October Love...

 These are some cute pumpkins that I have made with little ones using hand prints. It is so much easier to do with infants and toddlers rather then carving pumpkins.

Below are three different hand print decorations for spiders, ghosts and pumpkins. Just paint the palm for a pumpkin, whole hand for a ghost, and everything besides the thumb for the spiders! They are super cute and easy for kids to do! However, every time I do an art project that is more structured (hand prints in certain places) I always make sure to offer free paint after so the kids can get out their creativity!

In the fall we are so busy going to the pumpkin patch, the apple orchard, and enjoying the outdoors that it gets to be overwhelming! I always try to remember to bring my camera, and slow down whenever possible! Also, after we finish an activity I always try to take the time to talk about what we learned or make a bulletin board for the kids play room or bedroom of their recent activities. It really seems to help kids place a feeling or memory with learning activities.

 These photos are from my Halloween party with my preschool class. Above each of the kids used a plastic serving glove and filled it with a party mix/chex mix mixture along with some candy corns in each of the fingers for the finger nails. The kids loved having these snack filled gloves to take home! Also, we made a kiddie party punch bowl and to keep it cold we made an ice ring inside of a bundt pan and froze some gummy worms in there for some extra spooky decorations!

In the picture below we had a table filled with all kinds of sprinkles, light colored orange and purple frosting, and sweets and treats so that each child could decorate their own cookie at the party. I always think that having some sort of craft or activity at any birthday/holiday celebrations makes the time fly by for both the children and adults!