Oh what can I say about magnetic slime? I first came across it about 3 years ago. I loved the idea of it so we made some in one of our classes. As you can guess, the kiddos loved it. I have not made it since then. Not because I feel strongly against it. But…
So I admit that I have been trying to stay away from the world of slime. We teach kids from 3.5 to 12 years of age and in the last coupla years as slime-mania has grown, I made the conscious decision not to do a single class on that subject. Yes, we have had students…
Welcome to our first DIY Friday. Every week moving forward, we will highlight a fun DIY. For our inaugural week, we are showing you one of our most loved crafts: Paper Lantern Creatures: Piggie. This is an activity I designed for my after school students. Beyond the adorable nature of the creatures, they can also…
This project ended up being one of my favorite ever as well as for the 2017 / 2018 school year. It was for the Craft Market class, ages 5 and 6. The activity was for Chinese New Year so it had to be dog related. I knew based on previous activities that students would enjoy…
So it took me a while to finally post the pix from the tea party we hosted on 6/22/18. Apologies for that. Overall, the activity and tea party went well. We had over 60 guests. It is always nice to see both parents at event and several students had both. The students had fun decorating…
What I like about the tsumami kanzashi technique, is that you can make different types of flowers using the basic technique. For this DIY, I decided to showcase sunflowers. Beyond the classic yellow color, I decided to experiment with a few other colors: white and pink. I also used pearls instead of Swarovski crystals for…
A few years ago I had just started working at one of my schools and worked with the kiddos on a Mad Hatter Tea Party. The following year the Director of Afterschool Programs asked me to work with her to produce the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party that the school runs for all incoming Kindergartners.…
I first learned about tsunami kanzashi in 2011. I believe I was on Etsy the first time I saw the flowers and fell in love with the idea of them. So what is tsumami kanzashi? Tsumami kanzashi is a centuries old technique from Japan. It is said they were first used during the Jomon Period.…
I love to have this type of salad on days I need something light. This particular recipe was made for 2 6-year olds that can be fussy about eating. I know they like Israeli Couscous so I played around with the other ingredients that I added. I encourage to get your kids involved in…
I had been wanting to do LInzer cookies in class for a while. But because they contain almond flour, that was a no go. I finally decided screw it, lets just make them without the almond flour. Check out the results below. This was also the day parents were visiting. Good Job ladies.
