Kids Activites

This was our final week for Halloween crafts and I am a bit sad that it is over. We have had so much fun making little creations throughout the month. 

Monday:

This time I let E check out Pinterest to see what she wanted to create. She was dead set on making rock monsters. Unfortunately, I sold all of my river rocks before the move (I mean really it's just one of those things that I wish I had held onto.) Since there aren't any beautifully round rocks here we went on a hunt to see what we could find. There is a vacant lot a few houses down from us and we brought home a few rocks. I think one of them was just a clump of dirt but E was excited!

I love watching her paint. She has such a cute concentration expression and she is always very careful. 

Our rocks. This was E favorite. :)

I swear this is a clump of dirt. :)

Friday: Happy Halloween!!

 How could we not do a festive craft on Halloween. E decided to go with witches. At first she just wanted to watch so I made the purple witch. 

 Then she decided that she wanted one too. She picked out all of the colors. I especially love the pink boots. and then she said that I could paint and she would glue. 

I can't believe that Halloween has come and gone. I am excited to post pictures pictures of E's new costume.

Kids Activites

This week felt much calmer. We weren't rushing everywhere, Daddy was home quite a bit and we just focused on having fun!

Monday:

Big boxes, the key to hours of fun for little people. This time we made a fort out of the box and the kids couldn't get enough of it.

It was a great activity that Duke could enjoy too. :)

Tuesday:

Painting. I had been painting my peg people quite a bit and E asked if she could use the "Bush like Mom." (brush.) I was a bit skeptical thinking that she was going to destroy my paint brushes by mashing them into the water but she suprised me. 

She held the brush properly, tried not to mix the colors (for the most part) and was really good about drying the brush off every time she rinsed it so we wouldn't have a big mess. All in all paint brush painting was a success. 

Wednesday:

Wednesday we went to the Zoo with our Mommies group. It is an awesome Zoo and we got a year pass so we could go with Gramma and Daddy. When we got home we made our first paper dress. 

Thursday:

For the month of October I am going to try and make festive crafts with E every day. Thursday we made a cotton ball ghost. 

 This craft was great. She did at all by herself! I cut out a mouth and some eyes and she glued those on too. 

Then she begged me to make another paper dress. This one fit her much better.

Friday:

 We made a hand print spider. This one didn't hold her attention as well (she really just wanted to play with play doh) but she was really proud of the finished product.

I am looking forward to going to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. I {LOVE} this time of year!

Paper Dress

Do any of you follow @2sisters_angie on instagram? She is brilliant. She helps her four year old daughter make dresses out of paper and they are incredible.

 I figured since E loves dress so much that we should try and rock one out. She loved it!! She was really good about helping to tape and cut. Our first attempt was a bit tall and small. Too long but too small around. Never the less E had a blast wearing it.

 Posing.

 Like I said it was too small. She wore it for the rest of Duke's nap and was so worried about ripping it that she stood the whole time. This girl is hilarious.

 The next day we made another one. Bigger neckline, bigger around, shorter torso and skirt. 

 She could actually walk and play in this one. 

We need to go buy more wrapping paper. E has asked me to make her a new dress every week. I'm so excited that she enjoys this so much. It is super fun for both of us!