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My Book Penny

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 05:27:00 -0500

Today I am going to show you some chapters from my book Penny

Chapter one: The bank

It was a cold winter day when our story begins, as a mater a fact it was Christmas Eve. And one little penny lay in the bank

Waiting …waiting… waiting. Then he heard a little girl “hear is one whole dollar I want to keep one cent though”

She said as she opened her purse. Old Ben (the bank keeper) just laughed and said wait one minute. Our little penny

Froze this might be his chance to be free!

clang, the key was inserted creeek the key turned and creeeeek once more the door opened. Pennies mined raced their were 37,000 pennies in this volt would old Ben choose him? Sure enough Old Ben reached in the volt and grabbed……penny! Penny was so happy he was finally free!

As the little girl reached out to receive the penny, penny knew that he was officially free! Then, a small money purse was opened and penny had a knew home. A pink fur trimmed one at that.

For a couple hours penny heard the girl who’s name was Sara talking with her mother. But then Sara walked to a candy shop,” one piece of cent candy please.” She said as she opened her purse. And penny was now in a candy shop.

Chapter two : The Candy store

Penny could smell the fresh pulled taffy from the drawer. He could hear the children debating if they wanted berry candy or chocolate. He loved the smell of the candy shop he was in a drawer with a lot of coins.

Their was even a dollar coin! penny loved the place but he knew sooner or later he would have to leave. The second customer was a fat gentleman and he had one dollar

And was going to use it all! All at once the fat man had chosen an assortment of Jelly beans, chocolate, and taffy! The store keeper reached in his drawer and pulled out a dime “here” he said. And not even a second

Or time was used and the man was gone! The third customer was a little boy who just came to look. The forth was a little girl with long black hair and she had a dog too! “I want 50 jelly beans, two pounds of chewing gum, 10 chocolate bars, and 20 lollypops.” “And I don’t want your filthy change!” She yelled.

“Who is that?” penny asked a dime that’s

Hope smith,” he said she comes every Sunday to buy candy.” ”Does she eat it all by herself?” asked penny. ”Yes! And she wont share!” penny thought for a minute “I’m glad she doesn’t want change or else I might have to go with her!” he said. The last customer was a tall young man “Father!” he cried “I need to buy some of your best heart chocolate I’m going to purpose to Marry

Wilkerson!” He said “hurry I don’t have much time!” “here is 20 $ just give me the change and I’ll be off!” As fast as he could the old man put some chocolate in a box, reached down in his drawer and took out penny. “Here” he said “Go, Go!” and at that the tall man was gone with penny in his pocket and a new adventure began.

I will give you the next few chapters later.

Sock Doll

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:41:00 -0500

Today's Craft is a Sock Doll.These are the things you will need:

.two socks
.buttons
.markers
.yarn
.rubber bands
.stuffing
.needle and thread
hot glue gun
scissors

First pick one sock and stuff it only enough to be the head. Then put the rubber band at that place to secure it and make the neck. Now you can stuff the rest of the body and also have a head. Also put a rubber band at the bottom of the sock so none of the stuffing will come out. Go ahead and plug up that hot glue gun. Cut out a fat oval from the other sock and fold it in half for the arms.
Sew the sides together until you have a tiny hole and stuff it. Then finish sewing it up. Do the same with your other arm. Then sew the arms on the body. Well that hot glue gun should be ready. Fire on some yarn for hair and buttons for eyes. And no doll is without a smile! Well that's how to make a Sock Doll!

Gee Boo

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:21:00 -0500

Today I'm going to tell you about my secret club house! It all started when my Chinese friend and I were playing. We were very bored. Then, I looked at her..."Gee Boo" I said. "Boo Gee!" she said! And before you know it we had tribal dances, names (mine was Gee Boo and hers was Boo Gee), club houses, and everything! We even have a way to train new Gee Boo! But anyway here are some pics.

This is the outside of the house.

And this is is the inside.

Do you want to be a Gee Boo? If so I just need to know some basic info on you like your name, you grade, your favorite thing to do, and Ohh! No offense but only girls can be Gee Boo!
Leave me a comment or send me a E-mail.

Play Dough Volcano

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:18:00 -0500

This craft is making a erupting volcano.

You can make play dough with the recipe at Play dough.

Now get a glass jar and cover it with brown play dough. Then you can
add yellow, red, or orange play dough to make lava. And you can add green at the bottom to look like grass.Hint: use food coloring to color the play dough. Once you have made the volcano, you can use vinegar and baking soda and "THERE SHE BLOWS!!" Put the baking soda in the volcano first and then the vinegar.

PS,
It will be messy, so hire a clean up job!!

Sculpey Clay Foods

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 05:18:00 -0600

If you want to make the wedding cake and you don't have a lot of white., you can use a color you don't care about for the base and then use a little bit of white and cover it up!! Or you could make a blue or red cake; you decide!! and then add extras!!

