Someone heard my pleas for sunshine, because it was gorgeous on Tuesday. We ran some errands in the morning, and rode bikes after naptime. I used naptime to put the Spinach Pie together for dinner, and Johnny and I also did another activity involving paper. We made a snowman!
Despite my best efforts to reduce junk mail, we keep ending up on mailing lists. John and I are apparently on the same lists, because we get two of everything. I save it all up until I have a pretty big pile and then haul out the shredder. The pile had gotten out of control and kept spilling off my desk onto the floor, so I really wanted to tackle it.
Johnny handed me the paper and I fed it through the shredder. Then we emptied the bucket into white kitchen bags and sealed them to make "snow balls" and piled them up to make a "snowman."
I got out the fingerpaints again to make the eyes and smile. We had to wait until Maureen woke up so I could find the supplies to make the top hat and carrot nose. That was the point at which I lost my enthusiasm for the project, because I KNEW I had card stock and construction paper somewhere, but couldn't remember where the heck I put it. After tearing apart my closet and desk, I finally remembered where the stuff was. The top hat is made from black construction paper and fastened to the head with duct tape (the sections of the body are also loosely taped together). The nose is a piece of 8 by 10 card stock rolled up to a point, taped, and then stuck through a hole in the bag.
Johnny enjoyed himself, I got my chore done, and we have a decoration that only has to hang around until the next recycle day.
Despite my best efforts to reduce junk mail, we keep ending up on mailing lists. John and I are apparently on the same lists, because we get two of everything. I save it all up until I have a pretty big pile and then haul out the shredder. The pile had gotten out of control and kept spilling off my desk onto the floor, so I really wanted to tackle it.
Johnny handed me the paper and I fed it through the shredder. Then we emptied the bucket into white kitchen bags and sealed them to make "snow balls" and piled them up to make a "snowman."
I got out the fingerpaints again to make the eyes and smile. We had to wait until Maureen woke up so I could find the supplies to make the top hat and carrot nose. That was the point at which I lost my enthusiasm for the project, because I KNEW I had card stock and construction paper somewhere, but couldn't remember where the heck I put it. After tearing apart my closet and desk, I finally remembered where the stuff was. The top hat is made from black construction paper and fastened to the head with duct tape (the sections of the body are also loosely taped together). The nose is a piece of 8 by 10 card stock rolled up to a point, taped, and then stuck through a hole in the bag.
Johnny enjoyed himself, I got my chore done, and we have a decoration that only has to hang around until the next recycle day.
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3 comments:
Wow, you really did have a lot of junk mail! Awesome project. I'm going to have to remember to try that one with my kids.
that's a big snowman!
Shredded paper takes up so much space.
~Renae~
That is so awesome, I love it and Johnny looks so proud!!! When I taught we used to fill up a kiddie pool with shredded paper and the kids would "swim" in it. They loved it, kind of makes a mess though!!!
Great project MommyK, great job!!!!
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