I always love projects that tie into books or art history or elaborate something-or-others, but I have to say, this little ice-cream sundae last week was one of the biggest hits with the kids. It's hard not to get excited when they get excited, so I did. It's been so hot here that this project was just the ticket. Each student (all five were age 4 this week) drew the curved line for their bowl, and cut it out on their own. Each student drew their own scoops of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice-cream (circles :) and cut them out. Then we added sprinkles (glitter, glue-stuck on), chocolate sauce (brown paint dripped on) and a cherry on top (sticky foam). We glued on a spoon for the finishing touch. You could see that a couple of them were really considering taking a lick, but they all restrained themselves. (I remember tasting a mud pie I made at the age of 4 because it looked so delicious I thought it had to taste just as good...we all know how that ended.) 

Anytime they get to use glue, scissors, glitter and paint it's a good day. So, it was a good day.