Eric Carle

Painting Eric Carle style... on tissue paper.  If you want to see a video of how he got started doing what he does and how he pieces his artwork together, check out this video...Eric Carle

These next three photos are actually from a whole year ago doing basically the same thing.  We painted our tissue paper then I cut them into various shapes after they dried and let Big K create whatever kind of picture she wanted with it.  

This time around, we just pieced together the different pieces of tissue paper onto their initials.  I forgot to get a picture of these but you can kind of catch a glimpse of Little K's on the last photo of this post. 

Here is a list of the rest of the arts and crafts we did to go along with Eric Carle during our week.  Some of the best books ever and such cute crafts to go along with them. I thought it was awfully sweet that Daddy decided to participate in "The Grouchy Ladybug" craft! =) 

All of Little K's Eric Carle art work.  

Shaving Cream Ice Cream

Pulled this idea from "Growing a Jeweled Rose" here.  I didn't step it up as top notch as she does but it was still great nonetheless.  This is a great summer activity that would be super fun outside but we decided to stay indoors with our activity today and just put it all on a wipe off mat.  

Just spray some shaving cream (I always keep a supply of mens shaving cream handy in our craft closet) into a tub and add any color food coloring you like then place it in the freezer for a few hours.  You can add extracts of your choice too if you would like it to have a yummy smell.  When it freezes it has a perfect texture almost like real ice cream!  It even looks tasty so if you have really little ones, make sure they are aware that it is indeed pretend! 

 We added some of our "jewel treasures" we had lying around for decorating excitement.  

My Big K loves to get super messy so we ended up having to lose the dress up dress to get all into it.  

What's ice cream without sprinkles?!

Let your kids get all into it and make a mess!  Talk about the different ways it feels...cold, squishy.  Your kids will have a blast and you will too!