Winter Cardinals

Paint a red hand. For this project, we have to keep our fingers together with our thumb tucked into the side.  That can be a challenge. :)  The hand print art that I have from Ethan when he was an infant in daycare is among my most treasured art.  If you are painting an infants hands for art, keep baby wipes handy.  Paint, print and immediately wipe the paint off.  There is nothing sweeter than looking back on the tiny size of your baby's hand print.  They grow so fast.  I will have to share photos of the cute art that was made with the help of his care givers. 

Once everyone had two hanprints placed upside down onto their papers, we began as a group. 

I gave the kids each a piece of brown construction paper and they began the job of tearing some tree branch strips.  This is really fun for kids to do!  If you ever need a quick sensory project, tearing paper is a good choice.  They love the sound and feel of destroying something on purpose.

The idea was to create some branches for the birds to sit on.  This was not my brilliant idea, I saw it on Pinterest. 

Add a black triangle for the black feathers, add a beak and two eyes.

 "How do we know that it is winter in our art?"   "No leaves on the trees!"  Smart kids.  Smart smart smart!

We added some snowflakes to finish off our winter scene.   We used tissue paper squares, balled up.

I love the results!  Cute winter cardinals.  They didn't stick around. 

♥They flew off the line at closing time. ♥

We have been thanking God for the sunshine lately.  It has been so beautiful in Washington!

♥♥♥Happy Monday!♥♥♥