Homemade Ornaments---$5.67

I recently saw this at another school and it was just soo cute we had to do it.
What you need:

Food coloring...green and red $1
Shredded Wheat large bricks $3
Tall Glue $1
ribbon $.67
Margarine tub lid x 18
glue gun w. glue stick

Place a 1/8 cup of glue in one bowl and the remaining in another. Combine red food coloring in the 1/8 cup of glue and green food coloring in the other. Add enough food coloring to give the green a pine look.

You can give a brick to each child in a plastic baggy and have them crush. One brick = one ornament. Then on a plate have them mix the shreds of wheat with the green glue to coat evenly. Take mixture and pack it around the plastic lid in the shape of a wreath. Let dry for at least 2 days. After the first day you can paint plain glue on the top to give a shiny look.

using the red you can put little slivers of red around the wreath or tiny beads for holly.

Carefully pop the wreath out of the plastic and turn around to add hanging ribbon for the tree. Attach using ribbon and hot glue.

You can also cut a piece of cardstock and place a picture of child and attach to the back of wreath. Attach a small red bow at bottom and it is ready to hang or gift.

Went to michaels and found some red ribbon and flowers for another $2 to add more glitz to our wreaths.

Fall Sensory Quilt $7

This was an idea that I got from my daughters school.

Supplies

4 bulb medicine droppers - I bought mine but you could probably ask a pharmacy for free

2 - 2pack White Hankerchiefs from $1 store

1 variety pack of Fall leaves form $1 store (also sold at michaels for $3)

1 bag of dried potpourri with sticks -$1

Fall paints (warer colors are best but any will do)

4 Cookie sheet

Place hankie in cookie sheet and have a variety of premixed paints with droppers in each. Take turns squeezing droppers of color onto Hankie. Let dry completely.

Once your hankies are dry glue the fall leaves and potpourri in random order. You can set it out first and then glue. Let dry...

If you are going to tie together cut 1/4" slits in corners about 1/4 from seem. Using ribbon tie in knot and connect your work of art. Although, I didn't think of doing this you could tie a longer piece of ribbon wrapped around a dowel on two outer edges and using nail at top can be hung .

Total Project Cost $7