Monday, July 26, 2010

making our own piñatas

 

the kids were excited about this project!!!

we watched this video

and the kids got right to work cutting up strips of newspaper

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over the next couple of days weeks we put on 3 layers of newspaper…….Caroline got right to work, where as Cooper had about 5 minutes in him and then wanted to go wash his hands.

i found a trail of dried paste everywhere…..doorknobs, sink, soap dispenser….it got everywhere!

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one day to paint and the next to glue on the tissue paper

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Ta-da!!!  and guess what?????

IMG_6421after putting the candy in……they told me they did NOT want to break them….they’ll just “take a piece out when its ok with you momma.”

IMG_6423  i thought this was a good lesson in “waiting”  putting a layer on and wait, put another layer on and wait, paint and wait.

and it was a great project  to work on when we had a  late afternoon thunderstorm.

2 comments:

sloan said...

they're gorgeous, I can see why they don't want to break them!! Great project, thanks for sharing!

Steph said...

I bet they loved it! In 4th grade at our elementary school, they had a big Fiesta and they make pinatas. It was so neat to watch the process, but sad when they broke them. I can understand why Caroline and Cooper wanted to keep them. They turned out so pretty!