Wordless Wednesday: Bucket Head

Who says a play-doh bucket is just for holding play-doh?

*notice the leopard skirt on the bottom-

major bribary for when he is older!

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

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Jen

Hh is for Hippo....

Isn't this hippo adorable? I saw this craft from DLTK and just had to have an Hh day with little man.  Plus he has really been into hippos lately since he got a super cute hippo bath set for Christmas. 

We actually only made the face, because the bottom didn't print for me for some reason. 

I also found a cute hippo song to sing from the same site.



Peanut also decided to join in on the fun and sang this song to little man...

I can spell cat..  C-A-T
I can spell hat...  H-A-T
I can spell bat... B-A-T
But I can't spell hippopotamus!!

Hippo mini- poster: And then I search online for actual pics of hippos on google images and let little man pic out his favorite images.  I printed and cut them out or him and he glued them on to paper.  Hh is for hippo is in the center of our mini-poster. 

Other activities we did we Hh-
bingo dabber letter
hopping
Hh is for happy- If your happy and your know it, clap your hands....

And here is the bath toy, he's been enjoying.  It has also been great for color recognition- hand Momma the yellow hippo, etc. or what color is that hippo? 

Bruin Whistling Hippo Bath Toys

Wish I had taken a trip to the library before doing an Hh day, but sometimes I'm just throwing things together at the last minute based on his interest that day.  Anyways- these books look adorable for a Hippo day.....

Disclaimer: I didn't receive any compensation for mentioning the above product.  It is my son's toy and he loves it, but other toddlers may not!  Also, haven't read the above books, but would like to in the near future.  :)

Valentine's Day Plans

I've been sick the last couple of days-found out today that I have strep throat, so I've had plenty of time to Pin.  Do you use Pinterest? One of my boards that is getting quite full is my Valentine's Day section.  There are so many adorable ideas out there!  I can't seem to stop pinning them, so I thought that I'd come up with a plan- a Valentine's Day bucket list of things that I must do....  things that I think will bring happiness to myself and to others!

#1 I MUST make a cute wreath for my front door!

Not sure what I'm going to do yet, but here are a couple of possibilities....



www.nikkiinstitches.com



She's (kinda) Crafty

#2 Dessert on Valentine's Day, we will be having!

                                            from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

I bought heart gummies that I'm going to attach with tooth pics for the antennae and I already purchased the cupcakes. My kids are going to LOVE this- can't wait!

#3 I fell in love with this the two garland crafts (below) a couple of weeks ago-

I hope that I'll follow through on making one of them.

I guess it depends how hard it's going to be to make the wreath!

But I love, love, love these.......



Make and Takes

brown paper packages


Well, that's all I'm going to share for now. I have a few more things up my sleeve for the kiddos and hubby.

If you want to see more of the goodies that I've pinned, be sure to follow me over at Pinterest and check out my Valentine's Day board! 

Happy Pinning and Crafting!

Jen





Dinosaur Spinner Game

After reading a post from Activity Mom on number spinners, I got the inspiration to play a spinner game with little man.  I found a clear spinner in my teacher materials and added different color dino stickers to match colored dinos from his toy bin.  We took turns spinning the spinner and collected dinos to match the color on the spinner.  When we were finished, we counted each color of dinos that we collected.  For example, little man had 3 orange dinos when we were finished, so we counted them together. 

Skills
fine-motor- spinning the spinner
color recognition
counting
language skills
social- taking turns

Enjoy playing and learning with your little ones today!
Jen

40 Yikes!

Today I've lived 40 years- ugg!  It's hard to believe; I'm such a big kid at heart so it feels a bit weird.  Please don't let this offend anyone 40 and up, it's just how I feel about being me.

Last night I got my hair done- my present to myself. Hope this helps me feel better about being 40 today. 

This morning- cream cheese crackers and toast for breakfast, compliments of Sunshine.

A beautiful poem from Peanut....

Magnificent
Outstanding
My Beautiful Mom
My Awesome Mom
You are 40, even though you look 30

Enjoy your day,
Jen