Some More on Princesses and Knights

Stick Warriors - So I saw this cute idea online (on this blog.) to create stick people using washi scrapbooking tape.  (I have tons of it because I love it.)  I started setting up the craft and the kiddos came right over (passing on free play) and began creating these wonderful warriors and warrior princesses .  They worked for quite a long time.  I love it when they really get into an activity. 

 

 A couple of the kiddos wanted to create a giant to battle their warriors.

Outside - We decided to take our warriors to the backyard to do battle.

 

Paint Stick Swords - A knight needs a good sword.  Here are ours, complete with jewels.  Paint sticks & jumbo craft sticks.  I saw this idea on this blog.

I had my three year old class paint their swords with watercolors, then I hot glued on jewels as they instructed me.

 
  
Sword Belt - One of my kiddos just happened to be wearing a belt today, which was perfect to hold her sword.   

 

Sandpaper Castle - I cut some basic shapes and the kiddos created their own castle. 

Catapult - I put together these catapults for the kiddos last night.  They are pretty fun.  I hope you enjoy them too.  They shoot a pom pom really well.  I think marshmallows would also be fun.  I got the quick, easy design on this blog.

 

Dinosaur down with a direct hit from the catapult!

A Week on Princesses and Knights

One of my girls requested a week on the theme of Princess.  One of my boys quickly added Knights to it.  I figured that was a good compromise.  So two days on princesses and 2 days on knights.  

The Mattress Stack -  Today we are doing 'The Princess & The Pea'.  The kiddos created a bed with the pea under a huge stack of mattresses.  -  I got this idea off this cute blog.

 

Painting Peas - The kiddos painted a wooden ball to be their own personal pea.  They really loved that they got a pea of their own and we used it later...

 
Magnetic Peas - Ok, not quite peas, but spheres!  The kiddos enjoyed these magnetic spheres with our magnet wands and a cookie sheet.

  Pea Investigations - The kiddos got to taste the sugar snap peas during snack.  Then we did an investigation.  They got to open them up and count how many peas were inside (some had 4, others 5).  The kiddos also took a close look at things with their magnifying glass.

Pea Pillow Game - With our personal peas all dried, we tried the test in the book.  If we stuck our pea under a bunch of pillows, could we feel it?!  ...  Some kiddos could and some kiddos couldn't.  Hmmmmm.

Crown Jewels - I asked for some crowns at Burger King last weekend, they shared nicely.  The kiddos got to glue jewels onto their crowns.  Here are Nico and Janame working.  Ilse was finishing her book and Greta, Jasmine and Charly were cleaning up all the toys they got out to play house.  So the boys got a head start.

Princess Slime - Ooblek at it's best!  We added food coloring and glitter.  

Learning Station - Sword Count

I found those party sword toothpicks for the kiddos to count and stab into the foam numbers.

I wanted to use some sort of foam, but I didn't have any in my stash of stuff.  So I had the kiddos stab the numbers.  They totally loved that.

 I got the idea for this learning station from this blog.