A Simple Snowman

Here is a really simple, really cute and really fun snowman craft:

You’ll need: 3 white circles- small, medium and large, construction paper to glue your snowman on, glue and some items to decorate your snowman.

Glue your circles onto your paper.

Add your decorations to your snowman.

The finished snowman.

Boxy Snowman

It has been so cold where we live that it’s just not possible to get outside to play in the snow.  Plus Hailey has been sick and I just don’t want to take her outside.  So, I came up with this idea so we could build a snowman inside.

Here’s what you’ll need:

3 boxes- small, medium and large, wrapping paper, scissors, tape, glue, construction paper and 2 things you can use for the snowman’s arms.

In the medium sized box- cut a small hole on 2 sides for the arms.

Turn your wrapping paper inside out and wrap the boxes with the white side showing.  Put the arms through the holes in the middle sized box.

Make a face on the smallest box and add a hat.

Add some buttons to the medium sized box.

Hailey loved the snowman.

She loved taking him apart and putting him back together (we had to change the hat because the other one would not stay on).

Hailey dancing with the snowman.

And she thought it was funny to put him together the “wrong” way.

Letter of the Week- Letter G

Hailey is finally healthy enough to do some activities so we are finally back!  Hopefully we’ll be back to stay this time- no more getting sick.

I am going to be doing things a little bit differently though.  In the past I was trying to do way too many things with Hailey in one week.  We did a letter project almost every day as well as a project relating to our theme, a number, shape and color activity, a Bible story activity, and more.  It was getting to be too much for me to plan and get everything together.  So, we will be doing less art activities than we were doing before.

So, getting back into our letter each week- this week is the letter G.  I got this idea from No Time for Flashcards (I get almost all of my letter of the week activities from Allie- she has such cute ideas and Hailey always loves them).

Here’s what we made:

You’ll need: green paper with the letter G on it, gold (yellow) paper, glittery paint, and something to paint with.

Hailey loved painting the G.  I told her that we used Green paper because green starts with G and that we used Glitter paint because that starts with G.

The completed Glittery G.

Banana Muffins

Hailey got The Toddler Cookbook by Annabel Karmel for Christmas from her Aunt Ellie and Uncle Matt.  Since Hailey has been sick we haven’t had a chance to try any of the recipes in it until today.  (Although we have “read” the cookbook many nights for her bed time story!)

Anyhoo- Hailey wanted to make the Mini Banana Muffins and we had all of the ingredients on hand.  So- we made some yummy banana muffins this morning.

Ingredients:

1 medium egg
1/3 cup packed soft light brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large, very ripe banana (we didn’t have a large banana, so we used 2 small ones)
1/4 cup sunflower or vegetable oil
2/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Mix egg, sugar and vanilla.  Whisk together until thick.
3. Mash the banana in a small bowl then add to egg mixture.  Add oil.
4. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in separate bowl.  Then stir in until just combined.
5. Fill muffin liners (or greased muffin pan) about two-thirds full.
6. Bake for 12-14 minutes until risen and firm.  Makes 18 mini-muffins.

Note- we don’t have a mini-muffin pan.  So, we made 9 regular sized muffins.  I increased the cooking time to 20 minutes and they were perfect.

The ingredients

Hailey mixing the egg and brown sugar together.  (Isn’t she cute in her adorable little apron??)

Trying a bite of the bananas while mashing them together.

The finished banana muffins.  Yummy!

Also, now that Hailey is feeling better we should be back next week with some fun winter crafts!