Mother's Day Crafts

Here are some special things we did for all the special women in our lives. Such beautiful works of art!

Spring is in the air

For the month of April we learn about diamonds, rainbows, Earth Day, Diversity, Dinosaur day, and so much more. Here a few a things we did during the month of April. 

We learned about diamonds in April! The children made kites using tissue paper and a spray bottle. Once completed the kites were hung on our bulletin board for all to see! They also made a diamond using four Popsicle sticks for their binders. 

This month we also talked about rainbows. As a way to review all the colors the children made rainbows coming out of clouds. The children followed a template of the colors of the rainbow in order. They all did such a great job with this craft!

This huge rainbow we made for our Preschool Annual Art Show a few years back. Each color is decorated with things that we've used throughout the year. The detail when up close to the project is amazing. The children had so much fun helping build our beautiful rainbow! 

We celebrated earth day in our classroom too! The children learned that “earth” is where we live, and how it is important to keep our earth clean. The children even got to dig in dirt and plant "flowers" with their shovels and other tools. One of my favorite projects of the year is our hand print earth we made together as a class. 

In April we also learned about diversity among people. As a group, the children made paper friends. Of course, each is special and unique just like our little ones. 

I have to say, we had a DINO-mite day here in our classroom for Dinosaur day. We made fossils using the feet of dinosaurs or miniature dino’s that were pressed into clay then baked. We also played in a rice sensory bin digging up little dinosaurs. We even made bright colored dinosaurs out of cardstock and once they dried the children added clothes pins. Love anything to help their fine motor skill development.

  
Here are some other cool crafts different classes did for dino day in the preschool.

Check out some other fun things we did the month of April in classroom. 

 

 

Easter

Around this time of year we begin talking about Easter. In our classroom we learn about Jesus and how he gave his life for us, so we can be here today. There are so many fun things we do to celebrate this special day in our room. Check out some of their crafts below! 

The children made stained glass windows with a cross in the middle. We used a precut piece of laminating paper and a glue stick. once they finished sticking all the tissue paper on we added the cross on top and put them through the laminator. 

The little ones got to dye easter eggs too! What fun they had picking the colors for the eggs and watching them turn all different colors! 

While their eggs dried we made little chicks cups to take home their eggs in! 

We also made baby chicks (originally found here) for our hallway bulletin board. 

My little ones used a pom pom, tweezer, white paint, and a bunny cut out to make this adorable craft. I found the original idea here. Too cute!

For our Easter celebrations we bag goodie bags using stained glass cross and lily's made by outlining their little hands. 

Here are some cute things my two kids and other little ones in the preschool made over the years.