The theme for the Unplugged Project for this week is newspaper. I remembered seeing a structure made out of newspaper and saved the instructions for “some day”. Well today was that some day.
I just so happened to have this past weeks newspapers and the paper leftover from the garage sale. Good thing because this project […]
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Kristen
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OK, pulling these out of my archives!! As this is cleaning my house week. Jake took these pictures a few years ago after he built this.
When Jake was younger he spent a good part of his day building. We had and still have many types of blocks. The large cardboard bricks-which are great for […]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Kristen
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Today when I walked down to the prairie there were at least 20 of these Goldfinches hanging off of the dead cone flower plants, picking the seeds off the tops of the flower heads. They were so incredibly yellow, and shy. Hence, the blurry photo. I just couldn’t get a good shot. But thought I […]
Posted on April 14th, 2008 by Kristen
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Well they were wrong-it didn’t rain.
It was another beautiful day.
So I didn’t get much done in the house again.
But this evening we did follow the artful parents nature prints idea. I bought some sculpey clay and rolled each block into four balls. Then with various bits and pieces of nature; leaves, sea […]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Kristen
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Look what I scored at Marcs–Prang tempra for .95 and Artists paper @ $1.99 grand total of less than $11.00!!
Today I made my kids a hot breakfast-fried eggs!
April Fools!! Really just whip cream and a peach half. But Jake actually thought it was an Emu egg!
Today was art day. The class […]
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Kristen
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We have been looking at pictures of Calder’s CIRCUS, but today we found this
How cool is that! We were so inspired we decided to make our own circus.
We decided to make our performers out of foil wrapped in masking tape so that we could paint them. and make outfits for them.
I am frightened […]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Kristen
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To keep my kids busy this morning while I cleaned up the mess from yesterday, we made this:
Edible Playdough
2 cups oats
2 cups Peanut Bitter-I used natural PB but stirred it up first
1 cup dry milk-cow or soy
1/3 cup honey
mix all together-I had to mess around with the consistancey so I added a bit of […]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Kristen
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WOW! Thanks to everyone who read my interview. This is really exciting! Although, I do feel a bit naked out in cyber space-it has been a great experience. If you have any burning questions be sure to ask. I will take a day this week and answer questions that […]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by Kristen
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Today we read SNOWBALLS by Louis Ehlert and made a snow mound for the birds in our yard. We supplied them with bird seed, cut up oranges, popcorn seeds, raisins and 3 half filled bags of peanuts left over from last summer.
Then we sat back and quietly waited for them to come.
We […]
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Kristen
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We have a grocery/discount store in our neighborhood called Marc’s. I LOVE Marc’s. Not only do they have a decent and cheap organics selection but the have a close out section. You never know what treasures you will find! I picked up a set of books called A FIRST LOOK AT ART. […]
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Kristen
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