Indian Corn Bubble Wrap Printmaking

The girls and I made these bubble wrap

corn cards last year

to send to family and friends

that wouldn't be with us to celebrate

Thanksgiving. 

I thought I'd re-post this craft

in case you want to recreate it 

with your own children

or in your classroom this year. 

Start with some scraps of plastic bubble wrap.

Paint with layers of orange,

yellow, and red washable tempera or acrylic craft paint.

Press your painted bubble wrap 

onto sheets of brown, orange, yellow

construction paper. 

(Brown paper grocery bags would be cool too!)  

Keep some baby wipes or a wet rag handy

to clean up painty fingers and hands as you work!

After the paint has dried, 

trace your child's feet to make the corn cobs

and let them cut them out. 

Happy Bubble Wrap Printing! 

Fondly,

pink and green mama,

Preschool At Home: Newspaper Delivery Toss Game

So I recently made some classroom goodies for my daughter's 

preschool teacher (table games, manipulatives)

and asked her to please let me know 

if there were any thematic units or 

specific games she would like me to make 

for the classroom. 

She took me up on the offer,

and shared this great idea with me.

It was so cute (and easy to make) that I had to share it with you too!

She had clipped the idea from a teacher newsletter

once upon a time and asked if I could make one.

So here you have it,

a Newspaper Toss, 

Newspaper Delivery Game.

Great practice for that hand-eye coordination. 

I painted a simple house (with acrylic craft paint) on a piece of 

foam core

that we just lean against the wall. 

(easy to clean up and store out of the way!)

Then, wrapped some gift wrap around a box

from our recycling stash 

(about the size of a shoe box)

Set it up on the floor in front of the front door. 

Then I bundled up some mini newspapers

with rubber bands

(each paper was about 9" long) 

Step back and toss them to the house, 

try to get them in the box!

 You probably have everything you need to make your own

at home (or in your classroom) right now. 

Happy Newspaper Delivery!

Fondly,

pink and green mama,