b is for butterfly

Mummy try to at least do two art crafts a week, even though it is really tiring after working hours from office…and some of the art or paper materials that needed to prepare for the kids. But, it is kind of tension releasing exercise too for mummy…

 

So, here is What You’ll Need:

• Orange and black craft foam
• transparency sheet or clear plastic sheet protector
• white out
• black sharpie
• glue
• scissors

How to Make the ‘b’ for butterfly:

1. Cut out a lowercase ‘b’ from a piece of black foam sheet. To make the letters go along with the uppercase letters we’ve done in the past, this letter was cut from a piece of foam that was about 4” x 4” ~ small, but oh so cute!
2. From the excess black foam, cut out two antennae and the proboscis for the butterfly {what the butterfly uses to drink}. You can also add six legs if you’d like!
3. Cut out the background for the butterfly’s wings using the orange craft foam.
4. Lay the sheet protector over top of the orange wings and trace around the edge and cut out the overlay for the butterfly’s wings to the same size as your orange foam piece.
5. Using the black sharpie, draw the veins for the butterfly’s wings onto the sheet protector.
6. Let your little one dab white out onto the edge of the wings to make the white spots of a monarch.
7. Glue or tape on the wings, antennae, and proboscis.
8. Add a wiggle eye.

Like always…Belle will using black ball pen to scribble the round, round or circle, circle things on her art paper. Mummy do some modifications here as we do not have any clear protector sheet, thus just using the orange colour papers and black marker to draw out the wings veins. Surprisingly turn out very attractive.

 

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com

Alphabet Book : B

This is actually a simple arts which Mummy remembered, mummy did in the primary school time. So happened that we did letter ‘B’, so mummy purposely went to Mydin and bought a set of water colour. Well, times flies and changing. During Mummy school time, the ‘Panda’ brand water colour was the most popular one, and the water colour tube is made of soft silver colour materials with the plastic white cap. Well, now ‘Buncho’ brand is the most popular one, the packaging is in soft plastic tube with plastic cap as well.

Materials:

• Water colour
• Art Paper

 To Make:

1. Fold the art paper in the centre.
2. Pour little portion of water colour near the centre of the folds. Let the children choose what colour they like. Both kids love various of colours, they almost want to use every single colour in the water colour set.
3. Fold the paper and press it flat using the ruler and try to make a shape of a butterfly, as both upper and lower portions further from the centre of the fold.

Really love to see their face expressions after they opened the fold and saw the colourful and wonderful butterfly in their paper. They love it.

B is for Bumblebee

Both Issac and Annabelle are enjoying doing the crafty alphabets, after we had done for the letter ‘A’ and ‘a’. Every night if possible we tried to make a fun craft out of the alphabet letter. Here we come to letter ‘B’. Again, it is from the totally tots.

 

What You Will Needed:

• Yellow foam sheet or construction paper
• Black sharpie or marker
• Wax paper
• Googly eye
• Black pipe cleaner
• Glue

How to Make the Bumblebee:

1. Cut an uppercase 'B' out of the foam sheet or construction paper. The original suggested to use a foam sheet that was about 4" x 5" in size. But Mummy just using the construction paper.
2. Cut out two circles from the wax paper to use as wings for your bee.
3. Cut the pipe cleaner into two pieces ~ one should be 1/3 of the length of the pipe cleaner, the other 2/3 of the length. Mummy did a little changes here as using the black colour ribbon, as our house do not have the pipe cleaner, and I feel more safer using the soft ribbons as the pipe cleaners sometimes can be very sharp.
4. Poke the small pipe cleaner through the bottom base of the 'B' to use as a 'stinger'. Same as here too, change it to the small black colour ribbon.
5. Poke the longer pipe cleaner through the upper part of the 'B' to use as the bee's antennae.
6. Have your child draw stripes on the B using the marker.
7. Glue on the googly eye and wings.

Both were so amazed when seeing their bumblebee really flying. Belle using her black pen scribbles on the rest of the paper, making the bumblebee really busy and dizzy…

 

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com

Alphabet Book : a

Well, this is the idea which Mummy come out after few weeks of reading, searching online on the home school concept things. This type of art work actually, Mummy did it during primary school time.

