ABC Book – Letter Pp

We worked on the letter “P” this week – it went well with all the Pumpkin activities we had planned.
M worked on his Pp collage page (I had it as one of his shelf activities):
And we did his Pp craft page:
The big P has a pumpkin glued to it with a vine running down the side.  He had a green stamp pad and used his fingerprint to make leaves on the vine.
M glued a picture of a pumpkin pie to the small p and then glued a fork on the side. :)  I thought it turned out pretty cute.
Here it is all finished and in his ABC book:
Here’s the collage and tracing pages:
Have a beautiful day! :)

Craft Time – Pumpkin Mosaic and a Sensory Lesson

M loved the way this project was set up:
“What do you have there for me, Mama?”  (Being called “Mama” is rare these days, which I can’t dwell on because it makes me oh so sad.)
He loved the idea too:  Put glue all over the pumpkin then put the little squares on it like a collage.  We’ve done mosaics before, but not in a while.  With this one we talked about how the foam pieces were squishy, the felt pieces were soft, and the paper pieces were smooth.  There were also light and dark orange foam pieces, so we talked a little about that distinction.

What he really loved, though, was the glue.  Pools and pools of glue.  He used up the last 1/3 of the bottle.  I tried, really hard, to hold my tongue, but after the 5th glue pool for one tiny orange square, I took the glue away.  I helped him spread out the copious amounts of glue already on the pumpkin with a sponge brush so he could put on more squares. 
He put on maybe 3 more.  Then he was done.  His attitude was, the glue is gone, this isn’t worth doing.  What is it with glue and this kid?!?
We did this Monday.  The glue was finally dry on Wednesday.  Finished artwork:
I ran across something similar that he made last year around Halloween:
I guess my brain is rotating ideas without me knowing it. :)
Have a beautiful day! :)