Le transport week 5 - au feu les pompiers

For our fifth transport week I took my inspiration from the song "au feu les pompiers" and although the actual fire engine doesn't feature in our craft I love these handprint firefighters :0)

We used a variety of materials from the craft boxes to make a house on fire.  We drew round our toddlers hands on red paper/foam and cut out for the firefighters then added faces and yellow hats to the fingertips.  The hosepipes are pipe cleaners and we used blue tissue and other materials to make the water.  The children were really engaged in the task and spent ages cutting out their houses and tearing up tissue for water and flames.  They also really enjoyed turning their handprints into little people. :0)

We hope you have as much fun as we did! 

Happy singing and crafting :0)

Le transport week 4 - bateau sur l'eau

For the fourth week of our transport theme, we made boats and floated them in a bowl of water.

This is a really simple craft to make with your toddler but one which provides lots of fun.  Little imp has been playing with her boat in the sink and the water table all week :0)

To make your own you will need:

A foil of plastic tray

A wooden lolly stick

A small piece of card

Scissors

Play d'oh or similar

Collage materials to decorate sail

Stickers and foam shapes to decorate the outside of the tray

Characters cut from a magazine to be the passengers in your boat

Let your toddler start decorating the foil tray whilst you snip 2 holes in the card and slip the lolly stick through to form the mast and sail.

Now let your toddler decorate the sail.

Place a ball of play d'oh in the middle of the tray and secure the mast in place

Your bateau is now ready to set sail :0)

Happy singing and crafting! :0)