 

Materials:

• Glue
• Red, green and Brown colour papers
• Pencils

To Make:

1. Draw an apple on a sheet of plain paper, with the stem and leave.
2. Tear the colour papers into pieces using hands.
3. Glue the pieces onto the apple.

Annabelle was so happy on the art craft that we did. Mummy replaced the brown colour stem to brown colour pencil because Mummy just managed to bought red and green colour papers, but Belle seems did not care at all, and just glued the stem with red colour papers too.

 

Issac just coloured it with brown colour pencil. He wrote his name and the word ‘Apple’.

a is for apple

This is another goodies which go along with the uppercase letter ‘A’ we have done previously, Both kids were so surprised and happy on the outcome of the little artwork. The apple looks so real!

What Materials Need:

• red, white, green and brown foam sheets or construction paper
• an apple
• glue & tape
• pencil
• scissors

How to Make the ‘a’ for apple:

1. Cut out a lowercase ‘a’ from a piece of red foam sheet. This letter was cut from a piece of foam that was about 2” x 4” ~ small, but oh so cute! I used red construction paper for that.
2. Cut out a small oval/circle from the white foam that will fit behind the inside of the letter ‘a’ to use as the inside of the apple. Due to more economical, Mummy change it to white plain paper.
3. From the brown foam sheet, cut out a stem and five small apple seeds. I cut it from a black colour construction paper for that.
4. From the green foam sheet, cut out a leaf for your apple. Using a green colour paper.
5. Glue or tape the white circle to the back of your lowercase ‘a’ so that it shows through the centre.
6. Count out the seeds with your little one and glue them into the centre to form the star at the centre of the apple.
7. Glue or tape the stem and apple to the back of the letter ‘a’.

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com

A Simple Toy 9 Jan 2011

Sometimes I really amazed with the children how they can use just a little thing which can make them so occupied and happy.

A simple toys like racing cars or the jumbo blocks can manage to make them play for a whole day.

Happiness is just so simple ^^.

Our Very 1st Musik Garten Class ^^

Today is our very first Musik Garten classes together with the kids. This is our trial class for both Issac and Annabelle.

Actually, Mummy and Daddy had searching and sourcing for the ‘right music class’ for both Issac and Annabelle since last year during the school holidays. Initially, both Daddy and Mummy would like to enrol both of them to some hobby classes, such as art class or music class. Issac currently already has his own art class at school, and we would like to let Annabelle try on ballet class. As both of us ‘would like’ to let them learn music as well, just to train up their characters.

At first, thinking of just let them learn direct to the piano or guitar classes straight away, but we do not have any idea weather they will like the music instruments or not. During our enquiries at the Piano Station at Summit USJ, Mummy did read a leaflet on the notice board on this Musik Garten; after a while, this Musik Garten catch my eyes again when we having our dim sum breakfast at USJ 21. The office is just across the road. So, we just walked in and asked about the program, and we found out that it is great. The manager gave us a list of the Musik Garten music school which we can refer to as to nearest our house.

Music Brings Children To Life ~ Musik Garten is a popular early childhood music and movement program for babies, toddlers and children up to 9 years old from the U.S.A. It is backed by over 30 years of practice and academic research in leading universities in the U.S.A. This program nurtures brain, social, emotional, physical and creative development. It builds a strong foundation for children before learning piano, violin, or other musical instruments.

Then, Mummy looking at our music centre – Masters Touch Conservatory of Music which is located at USJ 9. Mummy choosing USJ 9 instead of USJ 10 due to the place would not be so crowded as USJ 10. And, when I called the centre, the administrator Lydia also kind of nice to explain the whole program to the children and how the children will benefit out of it after the program. She said we can have a trial class if we want to. That was actually end of November last year, and we were down with AH1N1 after that, then go Penang holidays with Agatha and Andrew before Christmas. There after is Masters Touch term holiday.

And, finally we started our trial class today…It is quite a meaningful thing to do today…because today is the first weekend of the year 2011. We did something together for the kids and hope they will having fun in the future for the classes to come. Mummy and the kids will be busy every Saturday 12.00noon onwards. Issac class will be from 12.00 noon to 12.45pm and Annabelle from 12.00 noon to 12.00pm together with Mummy accompany.