Lightbulb Birds

Well...it was a packed house today at Mom's Morning Out! and we welcomed a few new faces who I hope had some fun! For our art project today we marbliezed paper with shaving cream. I usually always do this with new kids and when I have a large group. It's a great art project where new visitors can feel comfortable making messes and old kids don't grow tired of! The kids had a great time getting their hands messy and a great job remembering not to put their hands near their eyes or mouths, after all "that's just for dads in the morning!" says Mayra! During our next visit to the art table, was to make our lightbulb birds. Or at least step number one in making our birds. Which by the way another great thing to recycle are light bulbs! Last night I started plastering the light bulbs so the kids would be able to paint them today. They picked out the paint they wanted to use and started painting them. Usually I do not like to do continual projects but with that big of a group other things took a longer time, so we're going to have to finish our birds when they come back. I can't wait to see the finished product, but here are some pictures of us starting them. To be continued...........And last but not least I have to introduce our newest face, certainly the greenest of them all, Mr.Frog. The kids were absolutley enthralled with Mr.Frog. Madeleine even made sure the UPS man said hello to him LOL! While they weren't trying to talk to our newest friend, the kids had fun playing in the sand table and turning the water red. And we learned that red and blue turn the water purple, even though we had some skeptics in the crew prior to mixing!