homemade inexpensive continent map

I love to incorporate geography lesson to JP "my way" so what I did was I bought felt sheets and foam boards in dollar tree.printed a map from the internet and I cut each continents.After cutting,I then put a tape in the middle of the paper and taped it onto the felt sheet.This serves as your guide for the shape of the continent,there's no need for you to trace.Then I continued cutting the felt sheet.I cut 2 pairs of each continents for my cards to go along with the map.I glued them in the foam board and the other pair to the cardstock.The last step was I glued the labels.It is so easy.If you're like me who has patience to make it,then you would enjoy.It's a very cheap world map and aside from that,using felt sheet is also a good way to learn about texture.The first time JP touched the map,he said "Mommy,it's soft".I love how my son would say "europe","asia","australia".It is so cute. :)
Here's the picture of my homemade world map which I put in front of our refrigerator.

And here's the continent cards

Now that's neat!

eraser fun

I went to a dollar store not knowing what to buy and i saw these eraser pack and thought I could use it for my transportation activities and true enough,a lot of ideas just popped out in my mind.The first thing I did was  I traced each erasers and let him matched them.

He got them all correctly!Next,I taught him how to draw a line by pair and he immediately got the idea.

It was as easy as 123 for him when he did this..I was amazed!Then we also did this one (below).

He knows how to read a little now.I didn't even say a word,He did it all by himself correcty.I am so proud of him!

He is good at sorting too! (above).

Played with it...vroomy vroom vroom...

And lastly,he did the tweezing.Can you believe it?a lot of activities for these $1 eraser pack!wow!what a great deal!

fall leaves animal creatures

There is no denying I am crazy with fall leaves.This is already part 2 of my fall leaves animal creatures.I really enjoyed making them and my son enjoyed putting googly eyes and identifying them.By the way,I made my hubby smile when he saw my creations.He thought it was cool.

oh how i love fall!

colorful foot and hand prints

I am so fascinated with foot and handprints.I love this idea.

salt container spin art

I was about to throw the empty salt container when i though of a salt container spin art.My son enjoyed this a lot.
First thing you have to do is put some different drops of paint on the bottom of the container.

Then turn it round and round onto the paper

Here are the finished products

Have fun!

fun with leaves

Just four days ago,me and my son went for a walk in the park.we gathered leaves and rocks.i knew in my mind what i want to do with the leaves and that is to make animals.here are pictures of what we've created

Toucan

I ended up gluing most of it because my son got frustrated of the leaves that wouldn't stick right away on the cardstock so he just glued quite a few leaves with my guidance.But he had fun putting the googly eyes.
Here are some of our creations

Just a sneak peak on what we will be doing with the rocks that my son collected,here's a picture

So what are you waiting for?go gather some beautiful fall leaves and rocks in your backyard or in the park.What an inexpensive way to do art,isn't it?Have fun! :)

Spikey ball

I guess you can call me a thrifty mom.you know why?because I don't want to buy those expensive materials needed to make an artwork.I just want to make use of what I have in the house.I believe that you can find the word "best" in simplicity.You just got try it to see the result just like this one...

A spikey ball,ziploc bag,a paper and some paints are all you need to create a beautiful artwork.Here's the result...

love it!