Monthly Idea Bank

MONTH	THEME	ITEMS	Projects
January	Winter	Cotton ball, snow-flakes, pine cones, tinsel	Ice cream/marshmallow snowman Snow play dough
February	Valentine	Buttons, red stuff, red hots, hearts	Play dough w cocoa (chocolates)
March	St. Patrick	Green stuff, shamrocks, green rice, gold coins
April	Spring/Easter	Zip tags, flowers, Easter grass, eggs, peeps
May	Insects/Flowers	Dirt, rubber bugs, paper grass, rocks	Footprint ladybug
June	Ocean/Summer	Blue stones, fish net, felt fish, sun glasses
July	Independence	Flag, reds-whites-blues, paper confetti
August	Outdoors/summer	Dirt, twigs, rubber insects, leaves,
September	School/fall	Letter tiles, synthetic leaves, apples
October	Halloween	Glow in the dark, black beans, fake spiders, pumpkins, eye-balls, skeleton
November	Thanksgiving	Paper grass, pumpkins, gourds, mini Indians/pilgrams
December	Christmas	Colored rice, plastic lights, ornaments	Decorate Play dough tree Graham crackers, whip cream - polar express Ornament making
ANY	Transportation Ice cream Dinosaur Farm Pirate Weather Space Bath time	Pebbles, cars, black beans Tongs, pom-poms Rocks, min creatures Birdseed, corn, easter eggs, Beads, coins, shiny stones, black beans Rocks, cotton-balls, beads, pipecleaners, poms, sugar cubes, Super balls, marbles, spacemen Cotton balls, tweezers, duck	Blue glitter play dough