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Splatter Paint Fun

This week at R-tworkz we decided to splatter paint! It was super fun but it does tend to get a little messy, it's definitely an outside project! And don't forget washable paint! We also modge podged boxes for Father's Day over all it was an awesome day for art!

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Gazing Stone Art – Do’s and Don’ts

Not all garden projects turn out the way you'd expect and our gazing stone project was definitely one to remember.  (What a mess!!!)  As I had made up an example stone I already knew that the grouting process was a little messy so thankfully Rachel and I divided groups and she went off to make … Continue reading Gazing Stone Art – Do’s and Don’ts

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Literacy Day

We had a great turn out for our Literacy Day this week. The book was "Olivia Blasts Off" and we did space crafts. On Tuesday we made UFOs out of tart tins. On Wednesday it was all about being messy and we made the "red planet" with puffy paint. We gave out bags to 9 … Continue reading Literacy Day

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Dietician Coming to Playroom

On June 19th, Laura from Sun Country Health, will be coming to the second hour of playroom to discuss picky eaters. We will meet at the library to talk about and answer any questions you have about picky eaters and your child's nutrition. Everyone welcome!

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Beautiful Butterflies

We made wonderful butterflies in playroom this week. We used bingo dabbers on wooden butterfly pieces and added a magnet. We also made coffee filter butterflies. Just colour the filter and spray with water. After they are dry, add a clothes pin for the body.

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Mini Masters Program

If you're looking for something fun to do, the mini masters program starts on Saturday! It's from 10-11 at the Carlyle Public Library for kids ages 2-6 and their parents. Join us for an art project and fun games. Everyone welcome!

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Pop Art Fun

Nothing makes a statement better than BRIGHT, BOLD colours.  So last Thursday that is exactly what we did!   1.Using markers, paints and bingo dabbers our student create bright and bold backgrounds on cardstock and left them to dry. 2.While they were drying students then drew self portraits on separate paper and coloured them in bright and … Continue reading Pop Art Fun

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Seedlings!

 Check out how much our seedlings are growing!!!  Do you remember when they were just little seeds?  Today the garden beds were ordered for the vegetable gardens, planting will be a bit late this year, but it was a long cold spring.  Aren't you glad Winter is over??? 

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Rainbow Garden

This week at the Small Lot of HOPE the Garden Club planted our "rainbow garden".  On a recent trip to the Country Garden Greenhouse, here in Carlyle, the children decided to plant the beds with a variety of different coloured plants in the order of a rainbow.  Unfortunately the plants had to wait at the … Continue reading Rainbow Garden

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Fishy Fun

Today at playroom we made some really cute fish. We added stick on jewels and fins to a CD. I had everything pre-cut but if older kids wanted to do this craft, they could cut them out themselves. We used foam for the fins and mouth but construction paper would work too.