Apples!

This week, we are talking about apples. It is back to school, and outside is starting to look like fall. So, bring it all on- apple pies, falling leaves, beautiful colours etc. I have to admit, I think Fall is my favourite season.

Today we made some apple sun catchers. I have been looking for clear sticky type paper for a long time. I ended up finding clear book cover type stuff- or shelf liner at walmart. So, I bought this huge roll!

For our craft, I cut out apple "frames" with red construction paper. And then 2 squares of the sticky paper- big enough to cover the apple frame. I also had small brown pipe cleaners for the stems, and red and yellow paint!



First, we stuck the apple frame to one square of sticky paper. Then we painted the sticky side, don't worry about staying in the frame- you cut the excess off!







After they were done finger painting, we added the stem. And then topped it off with another sticky paper square. Then did the trimming.



Unless you have paint gushing out the sides (try to use paint sparingly), you can hang them in the window right away!

Suncatchers

Today (yes today), we made suncatchers. These do take some prep time, so be aware! It is a good idea to have contact paper, but I didn't, so this is the other way.

First, I cut out many pieces of tissue paper- just into small squares. Then I cut out the frame for the sun catcher. In our case, the boys did spiders and the girls did butterflies. Make sure you have 2 mirrored images of each. Then glue some saran wrap to each of the frames- two pieces per item- one front and one back.




Give those a bit of time to dry.

Then I gathered everything together, including a glue stick.

I put the glue onto the saran wrap, to make it easier for the kids- they were having a hard time spreading it. Then they added the tissue paper pieces.



After they filled the saran area with tissue paper, we stuck the frames together. The older kids did their own, while the younger had some help. We put white glue around the frame area, and then sandwiched them together.


After they dry, cut the access saran wrap (or contact paper), and hang in the window!
(ours weren't completely dry yet- so our saran is still on)