SRP Preschool Finale!

It's that time of year, party time!  We ended our preschool storytime with a big finale party!  We started off with a slideshow of all the summer pictures, then we had food, crafts and games.  Below are pictures of what I did, along with links of where I found the ideas.

1.) Wrecking Balls:
For this, we just put out Cheetoh Balls!  Easy and fun!


2.) Red Lights:
I love this idea, which I found here.  These are super easy to do, just make rice-krispy treats, cut and add your colors!  If you don't want to use candy, then just use icing instead.


*A sidenote, I found all the sign ideas on pinterest, and then made my own.  The kids devoured all the food we had out!  It was a huge hit!  I think decorating the table had a big part in helping move the food along.

3.) Shape Backhoe Craft
This craft is super simple, but so cute!  I found this adorable craft here.  I forgot to take a picture of this, but you can view it on the website that I found it at.  They all turned out really cute!


4.) My Toolbox Craft
I found this birthday invitation, which you can see here.  But I  wanted to turn it into a craft for the kids, which we did!  Apparently I forgot to take pictures of any of the crafts!  For this, we took paper and folded it in half.  Then we glued the letters "My Toolbox" on the front.  Next, a handle was glued on, and glued the tools inside.  The kids were so adorable carrying around their very own toolbox!


5.) Mater Paper Bag Craft
The kids glued down all the parts for Mater on their paper bag. Anytime we use paper bags, they are always a fun craft!  For once, I remembered to take a picture! 



6.) Planter Craft
My boss came up with this great idea!  We asked all staff to save their empty plastic bottles.  You toke the bottles, cut the tops off, and put masking tape over the sharp edges.  Slits were cut in the bottom for draining.  The kids put dirt and seeds inside the bottles and were able to take them home to grow their own flowers.  (We didn't do this with the preschool age, but I wanted to include it in my plan.)

7.) Red Light Beanbag Toss Game
This is such a fun game, and really easy to make.  I just covered an empty box we had, cut out my holes, and I was done!  Instead of beanbags, we used yarn pom-poms.  The preschoolers went crazy over this game!  I wanted to use small balls for this, but the pom-poms worked out much better.  I found this great idea here!


8.) Car Putt-Putt Game
I wanted to do a putt-putt game, and stick with our construction and car theme.  I decided to make a car, and use the wheels as the holes to putt the ball into.  Instead of putting down green paper, we made a road for the kids to putt on.  The kids went crazy over this one!



9.) Lego Knockdown
The kids love knocking down my empty boxes. This time we made them into giant LEGO's!


10.) Photo Props
For photo props, my boss made oversized tools, and I backed them to make them more sturdy!


Overall, everything went great for our finale party!  I started off by reading one book to the kids, which was "Old Macdonald Had a Truck".  Next, we showed a slideshow of pictures from all summer, then we set everyone loose on the games, crafts and food.  The only other thing we did that I didn't list was we set out a hardhat for the kids to sign their names on, and it turned out so cute!  We had a great turnout, almost 50 kids, so I am really happy with that.  We are taking a break during August, but I'll continue to post new books.  I'll be back with storytime updates in September!