Here are Samuel and Samara proud of their Earth Day Craft. In addition to talking about why we should always take care of the earth, we talked about how God made the earth and that it's his creation and his gift to us to enjoy.
We love doing crafts around here and I do try at least once a week to do some fun project with the kids. I can't help it I love art and I'm a pre-school teacher by trade. We watched the new Chipmunks movie this past weekend and so Sam was inspired by a scene in the movie when Theodore gives Dave a macaroni necklace. He was thrilled and excited to make a "colorful and soft" (according to Sam) necklace for his daddy to wear to work. Carlos has proudly hung BOTH of the necklaces he received in his closet as a daily reminder of the kiddos and how much they adore him.
Samara is getting better at stringing and we are working on her motor skills in this activity.
Samuel's necklace was quite long but he is also mastering the stringing process. He had fun dying the macaroni I think that was ultimately his favorite part in all of this.
While at Target a few weeks back, Carlos spotted these small "grow your own herbs" kits in the dollar bins. He decided it would be a fun idea for the kids to each plant their own "herb". Samuel planted Parsley and Samara planted Basil.
This is a picture of the kids after they filled their mini pots with soil, seeds and then watered them. Currently Sam's is beginning to sprout a little bit. It's only been two weeks so there isn't much to show yet.
Anyway I decided to blog a bit about my craft and project adventures with the kids. I really do hope that they remember and cherish these little things that we do together. I know that these moments are special to me. I will probably blink and they will both be graduating College yikes! For now though, I want to enjoy these moments I have and get just a little bit messy.
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