Noodle Fun

So, I boiled some noodles to play with the other day. I wasn't sure what we were going to use them for yet, then I decided to pretend they were worms. While they were boiling we read "A Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin which is one of my most favorite books ever. It is so cute, and older kids really find it funny. We talked about how worms are smiley, and that they live in dirt and mud. After wards, we painted with "worms" and made worm tracks. We used brown paint of course to represent the mud.

Then I made a sensory tub with the remainder of noodles, and the boys spent a while playing with them! Lighting McQueen even went for a noodle swim :D

I have considered going to the store for some chocolate pudding and gummy worms to make a "wormy" snack.. but the extra sugar just doesn't seem to necessary! Plus, I am feeling very lazy right now! :)

Footprint Butterflies

For our mother's day cards we made butterflies using footprints. (Don't mind the one antenna.. Connor pulled the other off, and I cant seem to find it!) Cute, personal, and much cheaper then a Hallmark card!

Coffee Filter Butterfly

We folded coffee filters into a triangle, and dipped them into different colors of water. The boys loved watching the colors run through the coffee filter. During nap time we let them dry, and then I changed them into butterflies! They loved them!

We also read one of my favorite books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Which is a great book that explains the process of a caterpillar turing into a butterfly! There are a lot of great projects that can go along with this one. Today we just focused on butterflies though :)