Peanut Butter Eggs - Yum!

On Wednesday I decided to get the markers & daubers out, because Braden loves to color so much!  He scribbled for a bit on a green piece of construction paper while I worked on creating a baby chick.  Then I turned his work of art into an easter egg that the baby chick could peek out from.  

Afterwards we emptied the sensory bin and made a new Easter themed box.  I filled a few of the Easter eggs with little surprises and we used the eggs that had the alphabet on them.  Braden really enjoyed finding the duck and saying "quack, quack, quack".  

And then we made some delicious homemade peanut butter eggs.  A new Pinterest recipe that I had not tried before.  

Supplies

Missed the bowl - oops!

The mess

Peanut butter time

Sneaking little tastes of PB

Mix it up

Sneaking a taste

Peanut butter center

All done!

Easter Eggs

Monday was a little busy with story time, yoga & an appointment.  So, we decided to go with a quick coloring project.  I printed off an easter egg sheet & Braden used crayons & the daubers to decorate them.  He absolutely loves to color - markers or crayons it does not matter.

After nap we made the birds nest snack from last weeks theme and added some "eggs" (starburst jellybeans).  Braden really liked eating the noodles.  

Birds nests

Tasting the finished product - minus the jellybeans

Then we finished off the night with a little bunny handprint!  

All ready to go!

Hoppy Easter!

Week 8 "Easter"

March 25th - March 31st

Crafts/Activities:
Easter Egg coloring page
Rabbit handprint art
Baby Chick inside an Egg
Water Spray Eggs
Tissue Paper Eggs

Sensory/Discovery:
Bird nest snack (used from last weeks bird theme)
Sensory bin - This week we dumped in a bag of Easter grass. I added his alphabet eggs from the busy bag & hid a few different toys/items inside.
Peanut Butter Eggs
Alphabet Eggs - from the busy bag, which I included in the sensory bin
Carrot Matching

Snacks:
Birds nests
Chick in an egg pancakes
Peanut butter eggs
Hardboiled eggs

Alphabet:
E - Easter, Egg  B - Bunny

Books:

Duck, Duck, Goose!

Sadly, this week we did not get very far with the bird theme.  On Wednesday we did a craft and brought out the ducks for 5 Little Ducks again, but that was it.  On Thursday we had a St. Patrick's Day themed play date.  Then we were away again for some of the weekend, so that was it.  

For our craft I brought out some of the feathers again.  I started by cutting a paper plate into the shape of a goose.  Then I let Braden play around with putting the glue on (he ended up needing some help) and the he added some feathers.  

First the glue

Sticky feathers

More feathers!

After lunch Braden's last Citrus Lane box came.  We had used Braden's Christmas money from Great Grammy Donna to try them out.  

Puzzle with the color wheel on the back

New scented pillow - lavender

Just before nap I decided to get the paper ducks out again.  Last time we had the 5 Little Ducks book from the library.  He loved it, so I have been looking all over for the book to put in his Easter basket, but I have had no success.  I guess I may have to actually go to Books a Million.  He had fun with the ducks anyway as I sang the song.  

Light as a Feather

On Tuesday we had another huge snowstorm and it was a day before the "first day of spring"!  But, we decided to stay inside and "think spring" ourselves.

First, we emptied the rice sensory bin and filled it with feathers.

Tickle Tickle

For a little while I also got the pasta bag out from our toddler busy bag play date.  Braden enjoyed dumping it from cup to cup and Sage enjoyed eating a few pieces.

Afterwards we created a little robin & her nest full of eggs - hopefully spring will be here soon! 

Braden colored the nest

Admiring his work

Week 7 "Birds"

Birds

March 18th - March 24th

Crafts/Activities:

Owl plate

Goose plate

Egg & Bird craft

Robin footprint

Birds nest  - adapt a bit so he can put a nest together (tissue paper?)

Sensory/Discovery:

This week create a bin full of feathers.  Can also incorporate a few plastic eggs, small bird stuffed animal.

Set up the sensory bin with feathers

5 Little Ducks book & paper figures

Homemade bird feeder

Angry birds game

Sensory bin & 5 Little Ducks

Snacks:

Owl sandwich

Hardboiled eggs

Birdhouse sandwich

Nest treats

Alphabet:

"F" - Feathers  "B" - Bird

Books:

St. Patrick's Day

On Saturday Braden and I worked on a few more St. Patrick's day activities.  In the morning we painted a green clover.  I was originally going to go with hand prints, but decided to just let him paint with the brush instead.  Then I drew in the clover.  

In the afternoon we took a little family walk in the woods.  Braden enjoyed some wagon off-roading!  

We had to wait until after nap to have fun with some green Jello - sensory play, because the Jello was not ready when we got home from the walk.