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April Showers bring Pretty Spring Flowers…..and KITES! |
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We made DIAMONTE Poetry on Kites this week…..and Coffee Filter Flowers |
DIAMONTE POEMS are poems in a diamond pattern…they go like this…
1 word
2 word phrase describing above word
3 words ending in “ing” describing first word (participles)
2 words (adjectives)
1 word (synonym of 1st word)
See a link HERE for instructions and a sample form.
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We painted coffee filters and added sunflower seeds and stems…. |
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Our bulletin board reads “April Showers Bring Pretty Spring Flowers” |
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Pretty Springtime Kite poetry |
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We added chains to each kite of our spelling words written two times each…. |
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The flowers can be either painted with water colors or dipped in food coloring and dried….. |
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We did it both ways and the food coloring way is definitely easier and less messy! |
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Just snip a little strip in between two folds so every 3rd fold cut out…. |
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Paint the center area a different color and when dried add the sunflower seeds to the flower…. |
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They were all different color combinations….really cute…. |
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So were our poems from all things SPRING! |
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Sports were represented……as well as…… |
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Allergies of course…..and…… |
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Insects of all sorts….. |
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And Springtime Animals too……can’t forget those…… |
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And all kinds of weather and flowers…and even Hunting! |
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Of course football….we have some die hard football lovers here….. |
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And Gardening too…. |
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Easter poems too…. |
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And plants…I think we covered it all! |
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This is an easy art project for spring….coffee filter flowers…. |
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Dip them…..dry them….trim them….and glue them on a stem with a leaf….. |
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We backed our flowers with another filter just to keep them looking 3 D and perky…. |
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It was fun and easy! Dip and Dry….then trim them and embellish them…. |
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This little girl “rounded” her petals on her Spring Watercolored flowers too. |
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Gotta love the flower with a face, am I right? Happy Spring Everybody! |