Crafts for Mommy

Hi H.,
There are so many tons of ideas! You can do two different crafts w/this idea:
Use washable paint and make a flower using their handprints as the petals; they can paint the center or you can put an actual pic. of them in the center..just green paint down the pic. for the stem..Also, you can make a fall wreath using brown, orange, red, etc. using the same method w/their hands and just go all around in a circle making the wreath. Try to use white or off-white construction paper if you can. I used to teach pre-school so my mind is flooded w/many ideas! *Pre-schoolers also LOVE glueing anything onto paper; dried peas, shells, dry cereal, even rice or shreds of diff. color paper is exciting and different to them.
Happy Craft-making~ 8)

At my son's school, the teachers have used family pictures to make placemats that the kids use while they eat. It serves dual purposes - to let the child know where his or her seat is, and to remind them of home and their family while they eat. I like the other ideas also.

A co-worker of mine has a picture of his daughter in a frame made of jigsaw puzzle pieces glued together. At the bottom it says, "I love you to pieces."
It's pretty simply constructed - the picture is glued to a piece of cardboard about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wider than the picture on each side, and the puzzle pieces are glued on around the sides of the picture. It's okay if they overlap each other - in fact, it's cuter if they do. "I love you to pieces" is written across the pieces at the bottom with a Sharpie.
The puzzle pieces are the small-size ones from the 500-piece puzzles. One such puzzle should provide enough pieces for the whole class with plenty to spare.

When my daughter was in preschool I got a booklet about myself using her responses to questions about me. Among other things I learned that I was "very tall" (I'm 5ft. 1") and "17" (try 31!) It was a lot of fun and very cute.

I love the ideas I read here, and wanted to add...

Before you cut any of the pictures, have the children draw their mommies by looking at the pictures. Tell them to look at their arms, legs, etc, and try to get their picture as close as possible. Then you can make something to display both the original pic and their child's drawing. Please, let us know what you decide. It sounds like you are going to have fun!

J.

H., I suggest u go 2 search and insert - crafts for pre schoolers - I believe u wl b surprised.

Good Luck GOd Bless

My son made a paper ornament with colored noodles for Christmas from his day care days - the middle has a picture of him and his father. I still treasure it....

Go to a school supply store (teachers know where they are) and look through some of the books there -- should be lots of craft books and ideas for that level.

M.

I receive a magazine and also emails from FamilyFunCraftsNews. I think you can possibly pull it up online. It has some really neat ideas and possibly something you could use. It is broken down into all age groups and I love it!!!! Hopethis is helpful.
J.

familyfun.com has some cool ideas or if your a mom too you can go on cafemom.com and join where theres alot of different types of groups that can give you all kinds of crafty ideas plus you can have fun away from work too! I would also suggest making a hand print card then the kids could decorate or poke holes in the binding add ribbons & bows or whatever the child can think of, inside they could cut out of magazines letters that spell thier name since some are too young yet to write it themselves that would give them eye & hand cordination/practice so when they do start writing thier name. If you had some small pictures of thier mom's you could even make a paper locket & string beads for the necklace part or even pop tabs strung together to make a bracelet with pretty gems glued on the tabs. I hope you can use any or all of my suggestions! Sounds like the kiddos & you will be having some crafty fun!!

Make really big paper flowers with mommy's pictures in the middle and tape them to the wall. My daughter made one with her pic in it when she was little and I have it hanging in my closet to this day to see every time I go in! It's an idea -- have fun!

When my girls were in preschool, they made me really cute magnetic photo frames with things like the foamy shapes and popsicle sticks. If its a pic of mom, the kids would really enjoy being able to display it in their rooms. :}

Visit the website, kinderart.com.
It has lots of cute things.

another resource for crafts, complete with lesson plans is Crayola.com