Handprint Spiders

We are talking about spiders today. We've been singing and reading "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and made easy handprint spiders.

My kids attempted to paint their own hands, and then I finished painting them. We painted each hand, minus the thumbs for this.

The palms overlap and the four painted fingers created eight legs.

We added eyes and a web string for the spider to hang on after the handprints were done.

Craft stick dragonflies

I'm not sure why I picked today's dragonfly project. I hate glitter. No matter how careful you are, it ends up everywhere. For this reason I haven't bought much glitter, so we only used silver on our dragonflies.

To make these each child painted a craft stick (Sutton actually did two). As soon as they were done I sprinkled glitter over most of the stick (leaving one end to draw eyes on later). 

While they were painting I traced a craft stick on red construction paper and cut out enough pieces to make wings. The kids helped spread glue over each wing, and again I sprinkled glitter on them. 

Once they dried I drew eyes on with a Sharpie, and glued the wings on. 

Paper plate snails

The kids made paper plate snails today.

They each painted a small paper plate in the color of their choosing. Two used brushes, and one used her hands. When they were finished I helped them use a finger to create a swirl in the paint for the shell.

When they were mostly dry I stapled on the rest of the snail body I had cut out from yellow construction paper. 

Handprint caterpillars

This week our theme is "bugs." Lucian actually saw a handprint caterpillar on Pinterest so that was what we made today.

We did one handprint a a time, letting each dry for 10-15 minutes before doing the next.

After the last handprint I added blue circles for the head.

When those were dry Sutton and I added eyes to each one and I cut them out. 

I used a paper punch to put a hole in each one and a pipe cleaner created antennae.