Rainbow Cupcakes

 I had no idea how these were going to turn out.  But, they came out so cute!

How I made them:

1)  I used a boxed cake mix and separated the batter evenly between six bowls.

2)  I added food coloring to each bowl.

*I didn't have orange or purple, so I mixed the colors to get them*

 Pretty, right?

3) I layered the batter in the muffin tins

 4) In the oven the went

 5) How fun!

6) After they cold I iced them and added some lucky charms

St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Traps

Here are some cute ways to "trap" a Leprechaun.

1) Leprechaun Trap Cake from Not Martha

2) Leprechaun trap from Artists Helping Children 

3) Leprechaun trap Wholesale Costume Club

4) Leprechaun trap from Our Creative Day

5) Leprechaun trap from Dot Com Women

6) Leprechaun trap from Leapfrog & Ladybugs

7) Trap by Mom 2 Posh Lil Divas

8) Trap by Lovely Lovely Things

9)  Trap by Wine and Glue

10) Trap from Roots and Wings CO

11) Trap from The Idea Room

File Folder Game - Clover Color Matching

File Folder Game

Clover Color Matching

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

This a more challenging color matching game.  

I originally was going to cut the clovers in half.  

But, I decided to print out another set and will have her match the whole pieces together. 

click here to download from File Folder Fun

St. Patrick's Day Sensory Tub

St. Patrick's Day Sensory Tub

Junebug has been very anxious to dig into this so I had to finish it today.

I filled the bottom with colored pasta and rice.

 Plastic hats - 4 pack from the Dollar Store

 Click here to see my post on how to make these Leprechauns.

Gold Coins - Craft Store

Green garland - from Christmas :) 

 Rainbow erasers - Target dollar section

Lei's, foam clovers, light-up necklace & Irish flags from the Dollar Store.

 Tools to help explore!

For another great St. Patrick's Day sensory bin check out H is for Homeschooling's blog post!

Felt Leprechauns using yogurt cups!

I recently saw some really cute felt leprechaun finger puppets 

that I wanted to make for Junebug's sensory tub. 

Then, I thought I could turn them into figurines that can stand on their own.  

I didn't use a template but here a couple of links to templates that inspired the ones I made.

Gnome Leprechaun's by Wee Folk and  felt Leprechaun finger puppets by Projects for Preschoolers

Supplies I used:

Felt - tan, green & orange

foam - green & brown (optional)

scissors

hot glue gun

yogurt cup

googly eyes (optional)

 I cut the green felt to fit around the yogurt cup.

I used a milk carton lid for the size of the head.

 I used foam as well to give the head more support since I didn't have stiff felt. 

I put a piece of foam in between two pieces of felt to keep it sturdy. 

 This is the back of the head.

For some reason I didn't take any more pictures.

But, I glued the head to the hat and then onto the body.

Then added the embellishments to the hat. 

Cute right? 

Tot Tray Monday - St. Patrick's Day Edition

Tot Trays - St. Patrick's Day Edition

Lacing Practice
I printed the clover on green paper then laminated and hole-punched it.

Cutting practice
Ideally, I would like her to practice cutting with the green paper.
Then paste the pieces of paper to the clover.
This will probably be a two-day project :) 

Big and little alphabet match-up

I found these foam clovers at the Dollar Store.  They came in packs of 12.

 Gold "coin" counting

Which one is different?
I made this using images from google.

Pom Pom transferring with tongs.

click here for Daub a Shamrock template from DLTK

St. Patrick's Day Patterns

Patterns from 2 Teaching Mommies tot pack

Fill in the missing letter

click here to get worksheet from Education.com

Connect the Dot 1-17

click here to get worksheet from Education.com

Writing practice

worksheet from Education.com

Color by number

 This is currently one of Junebug's favorite activities.  

I was happy to find a St. Patrick's Day one.

from Oopsey Daisy