Must have craft supplies

This summer I'm slowly working on building up our craft supplies.

What are some of your must have craft supplies?

• Glue
• Scissors
• Constuction paper
• Drawing paper
• Buttons
• Sequins
• Google eyes
• Empty toilet paper rolls
• Glitter
• Pipe cleaners
• Craft sticks
• Colored tissue paper
• Paint
• Paint brushes
• Bingo markers
• Paint sponges in different shapes
• Poms
• Crayons/colored pencils/markers
• Beads
• Cardstock

Anything I'm leaving out?

Cocoa mug craft and what to wear in winter

Today we made a cocoa mug craft (from Pinterest).  It came out really cute.  All we have to do is add another marshmallow and color the mug.  We are waiting for the cocoa part to dry.

I also attempted to do a warm weather/cool weather clothing sort.  There are several pictures of children in various clothing and you are to sort them into two sections.  While DD knows that you have to dress warmly in winter, she isn't getting what it means to dress warmly.  I keep telling her you wear long sleeves and pants, hats and mittens, coats and shoes, etc.  I have even showed her pictures and pointed out her own clothing.

I think what is confusing her is the person is dressed warm, not dressed for the cold.  I might try tomorrow to sort them by people dressed warmly and people dressed cool.  Then explaining from there why that is.

I got the lesson from this site, which I am a member to.  For the price, it's worth it if you have very young children you are schooling.

Spreading the cocoa around 

She needs to add another marshmallow and color the cup still

Homemade puffy paint

I first saw this paint at the school I teach at.  The preschool teacher used it and had the work hanging in the hall.  It looks great and feels awesome!

The teacher in DD's art class used it once to paint ice cream onto construction paper cones.

I've used it in my own classroom, when learning about clouds.  It's easy to make, easy to clean, smells good, and is super fun!  I plan on making some soon for DD to use to paint snow men and snowflakes.  You can also add sequins or glitter to it and it will stick when it dries.

Just add equal parts glue and shaving cream and mix well.  Remember that shaving cream is puffy and glue is not, so keep that in mind for the "equal parts".  You may have a cup full of shaving cream, but do not need a cup of glue.  A decent size glob is good enough.