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The “Animaniacs” Kite
Today when I got to the workshop, I asked my staff, Kari, if she wanted to make a craft with me? Of course, she was excited and even suggested making a kite & I was definitely interested. She helped me gather up all of the supplies we needed. Which included; fabric, wooden dowels, some string,…
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A Special Card
Today I made a card. This card is for someone who is very special to me. I came up with the idea while browsing Pinterest. This card looked fairly simple, yet beautiful. We started with the 3D centers of the flowers, and glued them on the front of the card with hot glue. Next we’re…
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The *Spinning* Pinwheel
My staff member, Kari, came up with a brilliant idea to make some paper spinning pinwheels. She talked to me about the idea and of course I was definitely in for the challenge. She brought in some new card stock paper and a few other supplies and then she helped me round up the rest…
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The Pipe Cleaner Rattle Snake
Today we looked up summer craft ideas online and found this fun snake to make. Kari helped me get the pipe cleaners, glue, google eyes, and cute the head and tongue out of construction paper. She then helped me twist the pipe cleaners together for the body. Then we glued all the parts together for…
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4th of July – Flag Angel Wings
Yesterday, when I arrived to the workshop I asked Kari if she would please help me find a craft to make. Our internet was down so, she looked up Pinterest on her phone and found these Patriotic Angel Wings, so we decided to make them. Kari helped me cut out all of the feathers using…
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Paper May Flowers
I found an idea for paper flowers on Pinterest. I recruited a helper to help me make these paper flowers in honor of May. Plants, especially flowers, tend to come back in May. We used card stock,scissors, and glue to make the flowers. My helper drew out designs for the flowers and got to cutting.…
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Red Popsicle Crab
Today I worked on another animal craft. This time a crab. I found the idea on Pinterest. My helper Quinn glued the red popsicle sticks together horizontally. Next we hot glued the pipe cleaner legs. We cut pinchers out of paper and glued them onto the legs. After we glued googly eyes onto the front.…
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The Female Summer Tanager
I found today’s craft from Pinterest. Quinn helped me with the yellow bird craft idea. We also found a bird in the United States that looks similar to our craft bird. Female Summer Tanagers are mainly located in the southern part of North America. They thrive in warmer climates and that is why they’re specifically…
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Lords of Yahtzee- LOY
Today I brought out the canvases again to paint. The inspiration for today’s painting came from my favorite game, Yahtzee. RJ and I play it frequently. Before playing with me, he hadn’t played it before. Now, it is his favorite game too. Probably because we’re both competitive. Today when we played I got 2 Yahtzee…
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
Today I brought out my canvases and paint. The beautiful weather and seeing so many flowers at work and home gave me inspiration for these paintings. I thought of the phrase “April Showers bring May Flowers” because of the cloudy and rainy weather this morning. Now the sun is shining bright this afternoon. Just like…
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