Valentine Game: Cupid's Arrow

Cupid's Arrow Valentine Game

What you need:
(1) Large size cardboard box
(1) Tri-fold Foam Board (Dollar Tree)
Paints in any color you want
Paintbrushes
Arrows (We got ours from Oriental Trading HERE)
Duck Tape


First I drew a heart in the middle of the tri-fold foam board and then cut it out with a box cutter. Then I gave the board to my kids with some paint and foam paint dotters to cover it up.

We set it out to dry and then I duck taped the board to a large box to catch the arrows when tossed.

Then I let my kids test the game out, check out their video (make take a second to load):

We took our game to a Valentine's Party for homeschoolers and had a blast!!! And of course, took it into children's church too - fits great with the story of Jonathan and David! What kind of Valentine games have you made?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!
~Bekah

President's Day Fun

President's Day Unit Study: Abraham Lincoln

Our unit study was based around two books that I got from Scholastic, "I am Abraham Lincoln" and "Abraham Lincoln".  We learned that Abraham Lincoln grew up in a log cabin and always wanted to go to school, but couldn't because he had to help out on the farm.  That mused my oldest so much, he decided he wanted to work on a farm too! Then we found out that Abraham Lincoln knew how to handle bullies and that writing on trees is a great chalkboard for practicing writing the alphabet.  We also had Abraham Lincoln's favorite snack: cheese, crackers and nuts.  And we discovered what money Abraham Lincoln was on.  Plus went back through Washington D.C. pictures and books to discover the monuments and places my kids visited that related to Abraham Lincoln.

We started out our study though with a coin sorting activity!

I made cloud dough (8 cups flour to 1 cup baby oil) and then hid a bunch of coins in it.

They dug through it looking for different coins.

As they found them, my oldest would match up which column it belonged into on the sorting page.

This little guy thought it was a blast to dig and got excited when he found a coin!

He made a log cabin out of popsicle sticks for a craft!

This is a great book to start with and it's entertaining!

Not too overwhelming with facts, just enough to make it fun.

This book was my oldest's reading time, then he told me about everything he learned.

Since Abraham Lincoln liked to practice writing the alphabet on trees, I had him make a chalkboard from a wooden tray.  Here he is painting it up!

What did you do for President's Day?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah

Happy Groundhog's Day!!!

According to Phil in Pennsylvania he saw his shadow and that means 6 more weeks of winter! We did some activities today, since my oldest had a snow day, check them out...

My youngest colored spring flowers from a Groundhog Tot from 2 Teaching Mommies.

My oldest did an ABC Groundhog Worksheet from TPT that involved cutting, gluing and coloring.

Here is his completed ABC order worksheet!

And he did a labeling worksheet, also downloaded from TPT.

Then I hid groudhogs around the house and they decided they needed

Monster Trucks to drive around and find them and smash them!

Very creative and fun!

This is a their groundhog craft, they are coloring their groundhogs first.

Then they used chalk to make a "shadow" outline.

Then we made their groundhogs stand up to face their shadow.

Yep, it saw it's shadow - more winter to come!

How did you celebrate Goundhog's Day?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah

Story Corner: Thankful Together

Thankful Together

by Holly Davis

Review:

This book highlights the simplicity of things to be thankful for all throughout the day.  This mom and baby go throughout their day, like any other normal day, but they emphasize those small moments that can easily be taken for granted and overlooked and share how thankful they are...

     - for a wonderful morning

     - for clothes that we wear

     - for food that we eat

     - for games that we play

     - for the world God made

     - for laughter and fun

As mom, this book is a great reminder to cherish every moment, no matter how stressful some days are or how many sibling battles you have to referee or how many moments you can recall where you lost your own self-control.  Every moment good or bad is one to be thankful for because you are living them out TOGETHER!

Bible Point:

Give thanks in ALL circumstances.

Memory Verse:

"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Pinterest Activities:

We did the following activities from Pinterest to go along with our book...

1. Thankfulness Wreath from The Glamorous Life of a Housewife

2.  Give Thanks Scripture Cards from Second Chance to Dream

3.  The Gratitude Game from Play. Party. Pin.

4.  Thankful Bingo from Crazy Little Projects

*Note: The photos on the "activities" are not mine.  They are direct from the creators of the blogs that have been linked to and can also be found on Pinterest.

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah