Name Monsters... and is that a bottle of jelly in the bathroom?

Went into the main floor bathroom this afternoon... and closed the door. Behind the door sat a bottle of lotion, body spray, and a squeezable bottle of grape jelly. Asked my kids who took jelly into the bathroom, but no one confessed. I'm a bit confused. Wonder what will be in my bathroom tomorrow...

On another note... today we made Name Monsters! I remember doing this in elementary school, but I think we made them into aliens. I love simple activities that my kiddos can enjoy!

First, we picked out the color of construction paper we wanted. Then we folded it in half (it's very important to do that first!!!). Then take some paint (I had little bottles of acrylic paint... you can put a glue bottle lid on it, and it makes it easy to write with!) and write you name on half the paper.

Here's Em... my 6 year old, writing her name with the paint. I didn't realize what a challenge it would be to take pictures and help the kids out with the paint!

After you write you name on the half, you fold it in half and gently press down. Then you open it, and let it dry.

Here are the kiddos... decorating their "monsters". After it dries, you have to decide which end you want to be the "head".

And the finished product! This was my Name Monster. I did this with ages 10 months thru 6 years... you just have to adjust some things for them. For example, my 6 and 5 year old wrote their own name with the paint and folded it. My 3 year old can only write her A in her name, so she wrote a big A on hers. My 18 month old, and the 10 month old I watch I wrote their names for them, but they got to decorate their monsters with color crayons. It was fun seeing what their imaginations came up with!

Well, hope you enjoy! We do a lot of activities at my house, so I'm hoping to put lots of tutorials on this blog. It seems we are always doing something! :)

Until tomorrow...