WOW I've just found a YEAR OLD post about a snowman activity. Now I've run through it and brushed it up. Here it is:
Snow hasn't arrived yet here in Hungary, but as the weather is quite chilly outside and it gets dark early, we spend more time indoors and on snowy crafts .
Snowmen out of cotton wool pads
What you need:
blue paper (construction paper or cardboard is better)
cotton wool balls
cotton wool pads
googly eyes
red and black beads (mine were too small, it's better to choose bigger pony beads)
sticks and/or cotton buds
black construction paper for the hats (I prepared them beforehand)
I'll let the pics talk for themselves:
We did a lot of talking about snowing (as well as body parts, colours and clothing) and after the activity we watched the Super Simple Song-Snowflake:
And then Frosty, the Snowmen, but this latter wasn't very popular with E.:
I'm planning more snowy activities with snowflakes and fake snow drawing. I hope we'll have time for them, too.
It's been 23 months with her. It's more than I've ever dreamt of. A special bond has been formed among us. But now our native nanny is leaving. It is difficult for all of us.
I'd like to pay tribute to our time together with this post.
We met A. in January 24, 2013 for the first time. E. was only 8 months old. The last 23 months have been full of great moments. Here is a collection of our memories:
These are just a few of all the fun E. and, I can say, we all have had since A. was around. As for our language journey she was the best person we could meet. I hope we can stay in touch in the future too, as E. and A. has had a strong bond between them and I have to admit that she wasn't just a nanny, but has become a friend.
I wish her all the best wherever life will take her.
This year has been wonderful, there are a lot of things that we can be grateful for. I wished E. would feel the gratitude for all the amazing things in our lives.
The main idea is an autumn tree with brownish, yellowish, and orange leaves. We write down a few things that we are thankful for on the leaves and stick them on the tree of gratitude.
We didn't have much time to do this activity (I needed to prepare for Daddy's birthday, too), so it is not as elaborate as in the original idea.
What you need:
colour paper (red, brown, orange, green - or you can paint as Jen suggests)
scissors
a bigger sheet of sticky paper (contact paper or sticky book jacket)
markers
I quickly cut red, brown, yellow and green leaves out of colour paper and drew a tree on the sticky paper (on the non-sticky side). The latter I sellotaped (sticky side out) on the balcony window. (Unfortunately you can't see much on the photos as it got dark, but tomorrow I'll add a picture taken in daylight)
naming the different colours and counting how many leaves she has
When we arrived home, E. sat down and I told her that we should collect people and things we love and we feel thankful for. (Much to my surprise she understood and immediately said : - Daddy!) I came next: - I love Mommy so much. :D
First, we tried to write the words together, but when she added snowman and chicken thigh I wrote them on the leaves myself.
When we'd finish with our collection (cheese, Grandmas, Santa, doggy, antibody hat, i.e. her thermo-hat against ear problems) we moved to the balcony door and E. stuck up the leaves on the tree.
She was really proud of herself and also, gave a kiss to Santa :) (then to me)
collecting
sticking
-------- Update: 03/12/2014---------
Here is a photo taken of our Tree of Gratitude in daylight... well, you can see a little (!!!) more.
Unfortunately we didn't have time for the Turkey of Thanks wreath. Well, we need something for next year, too.
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you want some cute and funny Thanksgiving songs, here is a small collection:
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