Crafty August

It all started with the Clothesline Busy Bag and thus was born our quest for being crafty at least once a day. The kids sat with me as I cut out each clothing piece, then we went outside and set it up. They had such a blast! Elizabeth hanging each piece of clothing in order of color first and in order of outfits on top of that. Josiah barely getting his hung and definitely not caring about the order in which they were hung! The next day, while I hung out my clothes, I had them do it again. This time I gave them a bucket of soapy water to 'wash' them in and a bucket of fresh water to 'rinse'. It was a success! As a reward for when it was all over I let them play with their squirt guns in the leftover water.

The next day was Wednesday and Elizabeth was begging for a craft so I grabbed my instructions for the Cupcake Busy Bag and went to work! The kids sat around the table while I cut out the various pieces. As they were cut out I handed them to the kids and they got to work immediately putting their creativity to work. In the middle of all this fun I remembered how Elizabeth wanted to make a card for her Uncle Paul's birthday. I grabbed a couple pieces of cardstock, folded them in half and let them each decorate a card for them. They loved doing it and I really wished I had taken some pictures of their finished work!

On Friday I stopped at Kohls with a $10 off coupon. I ended up getting Melissa & Doug's Lacing Beads. Elizabeth and Josiah enjoyed playing with them that evening!

Today we created our own houses out of paper bags. They were both very creative and although they needed a little help with the gluing and cutting process the end result is the process of each of their own creativity!

Elizabeth's house
Josiah's house ... set up nicely with all his cars

Check back in at the end of the month with an update on how getting ready for school is actually going! Maybe I'll even post some pictures of the kids "school area" as well as the cabinets which are going to hold all of my organized craft stuff!