Salt Rainbows

Ella and I made salt rainbows today in getting ready for St. Patrick's Day! She loves to paint so she loved this.

We sprinkled some salt on top of the rainbow to make it a little sparkly. Then Ella added some dark thunder clouds to her picture. :)

I just love her rainbow!

And she wrote her name in the corner. :)

St Patrick's Day Crafts

We decided to get going on our St. Patty's day crafts today!

First the kids took a heart shaped sponge, dipped it into green paint, and stamped it making shamrocks. They came out really cute. I cut them out after they were dry and hung them up.

Then the kids let me paint their hands and arms. I was a bit shocked both of them let me do this! Voila! Cute little leprechans! Ella decorated hers with a rainbow and sun, but drew the little face herself. William just scribbled, so I drew his face. :)

I love them! I think they are simply adorable!

Shamrocks

Ella was game again today for making something, so since she's been really, really into cutting for the past few weeks, I decided to put that to use to make a cute shamrock.

I cut strips of green paper and she practiced snipping the ends off into little squares.
Here she is showing me her cut!

She was really serious with her cutting.

But she was having a lot of fun.

Back to her serious job.

And glue time!! Notice the smile on her face as she works?

She placed the squares one by one on the glue to cover the shamrock. (Months ago when I tried something similar to this, she just picked up the pile and dumped them on the paper. I'm happy she's now taking the time and effort to place them on one by one!)

The shamrock didn't get completely covered, but Ella thought she'd put enough on and that it looked good the way it is.

I agreed. :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our St. Patty's Day art project.

Ella wasn't too sure about getting her hands all in the paint and getting messy!

She found it hilarious though!

Ella's finished project.

May the luck o' the Irish be with ya today!