stART - Bear Snores On

One of our favorite authors is Karma Wilson. Bekah just loves her books! Bekah loves having Bear Snores On read to her, so when I saw this book and craft at Army Angels I made a mental note to do it soon.

I had cut 2 circles for the head, 2 ovals for the body, 2 shapes for the arms, and 2 for the legs. Then, Bekah set to work on the bears face. She added googly eyes, small circles for the ears, and drew a face on him.

I stapled around the two ovals and the two circles until they were just about closed all the way around. I was going to use cotton balls to stuff him, but realized we had a big bag of shredded papers to use (go recycling!). So, we stuffed his body and his head. She loved this part!

Then we enjoyed reading The Bear Snores On.
I'm linking to stART at a Mommy's Adventures as well as Kids Get Crafty at Red Ted Art.

stART - Jesus Calms the Sea

This week we read the story of Jesus Calming the Sea from our Young Readers Bible. Bekah really loves when we read her Bible to her. I saw this great idea at I Can Teach My Child. She has tons of great ideas on her site. We had a great time doing this story and craft together.

First, we read the story together. Bekah then decided that the stormy side should be black with blue rain drops, black clouds, lightening, and purple waves. She loves to paint, so this was a perfect project for her. We added a boat attached with a brad so we could rock the boat and Jesus sleeping (which I drew for her). She helped color him and thought he looked great in his "yellow jammies."

You've gotta love her placement of the lightening bolts and the rainbow blanket! I love the imagination of a 4 year old!

Then instead of waiting for it to dry and doing the calm seas on the other side of the paper, we just did another one. (what can I say, we were in a hurry since baby sister was napping!) =)

Bekah made a beautiful blue sky with pink clouds (I guess she's heard that pink skies are a sailors delight!) and blue water. We added another boat, Jesus calming the sea, and a sunshine.

I am linking to stART at A Mommy's Adventures and Kids Get Crafty at Red Ted Art.

My Heart is Like a Zoo - stART project

This week we used the book, My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall. I saw this book mentioned on a few different blogs and decided it would be a great Valentines Day project. After reading the book, I asked Bekah which animal she would like to make as a craft. She chose the lion (I think because it's on the cover of the book). So, I cut out all the parts we would need and Bekah glued them together to make the lion.

After making the lion, Bekah then decided we should make the owl, so we did. Then she decided we should make the frog, so we made the frog. And finally, she thought the crab would be fun to make, so lastly, we made the crab. We've really enjoyed this book and making these cute animals together.

You can see what others are doing for stART at A Mommy's Adventures.

Hetty's 100 Hats

We did this project when we were learning about the letter H. I have to admit, I ended up being the one to make the hat, but I do think Bekah thought it was pretty neat that you can make a hat out of a piece of newspaper.

Hetty's 100 Hats is an adorable book by Emma Dodd. It's about a little girl who starts collecting hats. She is determined to have 100 hats. At the end of the book, there are directions included to make your own newspaper hat. Bekah really enjoyed this story, but did not want to wear her hat. Oh, well!

stART - House for Hermit Crab

This week we've been working on the letter H. A book we've really been enjoying is A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle. Bekah LOVES any of his books, so you just can't go wrong with this one!

I found a cute project at homeschool share that went along with this book. They actually have a whole lapbook that you can put together, but we just made the art project.

The story in the book is about a hermit crab who has outgrown his home. He finds a new shell to live in, but it is very plain. He decorates it with sea stars, sea urchins, and many more things.

Our project was to decorate the Hermit Crabs new home with whatever Bekah saw fit. We added stickers, feathers, sequins, and buttons. She really got creative and had a blast!

She spent a long time working on her beautiful hermit crab picture.

You can see what others are doing at A Mommy's Adventures and over at Kids Get Crafty.

Freight Train - stART Project

This week we've been learning about the letter T. A book that has been one of our favorites for awhile is Freight Train by Donald Crews. An idea I've had bookmarked is this Shape Train from My Two Happy Homeschoolers.

