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Make Something Monday: Collage
June 22, 2015 11:06 AM Filed in: Spotlight Story
An activity that is super easy but I often forget to incorporate into our routine is making a collage. Today we will look through magazines and catalogs for different hats and cut them out, then we'll glue them on a piece of construction paper. We'll discuss all the hats that we find and imagine what type of person would wear each hat. I'm hoping to find a stetson, a derby, a sombrero, and a cap so we can expand on our vocabulary and tie it directly back to Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau
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Last week, Tot 1 could not get enough of hatmaking, so I have the feeling we'll be expanding upon our collages as well. I'll draw the shape of a hat that the tots will like to decorate, and then put out craft materials like confetti, pompoms, tissue paper, jewels, etc… Once their hats are decorated, we will make up a story about who would wear the hat or what is special about the hat.
Enjoy your search for different hats!
.Last week, Tot 1 could not get enough of hatmaking, so I have the feeling we'll be expanding upon our collages as well. I'll draw the shape of a hat that the tots will like to decorate, and then put out craft materials like confetti, pompoms, tissue paper, jewels, etc… Once their hats are decorated, we will make up a story about who would wear the hat or what is special about the hat.
Enjoy your search for different hats!
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Our First Make Something Monday
June 15, 2015 08:45 AM Filed in: Spotlight Story
It's Make Something Monday, and what else would we make with Madame Chapeau, but our own hats! Our plan for today is to read through Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau and discuss the different hats that she makes and the different hats that her community offers her. We will see what my tots are inspired by then gather resources to make our own :) Will we make a sombrero, a chef hat, a derby, or an original creation? See below for pictures of our adventure and follow me on Instagram for more pictures of our hat making pursuits! Also, if you need inspiration from a real milliner, check out this video of one of the milliners who inspired the illustrations of Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau.
After looking at the different hats in the book, and a minor meltdown that we couldn't make the "ice cream hat," as Tot 1 calls it (the purple swirling one in the beginning), we decided to make a nice hat like the one Madame Chapeau lost. Tot 1's favorite color is blue these days, so we did change the black base to blue. It was easy enough. I traced a paper plate onto foam, then cut out the circle. Next I cut halfway to across and overlapped the edges to make a beanie. Tot 1 helped secure the edges and the heart, then she put glitter on the feather and stuck it in her hat. Sounds like we need to reword Yankee Doodle for her! :)
Now that she was dressed properly in her frou-frou dress and her Madame Chapeau hat, she got to work on making special hats for Tot 2 and me. She worked for about an hour on our hats, and she even asked if she could work on them tomorrow! Even though it's Take A Look Tuesday tomorrow, I of course said yes. Who am I to stop her creativity?!
Here is my very own Madame Chapeau matching hats to her people and painstakingly attaching each bauble:
My hat was made of a black foam circle, glitter foam in purple and silver, a feather in the back with a dangling string of yellow beads on the other side, and a dangling string of blue beads in the front. Perhaps a modern take on the graduation cap?
If you would like some inspiration to make your own hats check out my Pinterest Board called Make Something Monday! And check out Andrea Beaty's post Hats! Hats! Hats! Then, share your creations on Instagram with the hashtags #makesomethingmonday , #totbookclub , #madamechapeau
Thanks for sharing in our fun!
and discuss the different hats that she makes and the different hats that her community offers her. We will see what my tots are inspired by then gather resources to make our own :) Will we make a sombrero, a chef hat, a derby, or an original creation? See below for pictures of our adventure and follow me on Instagram for more pictures of our hat making pursuits! Also, if you need inspiration from a real milliner, check out this video of one of the milliners who inspired the illustrations of Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau.After looking at the different hats in the book, and a minor meltdown that we couldn't make the "ice cream hat," as Tot 1 calls it (the purple swirling one in the beginning), we decided to make a nice hat like the one Madame Chapeau lost. Tot 1's favorite color is blue these days, so we did change the black base to blue. It was easy enough. I traced a paper plate onto foam, then cut out the circle. Next I cut halfway to across and overlapped the edges to make a beanie. Tot 1 helped secure the edges and the heart, then she put glitter on the feather and stuck it in her hat. Sounds like we need to reword Yankee Doodle for her! :)
Now that she was dressed properly in her frou-frou dress and her Madame Chapeau hat, she got to work on making special hats for Tot 2 and me. She worked for about an hour on our hats, and she even asked if she could work on them tomorrow! Even though it's Take A Look Tuesday tomorrow, I of course said yes. Who am I to stop her creativity?!
Here is my very own Madame Chapeau matching hats to her people and painstakingly attaching each bauble:
My hat was made of a black foam circle, glitter foam in purple and silver, a feather in the back with a dangling string of yellow beads on the other side, and a dangling string of blue beads in the front. Perhaps a modern take on the graduation cap?
If you would like some inspiration to make your own hats check out my Pinterest Board called Make Something Monday! And check out Andrea Beaty's post Hats! Hats! Hats! Then, share your creations on Instagram with the hashtags #makesomethingmonday , #totbookclub , #madamechapeau
Thanks for sharing in our fun!