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Jan. 27, 2009
Our Valentine Tree
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
I just had to share with you this fun little Valentine Tree that the kids and I created a couple of days ago :) We had previously been making handmade felt hearts that I had hinted to you about here on my blog a while back... well here is how they turned out :)
I picked a branch off of our snowball tree outside the back door and spray painted it with a semi-gloss white paint to coat it and then hung it to dry by the wood fire. After it had dried we planted it in an aluminum pail of rocks and decorated it with our felt hearts.
I had just found a great pack of super sweet vintage reproduction valentines with flocked velvet on them so we added to our tree along with some tin birds that I had stashed away in my craft supplies :)
I am very happy with how it turned out and I don't know why we didn't do this years ago! We always decorate an Easter tree very similar to this with eggs and bunnies but never give much thought to Valentine's Day besides trading cute little cards with each other :) So this was a fun project to do together and one I plan to do every year.
For more photos of our tree check out my craft blog HERE.
Blessings,

Nov. 30, 2008
Christmas Cards

Nov. 15, 2008
THINK ~ Windmill Challenge

Oct. 18, 2008
THINK ~ Egg Challenge

Oct. 16, 2008
Leaf Embroidery

Oct. 12, 2008
THINK ~ Paper Car

Oct. 4, 2008
THINK ~ Bridge Challenge

Sep. 28, 2008
Unplugged Project ~ Fruit (Thanksgiving Turkeys)

Sep. 7, 2008
Electricity ~ The One Wire Circuit

Sep. 7, 2008
Unplugged Project ~ Soft (Felt Bookmarks)

Aug. 25, 2008
Unplugged Project ~ Cylinder (Pencil Game)

Aug. 10, 2008
Unplugged Project ~ Hot (Stencil Painted Tshirt)

Aug. 8, 2008
K's House Update ~ Siding
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
I thought that I would share another little update on what K has been doing with his house he's building :) He decided to tackle some of the siding on it. At first he was sure that he wasn't going to be able to nail it on because the studs are so tiny inside but in the end we decided that maybe using wood glue to stick them on might be his best bet and it worked! Thank goodness it did because he was feeling a little glum when he thought he had worked so hard on it to not be able to finish it :)

Next step..... the 2nd floor *grin*
Blessings,

Jul. 24, 2008
A new wall & a couple of beds :)
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
Well there hasn't been a whole lot of new additions to K's house but he has added another wall, the stairs to the 2nd floor and those wooden blocks on the floor are beds. *grin* He just got a bunch of model train stuff given to him so his house has taken a backseat for now, but I'm going to have to get him to come back to it again!
Blessings,

Jul. 21, 2008
Unplugged Project ~ Glass

Jul. 20, 2008
House building update
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
K is continuing to work away on his house :) He finished another outer wall and a couple of the interior walls today. I think we may get an electric light kit from Playmobil so that he can wire his home with powered lights. That would be super cool *grin*
Blessings,

Jul. 17, 2008
Building His 1st House
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
K is building his very first house! My dad is busy building a shop right now and K has been helping him since he started so yesterday he decided that he was going to build his own house for his Playmobil men :) He's got a thick piece of board that he used as his foundation and on it he has drawn his floor plan to follow for building his rooms. Above is a photo of his first wall and he did it just like Opa with the studs :)

Here's a closer look at his floor plan. He's even drawn in some of the furniture *grin* That's the couch in the lower left corner :) I can't wait to see what he does tomorrow. Opa found him a little hand operated drill so he can drill holes in his studs before nailing them together to make it easier. He plans to go two stories high, hope he makes it sturdy!
Blessings,

Apr. 26, 2008
Want to make a pop-up of Aslan (Narnia Lion)?
Posted in Science and other Hands On activities
I wanted to share this with you to go along with the online study that I posted for the Chronicles of Narnia just below this entry just in case you are working on a lapbook for it right now :) There is a wonderful tutorial for how to make a pop-up of Aslan complete with very detailed photo instructions for each step! The final result is fantastic and of course you could use it for any project you are working on as well *grin* While you are there take a moment to check out the main page for the pop-ups because there are more of them there to make! I know that we will be making a few. I love the birthday one. Wouldn't that make an awesome card?
Blessings,
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Hello from Canada! I am a homeschooling mom to 3 very rambunctious children ages 10, 6 & 3 years old while holding down the fort as tug boat captain 'Dad' sails the seven seas *grin*. We're located on 40 acres in a tiny rural community in beautiful British Columbia and this is my quirky journal about our homeschool journey, running my home based business 'RosyUndPosy' making 'Eco Friendly Bags 4 Green Living', and everyday life home on the farm. Hope you enjoy your visit :)

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