little drummer boy. and girl.

it's summer here in the bachman house.

summer means camp, swimming, and popsicles.

it also means all 3 kids home all day- so i'm trying to plan lots of fun crafts & activities.

bella loves crafts.

jackson does not.

so if i want jackson to jump on the crafting bandwagon, i gotta speak his language.

jackson LOVES music.  and instruments.

after finishing a carton of oatmeal, i said, hmmmm...  what can i do with this?

how about..... 

oatmeal canister drums!

both kiddos were excited.  

i let them pick out any color construction paper.  

bella picked pink.  (surprise!)  jackson chose green.

knowing we had a mess in store, i made them wear aprons from the dollar tree.

(side note...check out jackson's face.

charlotte went all wolverine on him during our recent trip to costco....

apparently you don't want to make her mad while trapped in a shopping cart.)

i put out a variety of things for them to decorate their papers with.

paint & sponges, dot stampers, and letter/animals stamps.

the kids quickly got busy decorating their papers.

jackson liked the stamps... far less messy.

bella is always a fan of creating the biggest mess possible.  

she went for the paint.

the pink paper turned... purple.

charlotte wanted in on the action, so i set her loose in her highchair 

with some construction paper and finger paints.

 

she was COVERED... all the way to her binky.

 

after an hour of paint and stamps it was time for....

A BATH!

( insert bath, getting dressed, lunch, charlotte down for a nap

and then we were back at it.)

their papers were dried.

time for stickers!

once they had been sufficiently decorated,

mommy finished them up.

i taped the papers around the canister,

punched holes in the sides,

& added some string to go around their necks.

what drum is complete without drumsticks?

we wrapped some yarn around the ends to create mallets.

at last... our drums were ready to play!

serious business.

give me a beat!