It was very simple to make and I really made an effort not to help Bekah. I wanted her to be able to make it herself (even if it wasn't perfect). I think she did a great job. Yes, it drove me crazy that the wheels were on top of the train, but this is HER train....not mine. Does anyone else struggle with this? Anyhow, she did wonderful and I love that it was made by her.


You can see what others are reading at A Mommy's Adventures.

stART - The Clumsy Crab

Wow! It's been a long time since we've posted about a stART project. We've been doing book/art projects, I've just been really bad with blogging this Summer! Well, now we're back in full swing!

This week we read the Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway. Bekah loved this book and I couldn't wait to do this craft I had seen at Along the Way.


Once it was dry, Bekah had a great time playing with this little guy!!

You can see other great stART projects at A Mommy's Adventures.

Curious George and the Pizza Party

We're finally getting back into the swing of things. Between my pregnancy and not feeling well all the time and end of the school year things life has been pretty hectic. We were so glad to get back to our stART projects this week!

We read Curious George and the Pizza Party.

First, Daddy and Bekah made the dough. I like to use Money Saving Mom's pizza dough recipe. We also added some whole wheat flour to make it more healthy.

They had fun getting all messy!


In the story, Curious George cuts the dough out into different shapes. Bekah insisted she wanted a squrrel shaped pizza!

We added the sauce.


And the toppings.

Yummy!
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stART project - Mouse Paint

This week for our stwe had a fun time reading Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.
We've read some other books by her, but this was a definite favorite. Bekah absolutely loves to paint, so this was a great activity for her. It also reinforced color mixing.

I found this printable from here and got out our finger paints. Bekah would put the correct color(s) in the spaces and see what would happen when colors would combine. She loved doing this.

You can see what others are doing at A Mommy's Adventures.

stART - Is You Mama a Llama?

Our stART project this week was Is Your Mama a Llama by Deborah Guarino. This week we are currently learning all about the letter L, so this book was very fitting. I printed off a llama coloring sheet from here and had Bekah color it.


She then put some glue on the llama and went to town with the cotton balls.


I think it's so funny that she put one on the llama's face. We have the book from the library and also got the Is Your Mama a Llama scholastic video. Bekah loves these videos and watches them over and over. It's fun to enjoy the book in a different way!
You can see what others are doing over at A Mommy's Adventures!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear - stART Project

This week we used the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle as our stART project. I had seen this idea over at The Ramblings of a Crazy Woman for a coffee brown bear. It looked so easy to put together and Bekah loves the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, so we set to work.

I printed off a bear coloring sheet from here and Bekah drizzled glue on him. I guess she wanted a polka dotted bear, because she really wanted just dots of glue. I should have had the glue with a paint brush, it would have worked so much better, but she didn't want to use a paint brush.

She then sprinkled her bear with the coffee.....mmmm....it smelled so good!

We let him dry and enjoyed our coffee brown bear. Don't you love the dots on his face and front legs! So funny!

You can see what others are doing at A Mommy's Adventures.

stART Project - All You Need for a Snowman

We've been having a fun time reading the book All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle.
Since we've been having snowy days here I thought this would be a perfect book for our stART project. To be honest, I'm kinda tired of the snow, so instead of going outside to play in the snow, we made an indoor snowman.
I drew three circles for our snowman on blue construction paper and Bekah painted them white.

I hadn't planned on it, but Bekah insisted on cutting out her snowman. In the process she decapitated him (whoops!), but this was quickly resolved with some scotch tape!

Once the paint dried, Bekah glued on some buttons and sequins for his eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons.

Here's her finished snowman:

I would definitely recommend this book...it's such a fun story and my daughter has loved reading it!

I think we may bring some snow inside to play with in a little while....

You can see what others have made for their stART project at A Mommy's Adventures.