Marbled Eggs

Start with shaving cream

Add paint 

Use a spoon, toothpick, or fork to stir the paint into the shaving cream.  I like the marbled look!

Press paper (ours was cut into an egg shape)...remove from paint and remove excess shaving cream...we used the edge of a piece of paper and jumbo craft sticks

Let the paper dry

We made our into a pretty garland decorate for Easter! 

Fall is in the Air

The Tree I put in Dramatic Play

  Fall...I love fall...all things fall!  The colors, the smells, football (Roll Tide), the flavors, the crispness in the air, sweaters, and big, tall boots!  Fall and leaves are one of my favorite themes to do in school.  This weekend I have been busy creating fall in my classroom!  My hubby and I put together a tree and spent yesterday afternoon cutting out leaves an adding them to the bare branches.  I think it turned out pretty cute!
I have been coloring leaves, cutting out leaves, and laminating like crazy!   I had a lot of this stuff from before, but most of it got lost in the last three moves, so I started over!
 One of the activities we will be doing is a leaf memory game.  This activity was a favorite of the kids in my classroom when I taught before, so I went back to it!  I found it in The Mailbox Magazine from October/November 2003...wow!  My hubby drew the tree for me, but I photocopied the leaf cards and colored them myself...red, yellow, green, brown, and orange.  This is a great memory game!
I think one of the activities I am looking most forward to is the lovely leaf match!  I made twenty leaves from scrapbook paper, laminated them, and cut them out. The kids will match them based on pattern.
I have many more activities planned for our centers, group times, and special activities.  Pictures and details to come!  It's going to be a fabulous fall week! :)

My hubby drew this awesome tree for me so we can play a leaf memory game!

Leaf lacing cards

Leaf Match 

Our Little Farm

So here it is...our little Owls Nest farm!  I love the barn, it's just so cute!   I added a weather vane to the top and then some scenery.  I made the grass with green construction paper and the hay bales with empty boxes that I wrapped in yellow construction paper.  I made a mental note to use bulletin board paper next time, it will be so much easier!  The other props I added include straw hats, flannel shirts, overalls, stick horses, stuffed farm animals, and a couple of tractors!  The Owlets are having so much fun in the Dramatic Play area this week!  I love being able to change up the look of the room to fit our theme!

Getting Ready to go to the Farm

I spent most of the weekend getting ready for our farm theme!  My vision for my barn was way different then what I ended up with, but sometimes you just have to roll with it! I had a grand vision of a large cardboard box cut and painted to look like a barn, standing in a corner surrounded by animals.  My hubby went out searching for a big box, but couldn't find one and the one I dug out of the garage was too small.  So, instead of my grand vision I got a red piece of poster board that my awesome hubby cut into a barn shape and that I painted doors, windows, and trim on.  Even though it isn't exactly what I had in mind, I think it turned out pretty cute!  I'm excited to put it up and get our farm ready for the week!