VBSing

We are visiting The Big Apple this year through VBS.  I  am the preschool crafts director for my VBS.  I should have about 350 threes, fours, fives, and Kindergartners rotate through my room in a day.   I have a great team to help me and I am having a blast!

I completed most of the prep work thanks a couple of workdays with my team in May.   I had a few last minute things last week.  One thing completed last week was making decorating aprons.   I started with a plain red apron.   Then using my Silhouette, I cut out Craftonista, The Art District out of freezer paper.  I ironed that on the front and painted the negative space.  I came up with the name because our room is the Art District of the Big Apple.  I am playing on the word Fashionista.  I orginally got the idea from my daughter who called me a craftist which plays on the word artist.  
Here is the step by step.   After using my Silhouette to cut the word on freezer paper, I ironed it on the apron.

Then I painted with Black acrylic paint.

After the paint dried, I pulled off the freezer paper.  There were a couple of mistakes which I remedied with red paint and no one has noticed.  

I decided it needed more bling so I added some fringy stuff.  

Done!   My helpers love them!   

We used Staz-On ink for two projects.   Our aprons kept our clothes ink free!

Day one project was graffiti bags.   I stamped in black Staz-on I heart VBS.   The kids drew in washable markers on the bag as well.   We sprayed the bag with water a few times.   I didn't work on mine as hard as the kids worked on theirs.  My pitiful example looks like this:

Yesterday was t-shirt day.   We used the Staz-on ink again.   We stamped I heart Jesus.  Then, the kids decorated with sharpie marker.  I did not heat set the shirts.   One of my volunteers said she washed her shirts and a few colors ran.   I am going to heat set and then hand wash the kids shirts to see what happens.  So the jury is out on whether that was a good call on a craft or not.  Here is my son's shirt before I wash it.

Today was picture frame day.   We used this craft from Oriental Trading.  It was super easy and the kids loved doing it.

Tomorrow is the reminder well and Friday is create Jesus puppets day.  I keep hoping to snap a few pictures of the craft room in action, but we get so busy I forget.

VBS is a ton a fun and I'm loving it!