Keeping Cool

I tried to convince the kids that this activity was going to provide them with as much fun as the very expensive water park---I don't know if they agree, but they did have fun.

Making a homemade sponge ball.



You need to get 3 plain kitchen sponges.

 Cut each sponge into three pieces.

 

 Tie three sponges together in the middle---tie as tight as you can.

 All ready for a water fight---I mean water fun.

We have found it is better to keep your eyes open when you are trying to catch a soaking wet sponge.

Homemade Memorial Day door wreath

2011 Memorial Day wreath
The only things needed for this easy wreath are:
patriotic fabric
a wire clothes hanger
scissors
First, bend the hanger into a circle, leaving the "hanger" for, well, hanging.
Cut the material into strips about one inch thick. Hubby picked my material. It was a wonderful choice. They look great together.

I cut the strips into approximately 6 inch lengths. I wasn't very precise in my measuring. I used this old piece of cardboard as "ruler".

Fold the strip in half and place under the wire.

Loop the ends of the strip through the loop, forming a knot.

Pull tight. Slide the fabic on the wire tightly together.

Alternate colors until you have squeezed as many fabric loops as you can onto the wire.

TaDa!!! A beautiful wreath for the front door.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!!

We Made It: Friday Showcase--Fingerprint Bumblebees

I haven't been keeping up with the Friday Showcase--but we are back at schoolwork and back to to the craft fun!!
I found this fun fingerprint bee picture
at Kaboose.
We just needed beige paint, yellow paint, a black sharpie pen, and white construction paper.
To make the beehive, I made a pyramid of circles for Kimberly to follow as a pattern with the beige paint.

You can see how the beehive is simply a increasing pyramid and continuing into a decreasing pyramid.

Kimmy is a very careful fingerprint painter.

We then used yellow paint to make fingerprint bees.

Gracie tried the pinkie technique.

Now we need patience to let the paint dry.

Luke is a very fast fingerprint painter. It was like this---print, print, print---"I am done!"

But look at that face, I had to give him a break!

After the paint is dry Grace shows how to use the Sharpie marker to turn the fingerprints into bees.

These are very busy bees, as you can see from all the little trails they are leaving behind them.

Very good work, Grace.

Bees are a perfect subject right now, as we seem to have an infestation of them around all of our basement windows.

Check out all of this weeks We Made It: Friday Showcase for more great ideas.