Handprint American Flag

The fourth of July is coming up!  These little handprint flags are a super cute and simple activity to show your American pride!  

We actually made these last week while watching one of the USA World Cup games, but they will become our fridge decor for the fourth!

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle & Themed Craft

Here's a super cute little craft to go with Eric Carle's book, A House for Hermit Crab.  I'm a huge fan of doing book-themed activities and crafts, especially if they are based on an Eric Carle book (I posted a themed activity post for Eric Carle's book the Very Busy Spider last week)!  This is such an easy, adorable craft to do after reading the book.

Get out some paper (these kids used brown like the sand, but you could use whatever you have), some red paint, a handful of sand, googly eyes, glue, a paintbrush, and some sea shells.  Do the handprints first and allow them to mostly dry.  Using a paintbrush, have your child paint glue in different areas around the handprints.  If the handprints are a little wet still, the sand may also stick to them, as well (which looks cute, in my opinion).  Then, sprinkle sand all over the glue and handprints.  You can glue a few sea shells on to the picture if you have them.  Glue on your googly eyes and then allow to fully dry.  

If you don't have sand, you can just use some dirt from outside...try to find dry, light brown dirt, as opposed to dark, moist soil.

3 Super Simple Easter Crafts

We had our Easter party at school today.  I took photos to share with you all of the three easy crafts that I did with my students.  The first is pictured above.  Isn't that a cute little bunny?  All you need is some white and red paint.  Paint your child's hand (not the thumb) with white paint.  Spread your child's fingers apart and press down to make the bunny ears.  Once dry, mix some red and white paint together to make pink paint, and add the pink to the ears and the nose.  Use a black sharpie to add the eyes, whiskers, and mouth.

I used a simple Word document and inserted an oval shape.  I typed the verse "Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead."  Matthew 28:7.  The kids watercolored the egg.  Then using scissors and a strip of green paper, the children cut slits into the paper to create "grass".  Then they finished it up by glueing the grass to the egg.

For this craft, you can either have an older child cut out the tomb, stone, and sun, or you can pre-cut the pieces for a younger child.  They glued the stone to the side of tomb, and we learned the verse we glued to the top (He is not here, he has risen, just as he said!  Matthew 28:6

These crafts are so easy and frugal and they require very little supplies!  Happy Easter!