Popsicle Pop Art Project

As hot as it is where I live right now, all thoughts are on ways to keep cool. If I had little ones there would be lots of water play, ice cream and Popsicles.

It’s fun to craft on that sort of theme, too, and this pop art Popsicle craft from Little Bins for Little Hands teaches kids a little bit about Andy Warhol while they make an artistic treat.

The post includes printable templates you can use to cut out the Popsicle pieces from different colors and patterns of paper, or use plain paper and let kids decorate the pieces then put them together in pop art style.

Head to Little Bins for Little Hands for all the details!

[Photo: Little Bins for Little Hands.]

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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