We've finished our farm unit and are moving on to a new theme tomorrow - but before we do I wanted share the barn we made.
The wooden farm animals came with a beautiful handmade ark that we gave Big Buddy for Christmas a couple years ago. I would someday love to have a wood barn but it's currently not in the budget. So in the mean time we decided to improvise and make our own.
I stumbled upon this perfectly sized milk box (4 gallons per box) while subbing and thought it would be sturdy enough to handle play. Hubandie and the boys used an x-acto knife and wood glue to build a barn shape.
We then painted with a basic primer and outlined a window and a door with painters tape.
Big Buddy however insisted that we add more windows so it looked like the barn in our book The Big Red Barn. He even brought the book over so we'd know exactly how to do it :)
Once everything was taped I let the boys paint the barn with rollers and washable, red tempera paint.
The boys really enjoye…
The wooden farm animals came with a beautiful handmade ark that we gave Big Buddy for Christmas a couple years ago. I would someday love to have a wood barn but it's currently not in the budget. So in the mean time we decided to improvise and make our own.
I stumbled upon this perfectly sized milk box (4 gallons per box) while subbing and thought it would be sturdy enough to handle play. Hubandie and the boys used an x-acto knife and wood glue to build a barn shape.
We then painted with a basic primer and outlined a window and a door with painters tape.
Big Buddy however insisted that we add more windows so it looked like the barn in our book The Big Red Barn. He even brought the book over so we'd know exactly how to do it :)
Once everything was taped I let the boys paint the barn with rollers and washable, red tempera paint.
The boys really enjoye…