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• March 7, 2008 - What to do With Crafts?

Yes, we do a lot of crafts! And you may be wondering how we handle all these projects in our small apartment. We have no closets, no attic, and very little space altogether.



So what can we do with 3-D projects like this? Well, to be honest, they get thrown away! But not before documenting them with photos. Then the photos are uploaded to Flickr where they can be kept safe forever. And we also blog them for a record. And as if that were not enough, I sometimes print out photos and add them to our notebook.

For example the WP notebook page for the Pueblo Indians was mostly text, with just a plain graphic. Not much for Sprite to do. And not at all engaging. So I printed out the photos of her 3-D project and let her select the most important paragraphs from the notebooking page. She designed this layout and came up with a much more engaging notebook page.



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• March 7, 2008 - Native American study

Posted by pionergirl
Did you purchase the Winter Promise set that is around $300 for this study? I saw the description that said 36 week study. Did it take you that long? This is the first time I've seen this material. I absolutely love the Indian crafts your daughter made. Thank you so very much for sharing!
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• March 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
What a neat project and a wonderful way to "keep" it safe. I love all the fun hands-on activities you do with your dd.

~Tina
Jetihoja Academy
http://jetihoja.blogspot.com/
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• March 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jacqueline
That is neat!
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• March 7, 2008 - Great job!!

Posted by FaithfulGrace
Wow...Sprite is doing a fabulous job! Her Indian princess dress is beautiful!
I'm getting hooked on Winter Promise too! I'm working the budget numbers in my mind.

I was at WalMart, buying my gigantic paper napkin package, thinking why not switch to cloth? I know my mother probably has 30 in her linen closet just begging for a home. The napkin ring idea is fabulous! I'm going to switch this spring!

Lastly, thank you for easing my mommy guilt of throwing away our crafts. Even in a home with huge closets and lots of storage, enough can be enough!

Wishing you a fabulous and blessed day,
Linda

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• March 8, 2008 - Great idea!

Posted by ClagettsFLStyle
I've done this in the past too. It takes away the guilt in not keeping everything.
I've fallen behind in scrapbooking them, but we still have lots of pictures of projects gone by.
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• March 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by drewsfamilytx
I really need to be better about documenting that stuff. Occasionally, I take a picture of it. But I ALWAYS throw it away-- but only after it sits on the shelf/counter/desktop for a few weeks.
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• March 8, 2008 - your blog and Sprite's blog

Posted by Anonymous
I saw you on The Homeschool Lounge and that's how I found your blog. Then I looked at Sprite's and I really enjoy both of them!
My dd is 5.5 and I think we could use some of the ideas you use. I really liked the preprinted pages that just needed coloring and then assembling to make the dioramas. Can you tell me where you get them? Hopefully it's one place that has everything! instead of a book for each subject, but I still want to know. I would love for us to make some of the Indian pieces I saw on your blog.
Thanks for sharing!
Yo
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• March 8, 2008 - resources used

Posted by Jimmie
Anonymous "Yo," I hope you come back for the answer. :-)

The book is one of the books from the Native American focus of Winter Promise's American Story 1. It is a Scholastic book in the Easy Make and Learn Projects Series. This particular one is called Southwest Indians. But also we have Colonial America and Northeast Indians. The entire series is great if you like reproducible paper crafts.
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• March 11, 2008 - Hi!

Posted by hrlabonte
Besides the book I mentioned on my blog, I'm also looking at Winter Promise American Story 1 for next year. Off to scour your posts about it.

Do you think it would work for a 1st and a third grader?

~Heather
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• March 18, 2008 - 'hope you come back...

Posted by Anonymous
...ooohhh, good call! You go, girl!
It did take me a while as I have be deluding myself when it comes to actual time I have to check on boards I've joined!!!

But I did come back and check, and thanks for replying ;) I'm going to have to check on those resources.
Yo
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• April 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Sheri
I think taking pictures is a great idea, can you imagine the overwhelming loads of paper otherwise?!

I love you crafts, and your daughters craft blog is so sweet.

theshadesofpink.blogspot.com
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• April 23, 2008 - I can relate

Posted by HarmonyArtMom
With *four* kids you homeschool you can only imagine all the "projects" we have had in our home and although we have more storage space, I don't want to keep everything forever. We used the same idea as the years have gone by. I would sometimes tape up a whole bunch of projects on the refrig, enjoy them for a week or so, then photograph the whole shabang and keep the photo and throw out the projects.

Now they have scrapbooks with pages and pages of projects and they are much more fun to look at.

Thanks for sharing your idea since I'm sure most homeschool families have the same situation with what to keep and what to throw out.

Barb-Harmony Art Mom
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