Lightning McQueen Foot & Palm prints

Lucian loves Lightning McQueen. When I saw a pin on Pinterest of a Lightning McQueen hand/footprint I knew we had to try it. It would've been a lot easier if I had any artistic skill!

First we did a footprint, and then placed a palm print over it.

Then I worked on adding in the face and wheels, one color at a time in between housework and doing things with the kids. The kids watched maybe 15 minutes of a video called "All About Trucks" before returning to playing. 

After the paint was dry I used a red marker to highlight around the eyes and mouth.

And ta-da - Lightning McQueen!

Paper plate cars

Yesterday we took a sick/snow day (our daycare friend even stayed home), but today we are back on track with our Vehicle theme.We made paper plate cars in the color of each kids' choosing.

I'm still not feeling the best, so I let the kids watch an Umi Zoomi Helicopter episode (vehicles, right?), and we read through one of the kids favorite books for the 429th time. It's not so much a book about reading, but it lists various types of vehicles and the kids love it. It's called My Big Truck book. Amazon sells it for a great price, so get one for your kids too.


The paper plate cars themselves were simple.I cut paper plates in half and let them put entirely too much glue on them. I gave them pre-cut tissue paper squares that I had gotten years ago from Oriental Trading Co. 

When they were done putting those on I gave them windows, wheels and a bumper to add to each car and helped put them on. Sutton isn't always into crafts, but she seemed to really enjoy this one.

Transportation week

It's transportation week! I picked this theme for this particular week because I thought Lucian would enjoy it. His birthday is Saturday and I thought it would be fun to pick something he is really into.

I let the kids pick a few worksheets each from from this fun Do-A-Dot pack. They picked the arrow maze and each picked two vehicles.

You can download your own free Do-A-Dot Transportation pack here.