Sharing Saturday is still open if you would like to share your child-oriented crafts and activities or be inspired by the amazing ones already shared!
Today I thank God for a week with very few plans so hopefully I can get the rest I need!
Toddler Approved - Rainy Day Mum - Adventures in Reading with Kids -
3 Dinosaurs - Royal Baloo - The Educators' Spin On It -
Inspiration Laboratories - Pleasantest Thing - Edventures with Kids -
Two Big Two Little - Playing With Words 365 - Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Outlaw Mom - Mommy and Me Book Club - No Twiddle Twaddle -
The Good Long Road - Ready. Set. Read 2 Me - Reading Confetti -
Mama Smiles - Juggling with Kids- Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas -
Creekside Learning - Creative Family Fun - The Usual Mayhem -
Teach Preschool - PlayDrMom - CraftoArt - Here Come the Girls -
Being a Conscious Parent - Smiling like Sunshine - Crayon Freckles -
Train Up a Child - Smile Play Learn
This month's author is Tomie dePaolo. Now he has many books to choose from that appeal to different ages. This week we will talk about two of his books.3 Dinosaurs - Royal Baloo - The Educators' Spin On It -
Inspiration Laboratories - Pleasantest Thing - Edventures with Kids -
Two Big Two Little - Playing With Words 365 - Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Outlaw Mom - Mommy and Me Book Club - No Twiddle Twaddle -
The Good Long Road - Ready. Set. Read 2 Me - Reading Confetti -
Mama Smiles - Juggling with Kids- Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas -
Creekside Learning - Creative Family Fun - The Usual Mayhem -
Teach Preschool - PlayDrMom - CraftoArt - Here Come the Girls -
Being a Conscious Parent - Smiling like Sunshine - Crayon Freckles -
Train Up a Child - Smile Play Learn
Angels, Angels Everywhere is a sweet little book for younger children. It goes through each page with different angels and they are labeled things like "Kitchen Angel" or "Play Angel". You can guess from the pictures what their role is as well.
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels is a book telling the life of Pascual, the patron saint of the kitchen. Pascual goes to a monastery to join the monks, but when the monks see all the food he brings from his family they ask him to cook. Not wanting to be sent away he goes to the kitchen and begins to pray since poor Pascual does not know how to cook or for that matter boil water. The angels come and cook while Pascual prays and prepare a wonderful feast. The monks are so impressed with his cooking they make Pascual their cook.
Since both of these books involve angels, we are sharing both of them today. For Pascual and the Kitchen Angels, we made wooden spoon kitchen angels.
We also made some lollipop angels. We are still working on using up our Halloween candy!
Then we made some paper plate angels. I think these are pretty self explanatory.
Then after Hazel went to bed, I made her an angel mobile. In Angels, Angels Everywhere we talk about the Bedtime Angel who tucks the children into bed and we always add that she stays and keeps them safe so they are not alone. I thought it would be fun to have a mobile of angels with one representing the Bedtime Angel. I put three angels on it to represent the Bedtime Angel, the Wake Up Angel, and the Guarding Angel. My plan is to hang it above Hazel's bed so she will see the angels looking over her each night.
For even more angel crafts you can check out all the ones we did last year for the angel swap we participated in.
Every time we read Angels, Angels Everywhere Hazel tells me she really likes it! What Tomie dePaola books have you been reading lately? I hope you will join us in our blog hop! Next week we will be sharing another Tomie dePaola book and craft/activity. I hope you will join us again!
