More Pin Projects

I'm trying to catch up on some past projects before posting about our current goings on.  Just putting up a list of what we've done is tempting, but not really the point of a blog with the name Pinterest in the title.  Of course, there are pins we've done that were not photographed, but those will have to live in my memory :)

Since I wasn't as good at pinning when I first joined Pinterest I can't remember where these all came from, so for pics you see that you recognize, please comment on where they came from so I can update & link to the original post.

Wooden frames hung at child eye level with rotating art- usually Ada's school creations- can't remember where this came from, not on my board but someone else did this before me.  Got unfinished wood frames- cheap.  Don't have a back.  She had gotten all fancy.  I just duct taped a piece of a cereal box to the back to make a slot to drop in a picture.  Then attached a little picture hanging thing.  Presto!

Also, can't remember this one.  Basically we cut tissue paper stuck it between clear contact paper and glued it to a pumpkin shape.  Then I gave Ada some eye and mouth shapes to glue on.  

This was the original vision, but we decided to use the dabbo instead.  Faster, no glue to dry and we made these mostly to send to someone who we has a deep appreciation of the dabbo!

Just a collection of collage items for the fall.  Learned how to color rice for this one.

This song jar is from one of my favorite blogs (although she hasn't been posting for a while).  Ada and I first wrote a list of songs we know.  Then she would decorate popsicle sticks that I had written on.  She usually would "write" on them too and then add stamps and foam stickers.  We put them all in a tall plastic container (empty baby puffs container), and she decorated that too.  It sits on top of the piano for when we need inspiration :)

Emma is firmly in the "I'm a baby and I like to put things into other things" stage.  I had dreams of crafting some elaborate and beautifully decorated container, but alas... this as on hand and it's DONE.

Shaving cream fun. I've seen this as a sensory activity on several sites, but I remember the preschool where Ada & Emma used to go to school doing this.  The girls LOVED it.  Ada simply called it "messy work".  We all were covered by the end and all three of us needed a hose down (shower) afterwords.  A mess to clean up, but totally worth it!

Our Christmas Tree.  I saw this and thought we could make a large version of it as our "tree" this year.  But it just never came together and one day we were downstairs and I wanted to get our stockings hung up so we could start talking about and thinking about the holiday.  I had been looking at felt boards and realized I had these materials on hand.  I cut  some shapes quickly and hot glue gunned the tree shape to some foam board.  I hung it to the wall with those command picture hanging strips and let the girls "decorate" with the colored shapes.  Worked out great!

SNOW INSIDE!!  When it's too cold to really explore the snow outside, but we want to play :) This is another activity that came from watching what the daycare in Massachusetts used to do with the girls.  But this is also all over the web.

That's all for now.  There will be more current stuff to come this week.