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A Craft a Day: I is for Ice Cream

Of course I had to be all about ice cream, especially with summer finally choosing to grace us with it’s presence in Oregon. But summer and playing outside is distracting us from our crafts, so we only did half of them this week. That’s okay we still had fun!

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A Craft a Day gives you five activities that you can enjoy with your kids, one for each day of the week. Most of these activities work well for preschoolers, but you may be able to adapt them for your toddler.

You can learn more about the basics of a Craft a Day Here.

I will post the crafts on Saturdays so you can use the weekend to get any supplies that you may need. We are making our way through the alphabet this year so if you missed a letter you can find it here.

The Crafts:

Homemade Ice Cream In Baggies – Loved doing this! What a great snack to make! Though I recommend with young kids have a helper on hand. Neither boy was good at shaking so I got pretty cold keeping both bags going. LOL

I Spy Bottle – Do you remember the rainbow rice? Well here we are using it for an I activity. (I know not ice cream related, but oh well.)

Ice Cube Art – Since the weather finally turned warm in Oregon I decided this was the perfect time to try out ice cube water colors. I’ve seen it other places besides the ice cream cone template here, but thought this was just perfect!
Puffy Ice Cream Cones – I wanted to do this so much, but with summer comes many other fun things to do. I will put it back in my idea drawer and use it again.
Pretend Play Preschool Ice Cream Store – I used the cocoa recipe linked here, but otherwise used my favorite playdoh recipe to make up our “flavors”. Just earlier this week Zane asked me to do playdoh so this was perfect.

Supplies: sugar, half and half, vanilla, coarse salt, ice, gallon ziploc, quart ziploc, all kinds of small items, rainbow rice, glue, camera, hole punch, ribbon or binder ring, ice cream tray, food coloring, popsicle sticks, glue, shaving cream, cream of tartar, flour, salt, oil, cocoa powder, mint extract, strawberry koolaid, vanilla, food color, plastic containers, Elmer’s Glue, printed labels, ice cream scoop

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Now I’m not supermom and I don’t expect you to be either. We don’t always get to each activity, sometimes life is just too busy. Hopefully you may try one or two of these activities with me and my kids! You don’t have to do every single one. You don’t have to be doing preschool with your child. I just hope to give you a resource for some great fun with your kids!

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A Craft a Day: H is for Human Body

This week we didn’t do a lot of actual crafts as just learned. I found some really neat activities so I thought I would share them with you.

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The Crafts:

Skeletons Snacks – I saw these and thought they were great! I didn’t put them on cupcakes, we just put them on plates.

My Body Felt Board – If your little one is good at cutting you can have them cut the pieces out on this project, but with Zane I just cut them and showed them how they worked. He loved learning about bones in his body.
Layers of the Body -I was planning on making these layers with elmer’s glue and tissue paper, but again I wasn’t supermom so we didn’t make it to this project.
With & Without Bones – Since Zane was so intrigued by having bones I thought this would be a great activity to explore it more. Especially since he asked “Why do we have bones?”
Homemade_Food_Pyramid – This was a great activity and I was surprised at how quickly Zane picked up that we eat sweets very rarely and we should eat lots of fruits and veggies. This was also great to work on his cutting skills. You can find an example of the new food pyramid here.

Supplies: marshmallow, food pens or food color and toothpick, white chocolate covered pretzels, toothpick or lollipop stick, felt and/or cardboard and/or craft foam, scissors, glue, tissue paper, saran wrap, large precut triangle marked like the food pyramid, magazine and/or shopping ads, scissors, glue, gloves, flour, popsicle sticks

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A Craft a Day: G is for Garden

This week is all about dinosaurs and I found way too many fun ideas!! My list was overflowing with great crafts!

If you are new to A Craft a Day

A Craft a Day gives you five activities that you can enjoy with your kids, one for each day of the week. Most of these activities work well for preschoolers, but you may be able to adapt them for your toddler. If you want to learn more about the basics of A Craft A Day you can find them at a Craft a Day: Coming Back Soon. I will post the crafts on Saturdays so you can use the weekend to get any supplies that you may need. We are making our way through the alphabet this year so if you missed a you can find it here.

