Deep Inside the Ocean (Art Project and Song)

"Way Down Deep - Deep Inside the Ocean"

This was an art project that Hannah made in Preschool (2009-2010).  Make your ocean collage on one plate. Cut a window out of the other plate...

...place it on the other plate

and staple it together.  Super cute!!

Here's the song that goes with it.  You can buy (and listen to) the song at Songs for Teaching

Chorus:

Way down deep

Deep inside the ocean

Nothing's ever still

Something's always in motion

Way down deep

Deep inside the ocean

Nothing's ever still

Something's always in motion

Fish blow bubbles but they don't speak

Not a peep not a squeak

They don't talk

They don't walk

They swim and swim and swim around

But they don't ever make a sound.

Chorus

The plants by the coral reef wave and sway

While the fish in their schools

All frolic and play

Dogfish don't bark

Cafish don't meow

Seahorses don't neigh

'Cause they don't know how

Chorus

Slow motion…slow motion….slow motion

Hot Crayon Rocks

Hannah's Rocks

Hannah's been home sick from school for two days. Today (Saturday) she felt better, but not well enough to play outside or with friends. Hannah was begging me today for a "project" to do. I have a favorites folder called "Things to do with Hannah" that is full of bookmarked ideas for fun "projects" to do with her, such as edible playdoh, homemade moonsand, seashell sprayed stationary, and things like that.

We saw this idea from Chasing Cheerios and knew it was perfect for today. Hannah found some usable rocks in the backyard and then started peeling the paper off our unused crayons from this idea. We put the rocks in the oven for 15 minutes at 350. We had several rocks and found that it worked best if we only took the rocks out one at a time for her to work on. We took all the rocks out at first, but after two rocks were done, the other 3 were too cool for the crayons to melt properly.

For the short crayons we used a chip clip (since we didn't have a close-pin to use)

For the longer crayons I just let her hold those with her bare fingers. She's 5 and has enough coordination, that I wasn't worried about her burning herself.

Hannah loved this activity and when her older brother (who's 13 years old) came home, there was another round of making hot crayon rocks!

Puffy Paints

One Crafty Mumma has a super cool recipe for Puffy Paints. Mix this up, and microwave for 10-30 seconds. The paint will "rise" for a cool effect!

Puffy Paint

1 TBSP self-rising flour
a few little drops of food colouring
1 TBSP salt
Then add some water to make a nice smooth paste.

Paint away on a nice thick sheet of cardboard (if you don't have enough paint brushes use cotton buds - they work really well).
Microwave the design on high for 10 - 30 seconds until the paint puffs and it's all nice and dry. We did ours for 30 seconds.

Here's a recipe for self-rising flour, if you don't have any on hand.

Self-Rising Flour

1 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Here's Hannah's and Carters creations. If you want some really cool pictures, and to see how how the paint can really rise, check out One Crafty Mumma's photos!

Tracing the Letters in Your Name

Finished Projects

This cute project is from Make & Takes. The kids had fun and it was a quick and easy project.

I wrote their names in marker and then they traced around their name in crayon. Since they are only 5, I showed them a sample of how it was done first. They quickly got the idea and did a great job.

Crayon Monograms

Finished Project!

Thanks to Testosterone Times Three for the original idea. Since the last day of school is Wednesday, this would be a quick and fun project to make for the teachers you know. I also posted this last week on my Rainy Tuesday Mornings blog, so sorry to those of you who check both, this will be a duplicate for you :)

I found some Shadowbox Frames at Walmart for about $8.00 each.

The 8x8 size was perfect.

Using Microsoft Word I made a template and printed it out for each teacher. I have a Word 97 version and a Word 2007 version as well. You MUST download the files to view the large monogram correctly. Let me know if you need a different format and I'll try to see what I can do. The fonts used are Monotype Corsiva and Lucinda Handwriting. If you have trouble downloading the files or don't have Word, let me know what teachers names and initals you need and I'll create & email them to you. Don't forget to leave me your email address!

I had lots of crayons saved from the start of the school year (bought at .25 each) and dumped those out to use. I found that if I poked a hole in the crayon with my exacto knife, that the crayon broke cleanly

and right where I wanted it to.

I printed out a 'test' sheet on plain copy paper and then lined up my crayons the way I wanted, before gluing anything. Then I printed out my 'good' copy on a thick ivory cardstock.
I filled in my monogram letter with tacky glue and started transferring the crayons. I put tacky glue on some of the crayons directly. I didn't use a hot glue gun, because I always seem to get the "spiderweb" effect. Tacky glue also has a longer drying time, which is a benefit with this project in case you need to move a few crayons around.
I also made sure to break my crayons in long enough lengths so they covered my printed monogram.
I let them dry overnight and then put them in the frame.
I think they turned out perfect!

