Alright so spiders just about rounded out our April Spring theme, and Cinco de Mayo kicked off our month of May! I'm sure parents saw our Piñata... pink large... a bit scary... and coincidentally locked away behind a masking tape bull pen... funny because really I was just trying to keep grabby hands off.. but then ironic because he/she was a bull/cow.... (you decide...??) Well, the piñata turned out wonderfully, I apologize to parents for the blue candy... and so much of it.. I anticipated more participants... in fact only the Grasshoppers and Dragonflies did participate. It turned out great.. we played pin the tail on the burro in the Rainbow and Sunflower classrooms and made Mexican mosaic Flags and Chili peppers and sombreros... which we strung into a garland... while we listened to Spanish music! It was a fun little fiesta.
Here's Ms. Betsy helping me fill up the piñata!
Louis and Kobe from the Rainbow room are decorating the maracas! "Maracas" aka small paper plates stapled together and filled with rice decorated on the outside! Easy, fun, activities!!! The latest and greatest trick I have discovered for art projects... instead of coloring or painting... just cut up a ton of old construction paper into confetti like size (if you have time... make shapes.. I did that and in the Sunflower room they kept saying look Ms. Jess it's a triangle..)... and then PAINT the glue onto what you will be decorating and go ahead and sprinkle it on! It's fun for the kids easy to do and clean up!
Rainbows decorating maracas!
Griffin!
So again: Mosaics. Project: Cut up/Rip up the construction paper colors you want to use... give everybody a pile... paint the spots to be decorated with glue... and let them go to town... easy peasy and can work on almost ANY project!
Alright so apparently I went over board for Cinco de Mayo with the confetti trick! But they turned out great!
Made them into a garland!!!
Here he/she is!
I should have named 'em. Yes it is still sitting in the Spanish area... bodiless... if anyone would prefer I move it.... I will. I just think it's so cute... but if it is creepy just sitting there just let me know. OH speaking of letting me know things... There is a marker board in the Spanish area... where any parent can feel free to write me a message!!!
Santori going to town on the Piñata!
Burke and his baseball stance...ahahah.... please watch the video of Burke hitting the piñata probably the cutest thing I've ever seen... especially the part where Mayson (as he always does :)) yells "You can do it Burke!" Ha... I'm pleased to make you smile!! Enjoy!!
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