Yesterday, we pulled out a craft that Ama got the girls. Two boxes of big princess/Minnie coloring pages and markers showed up in a bag that she gave us. Iris adores Cinderella and Penny is addicted to Minnie, so, they were definitely a home run. Penny is really working on her coloring. I am seeing that she is understanding the lines of the pictures and where things start and stop much sooner than Iris did. Now, i'm not saying she stays anywhere near the lines, but when she puts her mind to something, she gets the general shape and boundaries of the picture.
Iris is still in her monochromatic phase, so when she is coloring a picture, whatever color she starts with, the ENTIRE picture has to be that color. She is getting much better at staying in the lines.
Day 210: Barometer
So, I saw this in Family Fun 2 months ago and I've wanted to build this ever since. I couldn't quite figure out the "needle" so I had to have mike's help with it. It turned into a family craft, and it was VERY easy. The best way we could figure out how to get the girls involved was to rip a piece of construction paper in half and give one girl the "sunny day" to color and the other "rainy day". While they colored, Mike made the barometer, and i was the "assistant" for anyone that needed help.
Supplies needed:
Glass Jar
Balloon w/ neck cut off
Rubber band
2 straws
Glue
Construction paper
First, you stretch the balloon over the neck of the glass jar, then you secure it with a rubber band. Next, you stick the two straws together to make it really long. Mike cut the tip of one of the straws in half before he glued it to the top of the balloon, i'm not sure why though. Once it was glued on, we stuck a construction paper "arrow" into the end of the straw. Finally, we taped the Sunny day to the Rainy Day and hung it on the wall. Barometer complete!
PS- Iris' Rain, AMAZING! She made rain clouds with rain coming down. I was really really proud of her, I know Mike was too :)
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