G is for Gooey

G is for Gooey!  We did 2 activities that were gooey.....pumpkin silly putty (I thought it was more like gak than silly putty though) and digging the guts out of our pumpkin to carve.

 

Dissolve 3/4 teaspoons of borax in 1 1/3 cups very warm water (set aside).

In separate bowl combine 1 1/2 cups very warm water and orange food coloring.

Add 2 cups of white school glue. 

And pumpkin pie spice (add until you reach the desired scent). 

Stir together. 

Once the ingredients of each bowl are well mixed, combine both bowls.  As the ingredients of both bowls are mixed, the pumpkin putty will begin to form.  Once the ingredients are well enough mixed, you will want to remove the putty from the bowl and finish working it by hand. 

 And then you're ready to play in it.....save some for yourself, cause it is so much fun! 

L wasn't so sure about it!

 

SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

When done, keep in an air tight container.

 

Pumpkin Carving Time!

 Digging out the guts!

 

Maddox was not a fan!

These girls went crazy pulling the guts out!!! 

They each took a turn drawing on parts of the pumpkin.  We even had to add ears and eyebrows! 

 I think they did a great job!!

F is for Fall

F is for Fall......the children have been enjoying the leaves falling and watching them turn color.  So, we made our own fall tree

 

 

 I drew the tree and the children colored in the trunk.

 

Then using q-tips, they painted their leaves.  The idea was to make dots for their leaves, but I didn't limit that for them.....it was their tree and they could create how they wanted to.

 

 

 

 Lots and lots of pretty fall leaves on their trees......and falling down!  I love them!!!

 

 

 

 As we discuss the weather in the morning, we always look outside and see what is changing as fall is here!  We took a little walk the other day looking for leaves.....checking out the different shapes, sizes and colors.

Our neighbor, Ray, saw us and brought some acorns for the children to see......he had more in his front yard for us to discover.

We have a field behind our house, so we headed out there to see what we could find. 

Our big collection of leaves and acorns. 

Sorting 

We sorted by color 

The acorns we found.

 And then they picked out their favorites to press between some books.

 

One day while playing outside, the children started gathering leaves and making a pile......I (or my husband) may not have to rake this year if they keep this up!

They had to jump in their pile before heading inside!

 And D made a leaf angel!!!