Making Pretzels

This week we made pretzels.  I love making bread, the feel of the dough and the smell of the yeast reminds me of warmth, love and home.

The recipe is easy and doesn't require a rising time so we could use it right away.

It was so much fun...

patting it,

poking it,

sharing it,

rolling it,

making balls,

making snakes,








and using tools.







The end results were various shapes and sizes.

We brushed beaten egg on the dough before baking so they turned a  lovely brown when baked.

It was delicious!

 And as bonus it was fun to see what happens when you  brush your floured hands together.

Valentine Rolling Pin Painting

We pulled out our art rolling pins, changed the sponges from animals to hearts.  Set out trays of paint and big paper and watched to see what would happen.

The children felt very comfortable using the rollers.  They looked like they were rolling out dough.

One of the pins had cord glued around it.  

 How far will it roll?

It probably would have kept going but he ran out of table.

We also hand painted the stamps to mix the colours.

 Or forget about the roller and mix with the brush.

We discovered one mistake I made when preparing one of the rolling pins.  I thought it would be good to glue cording on in rows and proceeded to glue on 4 pieces.

It wouldn't roll.  No fun and wasn't used.
A few of fi

Valentine Window Decorations

A craft that is so simple yet beautiful and unique to each person that makes one.

 Provide lots of collage materials, such as; glitter, sparkly confetti, doilies foam hearts, heart shape paper cutter, paper, thread and anything shiny.

Start with a piece of mactac (contact paper).  Place it sticky side up on the table and start placing on your materials.

I didn't get a chance to take many photos of finished projects because they all took theirs home.

Airport Dramatic Play

Recently a lot of my families have mentioned that they will be taking off on a trip somewhere warm or they have just returned.  I thought it would be great to focus awhile on air travel.

Here is our new dramatic play area - The Airport.

The Airport check in area. Computer, tickets, baggage tags and more.

Another view of the check in area.

Flight schedules and language charts (how to say hello in all the languages that are spoken by our families).

The airplane.







The airport opened this morning and was very busy.

 Our airport security check in.

After the flight we need a destination - a tropical beach?

In a couple of weeks we will go on a fieldtrip to our local airport.  We also will go on a walk at our airpark which is for small private planes and float planes.