Turkey Crafts - November 22, 2013

Friday - November 22, 2013

I signed up to be a room mother this year in Parker and Brinley's classes.  A lot of other mom's signed up in Parker's class, but only one other mom signed up in Brinley's class.  Since I signed the list first, I got stuck being the head room mom in Brinley's class.  I don't mind helping out, but I don't think I like being in charge.  I don't think I'll be signing up to be a room mother again after this.  Next year I'll be too busy doing daycare that I won't be able to do this again anyway.

So, for Thanksgiving, the PTA provided a treat for the room mother activity, but we had to do the rest.  The class party went really well.  The other room mom came and she brought a game for the kids to play, called 'Don't Eat Pete!'  Brinley' loves that game, so I knew the kids would all enjoy it.  I brought a craft for the kids to make.  It was a turkey that you color in by gluing beans, rice, and noodles onto it.  I wasn't sure if the kids would like it, since I had Brinley try making one the night before and she got frustrated and said she didn't like it.  So, I printed up a bunch of activity pages to entertain the kids who weren't interested in the craft I had planned.  Everyone in the class liked the craft (thank goodness)!  I felt really bad though.  I didn't think about what a big mess it would make.  The floor was covered with rice, beans and noodles by the time we finished.

Here is a picture of the turkey I made and the turkey's Parker and Brinley started to make, but didn't want to finish.  The colored in turkey's are from the activity pages I made for Brinley's class.  Brinley made one and a boy in her class, Tanner, made the other one.  I used to babysit Tanner, so he hangs around me a lot when I go and help the class.  When he finished the turkey he said that he made it for me and he gave it to me to take home.  That was nice.