Preschool ideas I love

Gi has brought home some very cool preschool craft projects that I wish I had thought of myself. I had the chance to work in the class when they did these contact paper "windows" for Halloween and today I was also there when they made them for fall. All the kids really seemed to enjoy the process from start to finish. And, as a parent I enjoyed that they got to work artistically and also were challenged to use scissors, fine motor skills working with tape and hole punchers. Hey, don't underestimate how difficult it is to put a long piece of tape straight across an edge of paper and fold it around to the other side! But these kids did great and were so proud of their creations that I just had to share the idea.

To create them, just cut out a rectangle shape of clear contact paper, remove the backing, let the kids fill one side (not putting anything big over the middle of the paper where you will fold it) with objects (anything work, don't limit to flat, one-sided objects), fold it down the middle and tape up the sides. Punch two holes at the top and tie a length of yarn to hang.

These "windows" would be perfect projects at the beginning of every new season, using their interior contents to talk about all the things that make the season unique. For example, today we made fall windows and inside we put autumn colored foil leaves, turkey stickers, real maple leaves found on our leaf walks, branches, twigs, moss etc.

Happy crafting!