We had a wonderful time earlier this month starting a new family tradition: sibling celebrations for half-birthdays – Lily’s, to be exact!
Emma and Johnny were thrilled to make some presents from recyclables. They both chose to make box-based playscapes, complete with figurines. I loved seeing all the hard work they put into making gifts for their little sister! Johnny made these stick figures:
And Emma made one of her square guys:
It was so fun watching Emma and Johnny wrap up and deliver their gifts!
Emma’s card says, “Happy half birthday LiLY! LiLY I love YOU! I LIke LiLY because she shares.”
Johnny’s card says, “ToLILY HALF.BIRTH”
What fun and creative learning is happening at your house this week? Do you have a sibling day?
MaryAnne lives is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Such sweet kiddos you have!
I love how Johnny kept looking up and Emma looks so serious, they are all adorable with their violins!
Thank you, Ally!
They really love playing their violins! Maybe they’ll learn to play properly, someday – Emma is making progress on playing one string at a time =)
Love Love Love the 1/2 birhtdya for siblings.
I see the kids play the violin. My 12 yo granddaughter just got hers. Her Dad sent it from Korea. this will be her 4th instrument. so happy you started your kids playing Malika
Love the video! :)
I already added my links from the week to the linky in your “week in review” post but have added them again for the Learning Laboratory. Hope that’s OK!
Very excited about the Spring Carnival! :)
Yes, that’s fine for them to be both places! I’m also looking forward to the Spring Carnival – tomorrow!!!
I love their presents!
The picture of them with the violins is so cute! How fun to celebrate Lily’s half birthday!
Love the group violin playing!
Love the half birthday idea – always looking for a reason to celebrate! Thanks for the link to our handprint cats!
What a great idea – Johnny’s and Emma’s presents are very sweet. You never know – perhaps you ARE raising prodigies. At least they know something about violins already!
Did you notice that Johnny is holding his bow upside down? :)
Prodigies or not, I hope they always enjoy the expressive side of music!
Thank you very much for participating and glad the kids had lots of fun :)
Thanks for such a fun idea!!!
So sweet! Reminds me of the assortment of things my daughter made for my son for his birthday.
She make a drawing and then cut it up to make it a puzzle. She cut a spiral out of paper and called it a bouncing toy and a shark shaped card!
Love the violin pic too!
I love kid-made gifts!
I love it, I love any excuse to celebrate really. We made Valentines yesterday for all the kids classes and also had to decorate a few boxes as Valentine containers. I supplied materials and let the kids go at it. It’s always fun to see what they come up with all on their own. Love the music show, so cute.
You can never celebrate too much! =)
I love her square guys, they remind me so much of Princess’ guys.
I think it’s cool that our girls make the same guys!
Great idea to have a half birthday celebration for the siblings, my kids love any excuse to make a card. You are a brave mama with that many violins in the house at one time.
It’s definitely something we’ll be doing for half-birthdays from now on – it was a lot of fun!
You are a fantastic mom!
I love the pictures of them playing the violins…adorable!
I played the violin…but I wasn’t very good…I would have been better off just left to have fun! :)
Thanks, Sherri!
I definitely want music to be a fun thing for my kids!
I LOVE the violins! That is so sweet. This is a fun idea for a celebration.