Thanksgiving Art Projects 2

Yesterday, we had our second Thanksgiving Craft Day.
Johnny came over to help Lily make turkeys!
The first turkey we made was a hand turkey.
We let the kids pick which colors they wanted the feathers.
Then we painted those colors onto their fingers.
We put brown paint on their hands & thumbs for the body.
Then we placed their hand on the paper.

When they were dry, we let the kids add googly eyes.
They also used crayons to add a beak, waddle, and legs.

Look how cute they turned out!

The next turkey we made was a hand and foot turkey.

We painted the kids hands two different colors for the feathers.

Then we painted one of their feet brown for the body.

We added googly eyes and construction paper beaks & waddles.

I think we are officially ready for Thanksgiving now!

Thanksgiving Craft Day!

Yesterday, Lily, Camden , and Johnny made scarecrows and turkeys!
We started off making the scarecrows.
We needed these things:

Paper bags, glue, googly eyes, leaves, a marker, and construction paper.
I pre-cut hats, noses, bow ties, and hair.
If they had been older I would have had them cut them out themselves,
but these little guys are just 2, 3, and 4. =)

They got to gluing on their faces, hair, and hat.
Then they added a big smile!

After the glue was dry, we stuffed them with newspaper and taped the bottom shut.

Here are our cute scarecrows:

Seriously....best picture out of quite a few pictures...... =)

Our next project was turkeys!!

Here are the things we needed for this craft:

Feathers (I found them at Walmart), googly eyes, and construction paper.

Again, I pre-cut out turkey bodies, beaks, and waddles.

First they got to spread glue all over their paper!

So much fun for these little guys! ;-)

Then they put their feathers on, made their turkey bodies, and glued them onto the feathers.

I think they turned out pretty cute!

We are planning on doing more Thanksgiving crafts next week too!

Halloween Craft Day 3

We had our last Halloween Craft Day yesterday.
We started out making Boo Cups.
Here is what you need:

Small cups (I painted them black to look more Halloween-y)
Craft sticks, small paper ghosts, and Halloween foam stickers.


First we had the kids glue their ghost onto a craft stick.

Then they decorated their cup with the foam stickers.

Then we put a small slit in the bottom of the cup,

put the stick in the slit, and the ghost pops up and down!

Lily was booing people all day yesterday.

Then we made jack-o-lanterns.

The kids got paper pumpkins that they colored and then added eyes, noses, and mouths.

Here is Lily's:

And here is Johnny's Monster Pumpkin:

Then it was time for Halloween cookies!

The kids had a lot of fun and are super excited for Halloween in a few days!