It's hard to find a better book for fun, messy, creative activities than Barney Saltzberg's Beautiful Oops! So, put on some paint clothes, and get ready to make something awesome out of even your worst "mistake."
Straw Blowing Art
What's more fun than bendy straws AND paint? Probably nothing. Practice fine motor skills and see what your paint splatter turns into. The possibilities are infinite!
Tearing Paper
How many silly ways can you tear a piece of paper? Put on your thinking cap and your yoga pants to explore the crazy ways you can tear paper, and create an art project.
Baking Soda Paint
Creativity explodes with this recipe that creates fun, fizzy paint. What will your shapes create?
Torn Newspaper Art
Don't toss yesterday's paper in the recycle bin. Instead tear it into shapes, and let those shapes determine what you paint! It's fun, and eco-friendly!
Do you have any other ideas for Oops art? Love everything Beautiful Oops? We would love to hear from you!
This review of our first ever NYE party comes from Jr. Blogger Sophie Knipp!
Doesn’t everybody like fun parties?
Well, the BACT New Year’s Eve Bash was a blast that included the musical Willy Wonka, sweet treats, and a fun dance party with the Night Fairy where everyone cheered to the new year. If you want to know more, read on!
The evening began with a quick reception with activities like face painting, a photo booth, raffle drawing, and drinks (for both kids and adults). We were then escorted to the Osher Studio for the main event: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the musical.
The show is about a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who wins a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s magical chocolate factory. Mary Gibboney, the actress who plays Willy Wonka, said that “A whole lot is different” between the popular movies and the musical; and I agree!
The most noticeable difference was the oompa loompas. They were the cutest puppets I have ever seen.
Emery Oompa, played by the actress Pauli Amornkul, is an orange fuzzy, 2-eyed, 3 feet tall adorable creature . “The kids love it. It adds another dimension”, said Pauli about using puppets in the show.
The costumes were creative, especially the masks the actors wore to show they were playing different parts. The set included a colorful lollipop designed floor that made you want to lick it!
“I think the message of the show is to not be afraid to be yourself... and everyone has a chance to be successful”, said Juan Castro who plays Charlie Bucket.
After the show, the actors led us to the second theatre where there was a dance party where we counted down to the New Year with the Night Fairy from BACT’s show playing now recommended for ages 8 and up. The party was bumping and thumping with laughter, fun, desserts, drinks, awesome music (by DJ Austin Zumbro and his puppet shark), and lots of balloons in the air!
The BACT New Year’s Eve Bash was a great experience for families! My next blog will be about BACT’s first show in Sunnyvale, Elephant and Piggie. Stay tuned!
If you've flown through the Fly Guy series and are craving another picture book, check out I. Fly, an illustrated education about the awesomeness of flies.
Watch the growth cycle of flies with this awesome video!
And for those who just want a little more of Fly Guy, the Musical, here are the fly facts from the shows' closing number!
Fly Girl and Fly Guy are amazin’
Two creatures to pique your fascination
Since craving more information
Listen as we list Linnaean classifications
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Insecta!
Diptera!
Section: Schizophora
They’re flies! (Flies!)
They have compound eyes!
A thousand little lenses let ‘em see from all sides
Antennae!
Can smell things a mile away!
And scientists say that if conditions are great
Some flies can fly several miles a day
Yeah, the buzz that they make is the sound of their wings beating
They have sticky, sticky feet that let ‘em walk on the ceiling
And the hairs on those feet let them taste where they’re walking
But they don’t have teeth, so they can’t ingest solids
So they vomit on food, because their vomit is caustic
And they suck it back up with a straw-like proboscis
Fly Guy, Fly Girl, or Fly Guy, Fly Girl, friendzies!
Yeah a couple of kids and their pets who were flies
Copyright Austin Zumbro 2017
If these fly activities don't fulfill your fly-loving needs, you could always make your way to Fly Guy, the Musical again! It's even better a second time!
