Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

Colored corn is a great thing to put in a sensory table. I put corn in a zip loc bag. I added rubbing alcohol (about 1/2 cup to a gallon size bag) and added some food coloring (10-20 drops). I did this for each color I wanted. I turned the bag over several times for a few hours. I dumped the corn on a cookie sheet and let it dry for a few days and then put them in the sensory table.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

This is a wonderful activity to do with pre-k children. Sing the song along with the CD and show each number card as you sing the number. You can download the song here for $.99: Count Bounce – Kids In Motion. This can also be used  independently by children in a listening center.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

This is not a DIY project but it is a great activity for pre-k. I have used this book and song for years and every year the children want to hear it over and over again.

The book is written and illustrated by Jim Arnosky. You can purchase it here Used Books, Free Shipping. The song is free for anyone to download at  http://www.scholastic.com/Arnosky  (Copy this url and paste in your browser). Basically Jim Arnosky reads his book to music with a lot of flair.  I just play the song and turn the pages. This is also great to put in your listening center.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

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Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

I always try to do my DIY projects with things I have around the house. Usually they are items left over from other projects. This week I have a rocking chair on my front porch whose seat was beginning to fray. I did not have any materials to re-weave the seat so I decided to make a new set.

I used the frame from the woven seat and cut pieces of hardwood flooring I had left over from installing floors in my home. It worked great and did not cost me a cent!

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Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

Children love to play with this tactile board and it gives them tactile experience. It is also great for matching and fine motor skills. If you follow Make it Mondays you know I try to ony use materials I have at home. This is the case with this project. I used a piece of hardwood flooring for the base,  a large dowel rod for the pieces, and silver rings that were taken out of old computer hard drives. The textures were different items I had such as glitter foam pieces, sandpaper, felt, terry cloth, metal from roof flashing, and vinyl contact paper.

Supplies:

1. Hardwood the width and length you want
2. Thin wood for base the same size as the hardwood
3. Drill and hole saw
4. Hand saw to cut dowel rod
5. Stain and/or tung oil
6. Various textures of materials
7. Gorilla Glue
8. Wood glue
9. Sandpaper

Procedures:

• Cut both pieces of wood
• Drill holes a little larger than the dowel rods in the hardwood using hole saw
• Mark on the thin piece of wood where the holes are in the hardwood piece
• Sand all pieces and in the holes
• Stain cut areas
• Glue textures on the thin piece of wood covering your marks
• Use wood glue to glue the pieces of wood together and clamp overnight
• Use the handsaw to cut the dowel rods 1 1/2″-2″ tall
• Sand both ends of the dowel rods
• Stain cut ends of dowel rods
• Glue textures on one end of each dowel rod using Gorilla Glue
• Glue a ring or something to protect the edges of the materials so the children can not pull them off and clamp overnight

This is a very easy project and can be a great addition to any preschool classroom or used at home.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

These books with manipulatives are free and easy to make. Go to www.drjean.org. She has many pre-k printable books to download for free. You can also buy songs or CD’s that go along with her printable books.

I always print the book in color and bind it. You can laminate it if you wish. I cut out the matching animals and cover them with contact paper. I put a piece of velcro on each individual piece and in the corresponding  pictures in the book. The children love to hold the animals and when they hear the color and animal they are holding they put it in the book. You can use it at circle time or let the children use it the listening center independently.

 

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

 

This is a great project to use at school or home. You can use liquid water color for painting straight from the container with brushes, put it in a spray bottle and spray on paper to make beautiful, colorful pictures and use it to refill those dried out stamp pads! This will save you a lot of money and it only takes minutes to make. The colors are vibrant!

Supplies:

• water
• vinegar
• liquid food coloring
• containers with lids (I used left over glass containers with corks from my daughters wedding)

Procedures:

1. boil water
2. for every 2 cups of water add 2 TBS of vinegar
3. add 20 drops of food coloring per 2 cups of water
4. let cool and put in containers

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

I still have the crib I used for all four of my daughters. It is now over 30 years old and was old when I purchased it used. I did not want to give it away or sell it because it would not meet today’s safety standards. I needed a cart for my preschool that I could use to easily transport the outside toys. I decided to use the 2 long sides of the crib and some extra plywood to make my cart.

Supplies:

• 2 crib sides
• saw
• screws
• drill
• wood glue
• plywood
• stain or paint
• 4 small wheels

Procedures:

1. cut the crib sides in half
2. drill holes in tops and bottoms of each side
3. screw sides together to form a square (glue first, then put screws)
4. cut a piece of plywood (I used 1/2 “) to fit the bottom
5. drill holes, then glue and put in screws
6. stain(or paint) the bottom and cut edges on the crib side
7. Screw one wheel on each corner on the bottom

This whole project cost me a little over $8.00. The only thing I had to purchase was the wheels.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

This desk and chair had been in a shed for years. My grandson’s other grandma gave it to my daughter so I thought I would try to refinish it. It was dirty and moldy. After I cleaned it up I knew I would have to replace the top of the desk but the rest of the desk and chair were salvageable. I glued and tightened up screws as needed and then prepared to paint.

All the supplies I used can be found at Home Depot.

 

Supplies:

• 1) sand paper
• 2) tack cloth
• 3) paint

Procedures:

1. clean surface with soap and water to remove grease and dirt
2. sand all surfaces
3. wipe with tack cloth to remove particles from sanding
4. paint color/colors of your choice (I painted all white surfaces with a brush and let it dry for several days. I taped up all white areas that were joined to where I wanted blue and painted the exposed areas with blue spray paint)

Now my grandson has something to treasure. A desk given by one grandmother and painted by the other.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.

 

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

*Note: This project contains many small pieces that a young child could swallow.   Take all precautions necessary.

I do a theme on transportation in my preschool.  One of the art activities we do is to build a vehicle. I found some metal pieces left over from installing ceiling fans that I use for the car. I also cut up some PVC pipes that were the same diameter to use as well. The metal ones had holes at the  top and bottom which made perfect places to put the axles and wheels. I drilled holes in the same place on the PVC pipes. I used washers, nuts, pieces out of old computers, felt circles and anything else I could find around the house. Of course you could make the car much larger or smaller depending on what materials you have available.

I let the children use the screwdriver and other tools but when it came to using the hot glue gun I let them lay the piece where they wanted it and I did the gluing.

Supplies:

• pipe for body
• circular items for wheels, lights, hub caps etc.
• screws or bolts for axles
• assorted items for decoration
• hot glue or Gorilla glue

Procedures:

1. choose body, wheels and axle
2. assemble the car with screws or glue
3. add additional items such as seat, hub caps etc.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.