On Wednesday, April 20, Grandpa Georgia came to our house to watch Caleb while I went into Joshua's preschool to help with a special end-of-year craft. Joshua was extremely excited to be star helper of the day, too! Unfortunately, this was his last 'special' day of being the star for the year. The day before he had helped get out items for his show-n-tell which included his little Harold the Helicopter (and he was going to tell folks how it had dropped eggs for us to hunt), his Southwest airplane (which we take when we fly to Florida) and a little red train (which looks like the Strasburg Railroad that we've ridden on). The theme for show-n-tell this month was our choice, so he stuck with transportation.
When we arrived, Joshua sat down next to Mrs. Wolfe to work on his "tomb" craft that he absolutely loves. He uses it to tell people that the stone was rolled away (the 'stone' is stuck on with tape, so it can be moved) and that Jesus is ALIVE so He's not in the tomb. :) :) :)
As soon as everyone arrived, Mrs. Dearborn took another parent and me to the area where we were to help the kids decorate their pillow cases. I couldn't believe the set-up work that was done in advance by the teacher! She had put all their names on each pillow case in a strategic fashion so that they would have room to put their hand prints. She also had put newspaper on the inside of each one and spread them out around the room. Then she gave us the fabric paint and brushes to brush it on the children's hands. What a clever idea! I always just dipped my kids' hands into the paint, but it was way more even when we painted it on.I will definitely use this trick in our crafts from now on. The kids thought the paint tickled (or the brushes) but did well with the craft in general.
There were three of us moms helping that morning. We were each able to help our own child, which was nice. The kids had to have their hand painted and placed down 16 times. There were a small handful of pillow cases on the tables, and the rest of it was completed on the floor. I was SO tired by the end of our time there from getting down on the floor, crawling around with the kids to the different ones and getting back up with the paint, etc. I can definitely feel how pregnant I am!
Joshua did a great job with his craft, and the rest of the class also listened well. I was very impressed. Afterward, we went outside and hid Easter eggs for the class to find. They had a great time! Here's the Bean with his bag.
Soon enough, we went back to the room and it was almost time for preschool to end. Mrs. Dearborn handed out bags of treats (a snack or two and erasers, stickers, etc) and their tomb crafts. Then they were allowed to eat one of their pieces of chocolate, but I asked if we could leave to go relieve Grandpa Georgia, who had plans that day at noon. Since they were already done with their activities, it was a great time to leave. Joshua was sad to give his "star helper" necklace back, but he told me how much fun he had in preschool that day.
Here's his finished pillowcase. Each child put their hand print next to their name, so then the order of the names in the middle changed from case to case to accommodate the change in position. Unfortunately for the Bean, that meant that he had two orange hands next to each other as well as two purple. But, it would have been impossible to get them all different with the color choices we had. It's still cute. I'm not sure how practical, but cute.
Here's a snapshot of all the ones on the floor:
How I love my boys! I am thankful to be able to help in their classrooms while they still think their mama is "cool." :) :) :)
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