Before making your own painted rock turtle, be sure to check out some real turtles. If you are lucky enough to spy one on a nature walk, make sure to get a photo if the wee creature is willing to standRead More →
I am a fan of rain. I can honestly say there have only been a handful of days in my life when I felt like rain ruined the day for me. I love the sound of rain. I love theRead More →
My kids have always enjoyed mixing crayons or oil pastels with watercolor painting. This is a technique we have done a couple different times over the years as you can see in our winter bird paintings and autumn sky paintings. WeRead More →
Today read several cloud books and then learn how to make your own creative cloud book. One of my favorite things to do when I was a little girl was to lie on my back and look up at theRead More →
The last project I needed to finish up, for the updated Spring Bs homeschool unit, were these super easy to make sock bunnies. I completed them two different ways for different age/skill levels. The tall blue bunny was completed without any sewing,Read More →
Although not quite as lovely as smelling the real thing, these beeswax modeled rose buds do have a sweet smell all their own. We have scheduled working with modeling beeswax as one of our projects in the Spring Bs Homeschool Companion unit.Read More →
Make this Wooden Bead Caterpillar project as a great spring craft or as part of the Spring Bs curriculum. If you are following the original online version, the Wooden Bead Caterpillar project would take the place of the Butterfly LifeRead More →
This morning I am sharing one of the projects from our Spring Bs Homeschool Companion unit, Bean Mosaic Project Artwork. WARNING: It has been brought to our attention that uncooked red kidney beans are toxic. As few as 4 or 5Read More →
One of the projects in our Spring Bs homeschool unit is this colorful coffee filter butterfly craft. Whether you are following are unit or not, your young crafters will enjoy playing with colors while dying the coffee filter butterfly wings.Read More →
One of the projects in our Winter Wonderland unit is to create a tin can lantern. My kids loved this project when they were little, Bug especially enjoyed hammering holes all over his can. Unfortunately we did it before IRead More →
