Egg Carton Bats

With both boys out of school for UEA/Fall Break, I decided to get some more crafting done. We made our bats & spiders at the same time, but I am going to split up the directions.

Here is what you need:



egg carton
black paint
paint brush
glue
google eyes
string
scissors (not pictured)


You need three egg carton cups still attached together. The middle will be the bat's body. The edges will be the wings. Trim the outside to resemble bat wings.



Paint the entire thing black. Let it dry. You may want to paint the inside, but we were tired of painting by then!


Poke a hole in the top center egg cup (this will be where the string comes through).



Glue on the google eyes & let them dry.



Hang your bat from a string & there you have it!

Muffin Tin Monday...no theme

Today's Muffin Tin Monday didn't have a theme. I made our favorite dinner...Salsa Chicken. You can find the recipe HERE. It is delicious & a crowd pleaser.

Here is what we had for dinner:

Top row: sour cream (for dipping), Oreo cookies, apples
Bottom row: salsa chicken quesidilla, string cheese, yogurt crush cup

The boys have been asking for months for the crush cups. I finally caved (with a coupon). Click on the MTM button above to see other Muffin Tin meals.

Egg Carton Pumpkins

Today Preston has a Preschool field trip to a pumpkin patch, so we decided to do a pumpkin themed craft. Here is what you need:

green paper
green (or brown) pipe cleaner
orange paint
egg carton (2 cups per pumpkin)
scissors
glue (not pictured)
paint brush (not pictured)
black marker (not pictured)



Cut your egg cups off of the egg carton.



Take 2 egg carton cups & paint the outside with orange paint. Let it dry.



Poke a small hole in the top of one of the cups.



Cut a piece of the pipe cleaner that is 2 inches long & fold it in half.



Twist the ends...leaving the top a loop.



Place glue on the edges of one of the cups.



Glue the cups together & allow to dry. Place the pipe cleaner in the hole on the top. Draw a face on the pumpkin using a marker.



Cut a leaf out of the green paper & glue it on & there you have a cute Jack-0-Lantern.



**Start stocking up on your egg cartons because I have 2 more egg carton crafts coming! Also...keep some milk jugs too!

Muffin Tin Monday..Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Today's theme is "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". I bought the book last week. It is a pretty cute book & I can't wait to go to the movie this weekend. Nothing too special, but they loved it anyway! I read them the story while they ate their dinner. It was a lot of fun!



Here is what they ate:



Clockwise from the top:

Orange Jell-O mold, mini chocolate donuts, piece of bread shaped like a cloud, grapes, spaghetti with meatballs (x2), & apple juice.

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Caterpillar Cocoon

The theme for Preston's preschool for the last 2 weeks has been bugs. While camping last weekend, we found a spotted tussock caterpillar.



We decided to take it home & show the boys how a caterpillar changes. After a little research...I found that this caterpillar will turn into a moth that looks like this:



Everyday the boys wake up & go peek at the caterpillar. Yesterday was the big day. It started to make it's cocoon. We were able to watch it make the cocoon & talk about what it is doing. What a great experience for the boys! I know that they will have memories from this! The cocoon is the fuzzy thing hanging from the lid.

Upcoming MTM Themes

For any of you out there who don't participate in Muffin Tin Monday...I recommend that you try it out. It doesn't have to be on Monday & you could do it for any meal. My boys look forward to it every week. Here are the upcoming themes:

9/21/09 - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs/Children's Literature

9/28/09 - No Theme

10/05/09 - All About Me!

10/12/09 - Kebabs

10/19/09 - No Theme

10/26/09 - Fall Harvest/Halloween

I didn't know that there was a book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". After a bit of research...I decided to get it. I think that the boys would get a kick out of it & we are planning on going to the movie anyway!

Muffin Tin Monday...Apples

I had a lot of fun with today's Muffin Tin Monday. Preston's new favorite thing is to make his own Pb&J sandwich...so I thought that I would incorporate that into the Muffin Tin. To check out other Muffin Tins click on the button above!

Top Row: apple with a gummy worm, apple shaped Jell-O, mini cupcake apple
Bottom Row: pretzel barrel with M&M apples, apple shaped Pb&J sandwiches, apple shaped cheese