Outside Bird Feeders

Greetings readers,
Today the crazy creative twos made bird feeders for our outside art. Our school is a peanut/nut free school so we couldn't use peanut butter but instead used Crisco. We also didn't have bird seed but we had Rice Krispies instead. I put the Crisco on the paper roll with the spoon, then let the children roll the roll with Crisco on it in the Rice Krispies. The older twos loved rolling the roll in the Rice Krispies, Some were hesitant because it had Crisco on it. The younger twos didn't really like touching it. I had to keep telling one of my older twos to quit eating the Rice Krispies because it wasn't for him, it was for the birds. Another older two kept reminding him they were for the birds for our bird feeders. The older two thought it was funny. Eventually after everyone was done the children kept sneaking bites of Rice Krispies. I kept reminding them we were going to eat lunch right after we made our bird feeders. After lunch we took our bird feeders outside and put them in a grassy area where the birds could get them but I don't think the birds wanted to eat because the kids were watching the bird feeders and were being too loud for the birds to come close. A younger two kept calling for the birds to come though. The blog that I got the bird feeder idea was called Classy Clutter: 10 Outdoor Activities for Kids.

Foil painting

Greetings readers,
Today in my creative two year old classroom the twos painted foil for sensory time.  I got some foil from the kitchen and some painted and then put it into the sensory table so their able to paint to the hearts content. The children were really interested. I was really surprised. The older and younger twos were really interested in painting the foil. They really liked making dots on the foil and also painting on it to make the ripples in the foil. They loved how the foil was really shiny and then when they painted it would turn blue like the paint. Some of them took their time painting the foil and some of the were excited to paint the foil and just dove in. Then children really enjoyed this activity. The activity was taken from the blog: Foil Painting Sensory Art.

Music week

Greetings readers,
Today for art the crazy creative twos painted guitars. I saved boxes from snack and paper towel rolls and asked my boss for some rubber bands to make strings for their guitars.. I glued the paper towel rolls to the top of the boxes and cut out holes out of the boxes. The twos had a really great time doing this activity. The older toys loved painting their box guitars. They were learning to use their fine and gross motor skills to paint a 3 dimensional object. It also took them a lot more time to paint. Some of them liked painting for the longer part of the time and some of them grew tired of painting such a large box. The younger twos painted for a little part of the time and then just wanted to play. The older twos wanted to hold the box onto their own box when they were painting and some of them didn't mind getting paint on their hands when they held the box. Usually the younger ones want to paint inside the box where the hole was but I guess because the box was so big they thought that the paint brush would fall in. I really loved getting this activity ready for our Music theme. You could make a 3 dimensional art activity for any theme that you wanted. Abby's Enrichment Center curriculum is Reggio so I have tried to do something similar with my class each month for a project for the class to do together. The musical instrument that was made in the blog Delightful Learning was a banjo and was made with wood, a tub and a balloon. I didn't have any wood or tubs but I did have boxes which worked just as well. I am glad that my class was able to make their own guitar, take it home and play with it.