momstown KW Families Took the Farm to the Park for our Art & Play

We got lucky, we had a gorgeous day at our June Art and Play event with an On the Farm theme.   momstown Kitchener-Waterloo moms all gathered at Victoria Park in Kitchener for a fun morning of Footprint Tractors, a Farm Animal water sensory bin, a reading of Old MacDonald Had a Farm-puppet style and of course, some fun parachute time!

We started with our Footprint Tractors.  This would give our tractors time to try while we continued on with the fun.  We had kids of all ages that we anxious to make a tractor with their little or big feet :)  In some cases it took a team to get the footprint but we got the job done.  Thank goodness we had lots of Huggies Simply Clean Wipes on hand for the messy clean up of green paint. 

While some of the toddlers & preschoolers were busy manafucturing their Footprint Tractors, the babies were dipping into the Farm Animal sensory bin, filled with water!  They were finding cows, pigs, sheep and ducks too!  The little farmers just loved how the animals were bobbing and that they could just pull them out one by one.  And then put them all back in and try again!

How cute are these tractor pictures that were coming to life?  We used everything around us at the park to customize our "tractor on the farm" creations.  Real grass.....

          .......sticks and pincones........

  .....................flowers..................

    ...........and more flowers and leaves too!

  Then it was time for some animal parachute time!  Everyone brought their farm stuffy's with them to bounce around on the parachute.  Then of course we had to do some singing, shaking, hiding and ring around the rosey, with the parachute. 

Everyone gather on the parachute! It was time to slow down all the activity before we parted, with a finger-puppet version of story-time with Old MacDonald Had a Farm.  (each finger is a different animal).   The children were drawn to this story and the puppet characters.  They were so quiet and attentive, it was obvious they all loved this session. 

I have to be honest, many of the parents really enjoyed this puppet version of Old MacDonald as well.  Thanks a bunch to Scholastic Canada for sending us this great book this month.   After a busy morning of painting, tractors, animal sensory, parachute time and a fun story, all the little farmers were anxious to hit the splash pad to wash up and cool off.  We love being at the park in the summer and its perfect for our Art and Play program!