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The Crafts:

Growing a Garden Healthy Snack – You probably don’t know but I love bunnies, we actually have a pet rabbit who lives upstairs with us. When I saw this snack I instantly grabbed up the link to use for this weeks snack.

Terrific Terrariums – I got everything we needed, which took a bit because I wanted to find the perfect container. I finally bought one at Ikea and settled with glass since I couldn’t find anything clear plastic. As you can see this project ended up as a big FAIL for me.

DIY Veggie Garden Sensory Box – I loved this idea as soon as I saw it. Zarek is a very touchy feely child, I can tell by the fact he loves smearing anything and everything on walls and tables. I thought he would love this project and he really did!

Bean Sprout Science – Another example of not being supermom, we didn’t get a chance to do this activity, but we may try it another day.
Foam Caterpillar – These were tons of fun, I only have pictures of the after product since our neighbor girl came over to do this craft with us and I’m very respectful of photographing others children. But let’s say it was tons of fun, but way to quick!

Supplies: Bunny Crackers, Grapes, Cheese, Chocolate Chips, Flower Cookie Cutter (or you can freehand it), wide clear container, pebbles, activated carbon (pet store), soil, stones, moss, small plants, cookie sheet or small flat container, paper towels, beans, tub, black beans, printable garden tags, egg carton, pipe cleaners, paint, paint brushes, garden toys, practice foam golf balls, craft foam, skewer, permanent marker, wire

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A Craft a Day: F is for Fish

This is the week that got interrupted with illness but we really did have fun doing these crafts. Besides doing the crafts the boys got to go fishing a few time this week. Once down by the river where my husband grew up and once at a stocked fish pond that I went to when I was little.

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The Crafts:

School of Fish – These turned out pretty cool even though my apricots weren’t shaped perfect like theirs. Plus I lost the photos of us making them!
Good Luck Goldfish – I was a little skeptical about this working, but it worked so well I’m going to have to do more plastic wrap and Elmer’s Glue crafts!

Sun Catcher Aquarium – This was basically like the fish, but then we decorated the aquarium after it dried with fish and sea shell stickers.
Foam Fishing Set – This was a huge hit with Zane as he is just learning to fish with his daddy and is now obsessed. With this set he can now fish whenever he wants!

Supplies: dried apricots, cream cheese, pretzels, chocolate chips, tissue paper, Elmer’s Glue, plastic wrap, goldfish template, scissors, construction paper, fish and shell stickers, dowel, yarn, strong magnet, craft foam, paperclips, glue dots, google eyes

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A Craft a Day: If I had girls

As I had mentioned last week we are taking a short break from the craft a day letter series and just sharing some great crafts that I have come across.

This weeks theme is going to be girly girl crafts. If you have been following along on Pepper Scraps for a while you know I have two wonderful little boys. Most of the time my crafts are gender neutral. But sometimes I come across some amazing crafts that are just too girly for my boys. Today I will be sharing you some of these finds.

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The Crafts:

Fairy Garden – The other day I asked if he thought Zane was patient enough to do a “Gnome” garden he laughed at me. I still may make this just for me. You can also find fairies and many other things you can make for your gardens.
Dress Up Felt Board – I know girls are a little better at detailed work so they may be able to help you make these. They can at least help you design outfits to make.
Foam or Felt Food – I’m actually thinking about making these for Zarek, he loves playing with fake food. I loved this idea for “making” cookies (If you use foam you shouldn’t have to sew). More food ideas. And you may need a pretend stove for this activity too!
Weave a Jump Rope – What a fun way to start teaching your little girl hand weaving.
DIY Mobile – I loved these and may try them with the boys, but the detailed ones would be hard to get Zane to make. I love the butterflies!

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A Craft a Day: Summer Fun

After a week of being sick and sick children we took a couple weeks off of our letter lessons. I hope your summer is going great and that you are having tons fun with your kiddos!

This week I will be just sharing with you 5 great crafts that are just filled with summer!

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The Crafts:

Butterfly Bites – Butterflies made from doritos and chicken bites!
Water Sponge Toys (video) – A fun way to get cool this summer?
Recycled Bubble Wrap Travel Game – Are you going on a trip this summer? Here is a fun activity to keep your kids busy in the car.
Scavenger Hunt – How about making a camping scavenger hunt?
Make a Mini Marshmallow Popper – These just looked like tons of fun!

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