Dino Crafts

Wednesday afternoon the kids made

three kinds of Dino Crafts

Dino Backpack Zipper Pull

a Dino Suncatcher and

a Milk Jug T-Rex Skull Fossil.

Supplies, Pony Beads, Plastic Beading String, R

ings with Clips, Dino Charms

Dino Zipper Pull Sample I made for the kids to look at

C.R. Making an all blue Dino Pull

M.G. and D. B. making their Dino Pulls

Z.R. Came up with his own design

Amazing!

M.R. made hers pink and purple

I-Man made his into and infinity math sign

M.G. all done

Dino Sun Catchers

T-Rex 

The kids painting their suncatchers

J.L. painted a blue T-Rex

H.N. painted a green Dino

J.G. and his purple Stegasaurus

A.N. painted a green dino

C.R and his Milk Jug T-Rex Fossil

Even scarier from the side

Kid's playing in the sprinklers afterward

The pool was fun too!

A.L and J.L. got their own boat tour around the pool

J-Man's Dino Zipper Pull

Mr. Mr.'s Dino Zipper Pull,

He wanted to wear his backpack around before bedtime

It was an eventful and fun day of crafting and playing in the water

Summer Fun, Day 1

Summer Vacation has officially started

 We had so much fun today. 

J-Man keeps talking about all the Dino Activities

and of course the Slip-N-Slide.

Here is our

Day in Pictures

Here is the lizard that ran in our front door

I-Man caught him by the tail and put him in this box

J-Man and Mr. Mr. wanted a closer look, so I put him in

our old fishbowl with some sun warmed rocks

Took advatage of a learning opportunity and had

J-Man and Mr. Mr. write field notes about the lizard

They drew pictures of the lizard and asked questions about his diet.

J-Man spent most of the morning on a quest of bugs for the lizard to eat.

Getting ready for the dinosaur activities

Dino Puzzel, Dino Bingo, Make it! Dino Game

Dino Stationary Activity and Dino Egg Nest.

 

Here are the kids trying to crack open the dino eggs.

J.L. did a good job and we could see the fossil inside

A.L. with help from her Dad

K.L. found the top half of the dino

Pad of Paper and Dino Stamps

DIY Dino Stationary

M.R. making her Dino Stationary

J.L. working on his Dino Stationary

 stamping away

L.L. giving it a go

A.L. did a good job

Dino Eggs (water balloons)

I explained how to toss the water balloons to each other

but the kids had other ideas, they just tried to throw them at me.

Then we brought out the Slip-N-Slide

Slippin'

and

Slidin'

So Much Fun

I finally turned the hose off.  But they didn't care,

 they kept slidin' for another 5 minutes

What a great first day of summer vacation!

Dino Egg Fossils - DIY

The activity for Paleontology is a

 Dino Fossil Dig

I made my own, and so can you!

Materials, Plaster of Paris, Plastic Dino Skeletons,

Water, Plastic Cup, Mixing Tool, Egg Mold

Mix Plaster of Paris and Water, stir to pancake consistancy

Work quickly before it sets.

Pour mixture into Molds, then press Dino Skeletons into Mold.

Cover Dino's with more Plaster Mixture

When hardened (about 5 minutes) remove from mold

Repeat steps but do not press Dino Skeleton into Mold.

Place other half of Dino Egg on top of Mold

Remove from Mold after 5 minutes

Here is a nest of Dino Egg Fossils, ready to be excavated.

It is a messy project, but I can't wait to see the kids dig out the Dino Skeletons tomarrow.

Joy School Graduation

J-Man graduated from Joy School last night and I couldn't be happier for him. 

This was a big year for him and a leap of faith from me,

going against MD's orders to keep him home from school

because of his food alleries at the time. 

I am glad I took the leap because he made some great friends and

can't wait to start Kindergarten in seven weeks. 

Big thanks to all the Mom's in our Joy School Group for being

so understanding and willing to adjust lessons so J-Man

could participate in a safe environment.

I had the pleasure of hosting the Graduation Party in our home.

The invitations

Table Decorations

Grad Glasses

J-Man's centerpiece, glasses and bubbles

Kid's jumping for Joy!

Dana and I, presenting the certifcate and book made for each child.

J-Man's turn

J-Man holding the family flag

Now it is time to party

In the pool

little kids in little tubs

J-Man freezing after getting out of the pool

it was pretty windy.

LL and J-Man eating cupcakes and drinking hot cocoa

We enjoyed the pot Luck Dinner in which everyone contributed

We had Nacho's with Southwest Cheese Soup, Guacamole, Chicken

and SalsaChicken Salad, Potato Salad, Watermelon, Circus Popcorn,

Watermelon, Coconut Cake with sparklers

&

Pink lemonade cupcakes with lemonade frosting and

white chocolate pieces for the kids

Three  layer lemonade, pink lemonade, lemonade cake

 with lemonade frosting covered in white chocolate

Garnished with lemon slices.

So Yummy!

Congratulations to all the kids and all the Joy School Mom's and Dad's.

Here are some of the highlights