Pp is for PUMPKINS is over and so isOctober.....

We had so much fun harvesting plastic pumpkins and apples and pretending to haul the to market.  We had scare crow dress up clothes and a crow puppet to play with in our home living center along with the crops to harvest.   Lots of fun!!!!! 

We patterned the paper clips that I said earlier that I got from Staples office supply dollar bins. 

We made really cute scarecrow cookies for a treat at the end of our special Pp party day.  I saw the idea in a Family Fun magazine a couple of years ago and the children really enjoyed making them and eating them.  If you have never checked that magazine out go to their website http://www.familyfun.com/  and you can get back ideas from their old magazines.

We traced our whole bodies and posed so that we could be scarecrows.  the children gave themselves faces and clothes and then we had them glue some patches and hats on the their heads.  We used them to decorate our walls today. 
We also had a scarecrow dressup relay during our Letter Pp celebration.  I had parents help me get 3 sets of shoes, shirts, pants or adult jean shorts, gloves, and hats and the kids got in teams.  Of course at their age we had an adult helper on each team.  It is so fun to watch the kids try to help dress each other fast.  The first round is the slowest, but once they get the hang of it they go faster and faster.  Everyone is a winner.   Thanks to Chick- fil-a  donating 16 If you give a Pig a Party books we had prizes for all. 
I have to share a book that was the hit of the week and read over and over.  The book is called Pickle Things by Marc Brown.  It is so silly and the kids totally enjoyed it. Ohhh...... as I write this I am thinking make a pickle person next year.  I will have to remember and try it.  Read the book and you will see why.