This past week was a whirlwind of activities culminating with my youngest niece’s high school graduation on Friday night. Making it possible for my 80+ year old parents to see her graduate in person was totally worth all the four hours of driving I had to do in ATL traffic. Congrats to my niece and best of luck as she moves on to the next adventure – college.
Thank you to a kind neighbor who let me borrow a stadium seat. I highly recommend investing in one if you’ll be sitting in the bleachers during this busy graduation season and the venue doesn’t offer stadium seat rentals.
Summer mode is now officially engaged!
Time for quilting, travel, reading and a little cross-stitching.
Spring Break is almost over. This means we’re on the homestretch to the end of the school year. Our classes end the week of May 6th; however, I think the last day for Monday enrichment is April 29th. I’ve planned lessons to cover the next four weeks:
Week 1 – Bees Book titles: Give Bees a Chance, Please Please the Bees and Don’t Eat Bees. Craft: Paper Plate Bee from Simple Everyday Mom
Week 2 – Flowers Book titles: The Gardener, Chrysanthemum and another title available from the public library. Craft: Paper plate suncatchers using cellophane and sequins. (adapted from several online tutorials – no single one in particular)
Week 3 – Pinwheels Book titles: Kate, Who Tamed the Wind and Pinwheel Days Craft: Pinwheels made from 6″ square paper, with pipe cleaner and faceted pony bead center and straw holder (adapted from several YouTube videos)
Week 4 – Knuffle Bunny (Sadie visits) Book Title: Any Knuffle Bunny titles available from the public library Craft: Bunny Book Craft from Simple EveryDay Mom
The goal here is to keep things simple and use supplies I already have on hand. My self-imposed limit is to spend no more than $10 on supplies for our remaining craft activities.
Tips: Many cute crafts with paper plates call for painting a white paper plate a certain color. Save yourself time, money and mess by picking up a pack of 24 colored paper plates at Dollar Tree for $1.25. Many colors are available.
Solid color paper napkins work as well as traditional gift tissue for torn tissue crafts.
Solid color paper cups are available from Party City in a variety of sizes for a reasonable cost.
12″ x 18″ black construction paper comes in handy.
Stock up on assorted color construction paper. Trim some to 8-1/2″ x 11″ so you can print templates directly on them. Students can cut out and craft without the need for paint and/or markers.
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