One fun thing we did in January was wet felt. Nora wet felted in preschool last year, but Beth has never tried it. I got out some wool, a washbin and some soap and covered the floor with a shower curtain and a table cloth so that water wouldn't end up everywhere! I let the kids pick out what colors they wanted for balls (we had a felt ball kit from Peace Fleece). The kids really enjoyed the project, and once the balls were done, they played in the soapy water for awhile too.
After playing in the water, Beth stood up and was very upset that she somehow got all wet!
Nora making a snow angel!
Making footprints before school.
Side by side snow angels.
We made a snowman in the front yard. He had eyebrows, arms, eyes nose and mouth. He was also just about as big as we could make him and still have a little snow on the ground!
The kids were looking for sticks and mulch to make eyes and arms for their snow people.
Nora was very excited to test out her snowtube. Luckily, the snowy grass was just enough to allow her to glide down the hill.
Beth had a blast jumping in puddles. One one sunny morning, she ran around in the puddles for almost an hour. Then we had to run inside to change her clothes so we could pick Nora up from preschool!
There wasn't enough snow left by the end of the week to make another snowman, have a snowball fight or sled, so I put some colored water into spray bottles and let the kids spray paint the snow. They had a blast!
