Butterfly Life Cycle

This last week we talked about the butterfly life cycle. I ordered my caterpillars from Insect Lore and should be getting them next week. The kids are so excited about it. Here are some of the art projects we made to go along with it.

Caterpillar

Butterfly Masks

Also today we made these yummy treats for Easter! They were super easy and so yummy :) 

Hidden Surprise Easter Egg Treats

Frog Life Cycle

I am sort of bummed out. I was planning all year on ordering tadpoles from Insect Lore to watch them grow into frogs but when I called to order they said Utah has some law that does not allow frogs to be shipped here. Weird? I tried a few other places but they didn't carry tadpoles, and I thought about doing Praying Mantis eggs because they hatch between 95 to 200 insects but you have to release them right away or else they start eating each other. GROSS! So I think I will just order the butterflies again. They are always so much fun and the kids love them.

This week we talked about the Frog Life Cycle;

We sang some frog songs and then played a game with lily pads and a play frog. You have to try and get the frog to land on one of the lily pads. I was planning on doing it outside with a swimming pool for the pond but the weather was crummy this day.

We also made these wheels to show the life cycle of frogs. It is also fun to do bubble wrap for the eggs if you have some. 

For cooking we made these delicious frogs. I was snacking on the peanut butter dip for lunch afterwards it was so yummy. You can also substitute just cream cheese or chocolate spread if you have a nut allergy. 

Here is the recipe out of my Kid's Cookbook:

Green Apples

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup cream cheese

2 Tbsp. Powder Sugar

Green Grapes

Chocolate chips

Cut apples into wedges, I love using my Pampered Chef Apple cutter. If you don't plan on eating them right away it would be good to put the apples in lemon juice to prevent browning. 

Mix peanut butter, powder sugar and cream cheese together. Put mixture between 2 apple wedges. Add more mixture on top for eyes. Then using a toothpick thread on a grape and chocolate chip and poke toothpick through the apple. 

Enjoy. 

Welcome Spring!

We are so happy that Spring is finally here! It has been a cold winter and it is so nice to see all the flowers popping up and the grass and trees starting to turn green. We talked about March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb. Although I am not sure if it quite went out like a lamb with how cold it was. I guess the last day was nice though so we will say it went out like a lamb. Here is a fun little art project we made to go with our theme for the day.

We also talked about all the animals being born this time of year and how lots of animals hatch from eggs. Although these look like chicks they were actually ducks but you can call them chicks too if you want. 

 This little guy made his into a turtle since turtles come from eggs too. He then asked me if we could learn about turtles next time at preschool which is the reason for our next activity. :) This is the brother of the little boy from last year that told me how excited he was for letter T day so that we could learn about turtles. Surprisingly they have never been to Sea World although they love all Sea Life. I think this should be there next family trip. :)

Turtles come from eggs too Miss Julie! 

We were able to make these turtles out of coffee filters. It was fun to see all the different ways the kids decorated the shells. 

We also made turtle bread. I made the dough the night before and then let it rise before preschool. We then shaped it as a turtle and then let it rise some more before baking it. I added green food coloring to the dough when mixing it so it would be really green inside. 

Here's the recipe if you are interested in making it. It was really easy to make and super yummy. I think I want to make it into a regular bread loaf. 

Turtle Bread

March is also the month of Dr. Suess's birthday so we watched a film of the book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue FIsh. 

One Fish Two Fish book/movie

In the book he talks about his pet Yink who likes to drink Pink Ink. They loved saying this over and over again and finding the rhyming words in the book. We made some Pink Ink to drink. Just milk, strawberries, ice and some more red food coloring to make it extra pink. They loved having pink mustaches. 

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!