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Corn Husk Dolls
As part of our Mid-West studies, the girls and I made Corn Husk Dolls. These would also tie in well with a pioneer unit. I remember making these as a kid… maybe at Girl Scouts?…
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Oil Pastel :: Zentangle Cows
Wisconsin is known for being America’s Dairyland and we chose to highlight the cows this week. The kids had fun creating these silly cows and I love how each picture took on its own personality.…
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Old Time Automobile Drawings
The automobile industry has been an integral part of the Great Lakes region economy since the early 1900s. This week, the girls and I worked on Old Time Automobile drawings. My original intent was to…
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Barn Stars / Hex Signs
Creative Commons Photo available here Throughout the Pennsylvania countryside, you will notice round designs painted on the sides of barns. These Barn Stars or Hex Signs became popular as paint became more affordable in the…
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Faux Salt Glazed Pottery
This week as part of our State Studies Unit, our art project was to recreate the salt glazed pottery, commonly found in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states. More on that in a moment. When…
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Painting Cork Buoys
This is a relatively easy project to complete with your kids. While reading Going Lobstering, my girls made sort of a game out of finding the right buoy in the pictures. The idea that…
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Mixed Media Sailboats
While learning about the New England states, we completed this fun mixed-media sailboat painting. It combines one of our favorite activities, wet on wet watercolor painting, with recycling easily found papers. I love how playful and…
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Brrrr… Cold Day Project :: Mitten Line
It is bone chilling cold out there today! Our schedule has been cleared, all activities for the day have been canceled due to extreme wind chill. What to do on a snow day that is…
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Winter Tissue Paper Trees
The other day on Facebook I shared a link to a posting for handmade Christmas cards on Back to the Drawing Board. The designer made a landscape using tissue paper trees, had them reduced and photo coped, then used…
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Knitting Tower
The Camden Rose Knitting Tower is available from Amazon. When I was a little girl, my father made a “knitting spool” for me using a wooden spool from thread (they were all made out of wood back in the old’n days 🙂 and small…
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A Flag for Our Country | One Snip Stars Project
We are studying American History this year. We are in the midst of the American Revolution Stories at the moment. This week we read about Betsy Ross and the First American Flag, A Flag for…
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Fairy’s Baby Chick Project
Fairy is taking my beginning knitting class and she has been diligently working on her projects. She wanted to share photos of her Baby Chick with strict instructions on the copyrights. “You can put it…
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Fairy’s Dollie Blankie
*UPDATE: Fairy got a huge grin when I read her all the lovely comments. It is very encouraging.* Fairy wanted me to share some of her photos. She has recently finished her first “bigger” knitting…
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A Sad Tale… With a Happy Ending
Yesterday Pixie was busy drawing a picture. When she was done, she proudly showed it to me. Gammy: Come sit on my lap and tell me about your picture. Pixie: This is the grass, this…
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Paper Mache Puppets Part Three: Adding Hair
It is time to finish your puppet and put on a show! Choose the yarn you would like to use for your puppet and a book that is between 8-10" wide (or wider if you…
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Paper Mache Puppets Part Two: Making the Body
Ok, this was actually pretty easy after I finally sat down and just did it. Print out the puppet body pattern. Cut out two matching pieces of fabric on a fold. Place the body pieces…
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Paper Mache Puppets Part One: Making the Head
When we were at the Renaissance Festival way back in September the kids got to see a wonderful puppet show. When we got back home they wanted to make their own puppets to have a…
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Bear in the Water Coloring Page
Yesterday I shared our Bear in the Water Applique Block. I designed it for one of our readers whose boys are studying bears right now. Actually, they wanted a coloring page, but since I was designing…
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Mini Blanket Weaving :: Cardboard Loom Directions
Mini blanket weaving is a fun activity for children. Weaving is a great way to introduce children to yarn crafts and this mini blanket goes along wonderfully with our Advent Activities. In The Legend of…
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Primitive Angel Coloring Page
For a long time now I’ve been meaning to turn some of our applique blocks into coloring pages. Well, today when Michelle and the wee ones were over, Pixie was looking for something “crafty” to…
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Wool Roving Angels
NOTE: Since we are reading the book The Littlest Angel for Advent this week, it seemed very appropriate to share this Wool Roving Angel now! I can’t remember a time in my life when I…
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Stormy Night Oil Pastel and Watercolor Paintings
Materials Needed: Water Color Paper Oil Pastels or Crayons Water Color Paints Last week we completed a little mini-unit on weather.This is a topic we covered in much more detail last year… this year it…
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Beeswax Candle Directions :: Harvest Time Week 10
Learn how to make your own rolled beeswax candles by following our Beeswax Candle Directions. Beeswax sheets or beeswax candle making kits can be purchased at many natural crafting shops or online. Our Harvest Time…
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Homemade Kitchen Volcano
We have been working on a Geology Unit for the past 8 weeks or so. I let the kids take turns choosing science projects, this was Bug’s request. Science is the subject that I…
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