Smile, Be Happy! Smiley-themed activities, crafts, & foods :)

We have been participating in a Share-a-Smile project put together by Broken Treasures to help raise funds for Operation Smile. By doing a blog-style Smile-A-Thon through the Spontaneous Smiley website, together we have uploaded around 100 spontaneous smiley photos!!! Our collaborative effort raised enough funds for 1 1/2 surgeries….yay! Every little bit helps put a huge smile on a child’s face.
My 4 year old son & I went on a smiley face photo hunt and found 22 spontaneous smileys – he loved it! Here is our favorite one, complete with 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth, & even 2 cheeks. I call it the Cheeky Firetruck Smiley.

We plan to continue to upload spontaneous smileys whenever we see them. It’s easy to do! If you find a random smiley face, upload your photo here and $1 will be donated to Operation Smile for every photo uploaded!
Living Montessori Now & Broken Treasures also went on smiley photo hunts!

Since smiley faces are contagious, we ended up doing a couple of related crafts:

What Makes Me Smile Handprint Craftby my 4 year old

Paper Plate Smiley Faceincludes links to more smile-themed crafts

Raising Figure Skaters has a huge list of smile-themed quotes and she even made quite a few of the quotes as word-art freebies; the one above is my favorite!
Boo Boo Princesses has been taking photos of things that make her smile and documenting them as a fun keepsake!

For a fun snack, we had smiley face cookies!
Check out these happy-looking desserts for more yummy ideas:smile cookies on a stickcolorful smiley face cakecool smiley cakesimple smiley face oreo cakester pops

I am linking up to these parties!

Amanda

Artsy Momma

Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.

Comments

Deb Chitwood says

April 15, 2012 at 5:26 pm

I love the cute smiley desserts! And it's great that you found a spontaneous smiley with cheeks!<br /><br />Thanks so much for linking to my posts. This has been a fun project … and it was wonderful getting to know you better!<br /><br />Have a great week! Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com and RaisingFigureSkaters.com

Scribble Doodle and Draw says

April 19, 2012 at 7:26 pm

I love all the smiley faces! Thanks for linking up with the weekly kids co-op!

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