Handprint mittens

Continuing with our hats and mittens week, we made these simple handprint mittens this morning. These would be a cute Christmas craft also.

I used the template provided and printed them out on some bright green paper. Each child did their handprint and I filled in their name. This would be cute if they were laminated as ornaments as well. I decided to put magnets on the back of ours, since our artwork display is very full and I'm having a hard time parting with some of my favorite snowman, penguin and other winter artwork.

Pom-Pom mittens

This morning we made mittens decorated with Pom-poms.

I used a folded piece of construction paper and traced one hand for each kid, so I would have two mittens when I cut them out. Card stock would be sturdier, but I don't have any. 

Each kid picked out their own color mittens, and what color(s) Pom-poms they used. I put glue in a cupcake liner for easy dipping. 

When the mittens were done we used a paper punch and yarn to string them together. 

Sort by color worksheet

We did another worksheet from that great Winter Worksheet pack from Totschooling today.

This one was a sort by color worksheet featuring hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, etc.

It appears some of the yellow pictures printed orange though, which was initially confusing for the kids, but they finished these very quickly. 

Winter hats

This week we are still exploring winter, but focusing on hats and mittens. This morning we did a fun little winter hat project.

This kids were given the options to use finger paint, water paint, crayons, markers or to gllue things on their hats. Two picked paint, and one "colors." Lucian did decide later to color a second hat with crayons for his grandma.

After the hats were done (or dry) I cut them out and the kids glued some cotton balls on them.

More Winter Worksheets

I'm not feeling well today, so luckily, I had some extra worksheets printed out from the Winter Worksheet packs that the kids worked on.

Sutton had her pattern worksheet compete before I even finished cutting out their puzzle sheets. 

Also, this time she put her puzzle together on the table before trying to glue it to the sheet. She doesn't normally do that. I'm not sure if it was just how she did it today, or if it was because the puzzle went a different direction that the others we've done.

Winter worksheets

Today we did 3 worksheets from that great Winter Worksheet pack I talked about last week. I have some printed out for tomorrow too. There will still be plenty left to use next year as the kids get older. I highly recommend this free download!

Sutton did all 3, but Lucian didn't want to do the tracing worksheet. Both did the puzzle by matching the picture, not spelling out "winter" and both needed a little help with the abc sheet. 

Cardinal handprints and a winter worksheet

Did you ever start a project and then part way through you ask yourself, "Whose idea was this anyway?" This handprint project was one of those instances.

Three little kids running around, a lack of artistic talent, and what I assume is carpal tunnel does not make for a fun painting project. The cardinals themselves were quick and easy, it was the branches I struggled with. 

I painted each kids hand and we put them on paper. By the time I got that done I was able to put a beak and eye on. After a break I came back and painted branches. Another break (to play) and I finished the branches. 

While I was helping each kid get their handprint, my two also did a worksheet placing snowmen in order of shortest to tallest.