confetti eggs

just another Easter egg craft...

nothing to exciting 

but the kids loved it

and i guess that is all that matters.

In November we did a very similar project here

i used cut up scrap paper, and glue

i had the older kids cut out their Easter eggs

then we squeezed a LOT of glue all over our eggs.

because a little glue would NEVER work :)

just a little more glue and i will be ready to go!

after the egg has been cut out and decorated with glue. 

it will then be time to sprinkle on the confetti.

you see calling it little bits of scrap paper makes the project seem boring, 

but calling it confetti and the project is the coolest thing EVER!

after you shake off the extra pieces of paper

you are left with these beautiful creations!

Happy Wednesday!!

Linking up with Show and Tell #95

and

Naturally Nifty Party #8

hunting, cutting, and painting

this week is kind of weird...

today i only had 2 kids till 10

and then by lunch I had 8 kids

i enjoy days like this

i can come up with an egg hunt alphabet game

without 100 distractions!

as you can see in the photo above i made an egg

cut the egg in half and put a lower case letter on top

and an upper case letter on bottom

i also do the laundry on these quiet weird days

some may not agree with me doing housework 

while I work,

but its one of the perks in my job!

after the eggs were made, laundry was folded

and the other 6 kids arrived

we hunted for the cracked alphabet eggs and put them together!

the kids did fantastic at this!

i am super impressed that the kids know most if not ALL the letters of the alphabet!

then we had some quiet time so i could prepare another activity!

i started cutting out eggs when i said

hey crazy daycare lady you do to much of the work and don't give

the kids enough opportunity to do some of the work for themselves.

i have control issues..

so i handed over the paper, and the scissors 

and let the kids do the work while i sat back and took pictures.

again these kids amaze me and how talented they are

i take all the credit...joking!

after we got done cutting our eggs out we took some plastic eggs

and painted circles with them onto our egg cutouts!

I got the idea to paint with the eggs from my 

AMAZING daycare friend sheena!

she is my sanity, because she understands the job

and she understands me!

painting with the eggs was a little tricky as they were quit slippery

when your hand was covered in paint.

how does a child get their hand covered in paint after 10 secs

of me placing the paint on the table!

kids are tricky!

these two act like brother and sister

but are GREAT friends!

"because mom you can be friends with boys that is ok, right?!?"

"yes dear you can be friends with boys...and thats it, JUST FRIENDS!"

 and finally the dirty boy painting...

im telling you today was a weird day, because the boy that usually 

eats, licks, smears, paint EVERYWHERE

wanted nothing to do with painting!

Easter

the kids have been talking a lot about Easter...

ya know

the bunny, the eggs, the candy, ect..

i am fine with all of it

but i want for them to really know what Easter is all about

so today i told them we were going to make an Easter project

SQUEELS

"oh i bet its going to be making a bunny"

"i think we are going to have an Easter egg hunt"

"i know, its going to be painting an egg"

(we will prob do all of these things, but the most important thing comes first)

i had all the crosses hanging around the kitchen 

for when the kids came up

they all exclaimed how pretty they were

but that it wasn't an Easter project

(insert smile, and children's Bible)

oh but my sweet kids, this is what Easter is all about!

so we read the story about Jesus dying on the cross 

and the nails that were put into his hands

FOR US!

we read about how God didn't want to punish us

so he sent his Son to take all our punishments

one little girl said

"does punish mean love?"

i told her that it kinda does, 

moms and dads punish their children because 

they love them and want them to learn for their bad choices!

so Jesus took all our punishments for us

that is how much Jesus loves us!

i hope the kids enjoy Easter,

their bunnies, their eggs, their hunts, their treats

but I hope they remember what Easter is all about!

Throughout the week we will do some of those "other" projects

but we will continue to read about what happens to Jesus after he dies for us

and do some projects that relate to it!