during spring break,  so we have a snack time project planned, and will play Easter bingo also.