Hannah wrote a note to each teacher, which I laminated and put on the back of each frame.
The best part was that the teachers LOVED them!

Art in the Park (with Jell-O)

Finished Project!

Our friend Natalie hosted an amazing "Art in the Park" activity for all our friends and kids. She brought all the supplies to make a great smelling piece of art using Jell-O and glue.

Supplies Needed:

1. Fruit Bowl (click to download)
2. Jell-O in these flavors: Strawberry, Pineapple, Grape, Raspberry, Lime, Lemon, Orange, Cherry & Banana
3. Elmers Glue (or generic brand)
4. Paintbrush for each child
5. Paper cups or other similar item to hold each flavor of Jell-O
6. Paper cup or other similar item to hold the glue

Directions:

1. Print out your Fruit Bowl (one for each child) and have them color the bowl any color they want.
2. Color the stems & leaves of the fruit green.
3. Pour some glue in a paper cup
4. Pour each flavor of Jell-O in it's own paper cup (NOT with the glue and don't mix the flavors). Label your cups! Many of the Jell-O's are the same color, but not the same scent.
5. Take your paintbrush and dip it in the glue cup.
6. Paint ONE fruit at a time (for the orange you can paint both). After the entire fruit is covered with glue, pour the matching scent of Jell-O onto your fruit. Pour any excess back into the cup.
7. Repeat with each fruit until it's covered.
8. Smell and enjoy!

Valentine Panda

Valentine Panda

Hannah brought this CUTE Valentine home from Preschool yesterda. I love that it's all made from hearts. The head is a large upside down white heart. The eyes and nose are small and smaller black hearts.

And the ears are upside down medium hearts!

Scrabble Tile Pendants

Scrabble Tile Pendants

I decided to have Hannah made some Scrabble Tile Pendants for her brothers for Christmas. We decided to do Shaving Cream Art and pick our design from the finished picture.

Here is our finished art for Ernest's pendant.

Then I took a piece of cardstock and cut out a scrabble sized rectangle. We moved the hole around the picture until Hannah found a spot she wanted to use for the pendants.

Then we traced inside the rectangle and cut about 1" around it.

Here's our leftovers to recycle.

Here is the piece we are keeping. You want some around the edges so you can work with it easier.
Using tacky glue, glue your paper onto the scrabble tile and slice off the extra pieces of paper using an exacto knife.

Then we followed the tutorial from Make and Takes to get our finished product! The 1st two are for Hannah's brothers and the last one is for her!
And of course. the backside.

Playdoh Spaghetti

Hannah with her Creation

Lately Hannah's loving Playdoh! She plays with it every other day and surprises me with what she can do. Tuesday she made all different kinds of food including this spaghetti on a green plate. Hannah wanted to to try some, but she made sure to whisper in a soft voice, "Don't eat it for real, it's just pretend". What a cutie :)

Perler Beads & Pegboard

Perler Beads Set

My sister bought this Perler Beads set for Hannah from Walmart. Hannah loves to do these and she says it's great for rainy days (which we get about 2 of a year!). The beads fit onto the pegboard, then they are ironed so the beads stick together. This set came with 6000 beads and 5 pegboards (square, heart, circle, star & hexagon). They had other sets, but we like this one the best.

This is a cute heart that Hannah made for her brother yesterday. Of course, I was the one who ironed it.

Coffee Filter Art

New Art Project

Tuesday mornings we have a library class with songs, stories and art. This past Tuesday they made this cute flower. They bought it at Lakeshore Learning, but basically it's a thick coffee filter type paper. I thought we could re-create this at home with our coffee filters.

You'll need: coffee filters, markers & water in a spray bottle.

Flatten out the coffee filter and let the kids color all over the coffee filters with markers.

Mist them with the spray bottle and let them dry. It's pretty cool to see how they will turn out. Our colors weren't as bright as the one from the library class, but I think that's because we have cheap coffee filters. The paper from Lakeshore Learning is heavier and better quality.

Here's one that I did in NON-washable markers. I wanted to see if the colors would be brighter.

They were, but not by much.

The kids thought this was a lot of fun. I also saw this same project at Family Fun, but they suggested using paintbrushes with water on the filters instead of a spray bottle.

Space Mudd

Space Mudd

Hannah made Space Mudd (or Silly Putty) today in Preschool. She loves it and it's really easy to make.

Space Mudd

2 cups white glue

1 1/2 cups water (room temperature)

food coloring

2 1/2 TBSP Borax

1 cup HOT water

Bowl 1 - Combine glue, water and blend. Add food coloring.

Bowl 2 - Mix borax and HOT water until dissolved.

Slowly pour glue mixture into the 2nd bowl, stirring constantly. Knead until liquid is mixed and not sticky.