Happy New Year 2015!

I can't believe it's New Year's Eve!

I woke up this morning thinking I need to start on some fun craft

activities with the girls, to prepare for our celebration.

I pulled out my craft box and found beads, bells, pipe cleaners,

pencils, and New Year's toys saved from last year.

Perfect!

 To make the sparkly crown, you need four pipe cleaners and

some beads.  Twist two pipe cleaners together for the base of the crown.

Thread colorful beads through the remaining two pipe cleaners,

and twist them around the base and make loops.

Have fun with this, and create your own design. You can't go wrong.

My girls and I are calling this a noise-maker wishing wand.

It's easier to manage if you thread the bells and beads first, and then

bend the pipe cleaner into a star shape - or any fun shape you wish.

Tape the end of the star to the pencil top.  Twist another pipe cleaner 

around the pencil to cover the taped pipe cleaner base.

Goody bags are nice to have.

I filled a zip-lock sandwich bag with a noise-maker, 

horn, bell necklace, and bracelet.

We are ready for tonight, and had lots of fun this afternoon with the crafts. 

I love my daughter's "fireworks" crown.

Have a happy and safe New Year's celebration.

May this be your best year yet!

Away We Go! Shapes and Transportation Activities

 

Yay! I'm super excited to have Away We Go! preschool activities
and party printables up on my website.  Enjoy Away We Go! story-time with
your little ones, followed by fun shapes and transportation projects.
Check out the coloring, cut and paste, counting, and matching activities.

Print the activities and party printables to your heart's content.
If you have an Away We Go! celebration,  please do share!
Great fun for birthdays, baby showers, transportation, and preschool events.

How about snack time?!  Here's a template I created 
for a tasty shape-sorting activity.

Be sure to lay down wax paper over the printable before beginning.

Strawberries make good heart shapes, and these stars are baby cereal puffs.
I also spotted some star-shaped crackers at the grocery store.

These shapely fruit rockets were a big hit with my kids!

Don't forget the crafts!  Candy airplanes are cute, and very easy to make.
The shapes highlighted here are circles, rectangles, and squares.

A cool summer craft that really floats!

Using foam sheets, cut out a 2 3/4" x 4" rectangle, and a triangle sail.

Cut 7 slits, each a centimeter apart, as seen in the photo.

Be careful not to cut too close to the edge.  Have your little sailors weave
three crafts sticks (4 3/8" long), and attach the triangle sail.

Let kids be creative, gluing shapes together to make colorful, 
shapely transportation vehicles.  Here are samples of 
a spaceship, ice cream truck, and train.

I'm reposting the Away We Go! treats.

Check out my Book Launch Celebration blog post for details.

Have a shapetastic time reading Away We Go! with the kiddos, 
and getting creative with shapes and transportation!