Monsters University Week: Play-Doh Monster Masterpieces (and Other Crafty Fun!)

Today for our

Monsters University themed activity,

we broke out the Play-Doh to make...

...monsters!

(Thank you, again, I Can Teach My Child,
for the inspiration!)

Along with the Play-Doh,

I provided googly eyes, colorful craft sticks,

and pipe cleaners

and let the kiddos go crazy making all kinds of monsters...

(Obviously come of my kiddos 

are a bit crazier than others...) ;0)

 (And some of the kiddos wanted to 

EAT the Play-Doh more than others!)

(Hey look- it's Mike Wazowski!)

This is quite the collection

of Monster silliness!

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Later in the morning

I brought out some $1 crafts kits

I purchased at JoAnnes Fabrics,

in anticipation for our

Monsters University Week...

The littles each received

this mini Monsters activity roll with crayons.

(I think they enjoyed unrolling the paper

more than actually coloring on it...)

My older kiddos each received...

...a Monsters 3-D Drawing Pad.

After everyone tried on the glasses,

the drawing began...

And it proved to be a bit frustrating in the beginning.

They could not really see their drawn images

pop up at them.

So Little Wild Man did a bit of experimenting...

 ...and discovered that yellow and green crayons

popped up better on the paper

than the other colors.

(Way to go, little dude!)

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These were all the craftivities

I had on docket for the day.

But the crafty fun was not over!

Later in the evening,

my kiddos headed over to another family's home

in the neighborhood to play.

This family has five kiddos

and also homeschools.

They joined us a couple of days this week

in all of our

Monsters University fun,

and are going to the movie with us on Saturday.

So, 

their crafty sewing Mama

helped the kiddos create their own

Monster Stuffie,

from the design to the sewing!

Here are the finished products...

"Eye" could not be prouder of my kiddos,

and more grateful to have such a wonderful family

in our lives!

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Monsters University week is almost over

(how sad!),

but I will be back tomorrow with 

some messy fun...

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