The pizza is easy! Get a crust color and smooth it into a circle. Then put down red for sauce or yellow for cheese. Then curve the sides of the base to make it look like a pizza. Add other toppings to make it look tasty.

The hot dog is even easier. Get the color you want your hot dog to be. Roll it into a tube shape. Put the bread around it. Add katsup or mustard or both.
The hamburger is just layers. Brown for the bread, red for the tomato, green for the lettuce, and yellow for the cheese.

To make a cinnamon roll, make two long skinny tubes from two different colors of brown. Put them together and roll them up. For the pancakes, make at least three balls of light brown. Flatten them into thin circles. Stack them up. Add syrup and butter. Yummy. That tastes good. But now my teeth are broken because I ate hard Sculpey clay.

When we buy juice, it comes in a box. So first choose a color to represent your juice. Make a box like form and then make a picture of the fruit. Flatten it a bit on top of the box.

This is spaghetti. Make a plate of any color. And make long tubes of light yellow for the pasta. curl it around into a coil on the plate. Then add a red disc for the sauce. Then I think you should know how to make the meatballs.

We bake them at 145 degrees C. And if you take them out of the oven and they are still sort of soft, don't worry they get hard when the cool.

Sculpey Clay Coral Reef

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:39:00 -0500

A few months ago I read an article online about an illustrator who uses Sculpey clay to make her pictures. She uses a food processor to grind the clay into bits that are like Nerds.

If you have a canvas, then get a small one and stick the clay bits on top to make a picture. I didn't have a canvas, so I just bunched all the bits into a shape to make a coral reef.

This is already ground up Sculpey clay. I asked my mom if I could use the food processor, and she immediately ran over and said, "Let me do it." Don't worry. The clay won't ruin the food processor; it's easy to wash the clay off.

This is the coral reef that I made. It's already been baked at this point.

This is the other side of my coral reef 3D clay sculpture.

Shadow Puppet Theater

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:41:00 -0600

Today I'm going to show you how to make a shadow puppet theater. First you'll need a cereal box, some good medium thickness cardboard, paper, and skewers or popsicle sticks or straws.

Cut out a screen sized rectangle from both sides of your cereal box. It is helpful to draw the pattern before cutting out the hole. I drew my holes about one inch from the edges of the box. Then I used a utility knife to cut away the holes. (Kids can use utility knives! But just be careful.)

Then get a very thin piece of paper and cover the hole on one side. I used tape to hold the paper on.

To make the puppets, use the cardboard that you cut away. Draw outlines of your puppets and cut them out. I colored them black so they would show up better. Don't try to make too many details because it's very hard to cut out. Just make a basic shape. Unless you're using a very big cereal box, you may want to make your sticks short. My sticks were a little long to fit into the box. Attach the sticks to the backs of the puppets with tape.

You need a lamp which is less tiring to your arms than a flashlight. Put your puppet theater on your bed and shine the lamp onto the puppet stage. You sit on the lamp side, off to the side, not blocking the lamp's light. The audience sits on the other side of the puppet theater.

Then have fun!

duck lens

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:27:00 -0600

I made another lens
here is the
link: Ducklings .
It has a poem ,some toys, books, pictures, all about ducks!
If you are a duck lover, you need to
see it !!

Felt Friends Part #1

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:01:00 -0600

For this craft you will need :

1. felt
2. markers
3. thread
4. needle
5. scissors
6. pattern from HERE

First use the felt color you want for the skin. Fold it to double thickness and cut out the body pattern shape so that you have two.

It might be helpful to pin down your pattern when you cut it.

If you draw the face on first, it's easier than drawing it afterwards. I used permanent markers.

Then sew the body together, leaving a tiny bit of space to put some stuffing in. When I made this doll, I forgot to put stuffing in.

This is a doll I've already made. When you make the doll, it will probably turn out something like this.

In Part 2 I will show you how to make the clothing and how to add hair to the doll. You can get the clothing patterns at the same link from above.

Paper Chain Christmas Tree

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:34:00 -0600

Art Projects for Kids is where I got this idea.

This is a craft to make a paper chain Christmas tree. First you need long strips of paper. I used one inch by ten inches. My finished product was big enough to make a poster, so if you want to make a small Christmas tree, use smaller strips. Any kind of paper would be fine, but scraps of Christmas wrapping paper would be good.

Fold the strip in half.

Unfold the strip and then fold the ends into the middle. This is called a shutterfold (like a lapbook). Then fold the shutterfold in half like a small book. Make at least ten of these.

Then you'll notice that there are two holes or loop in each strip. Put the loops of one piece through the loops of another and pull it all the way.

Then you'll have a chain made from two strips. This can be the top of your Christmas tree. Then you can make a chain of three strips, then five, then six, etc.

To make the chain longer, keep linking on more "books," making a zigzag shape.

Then you can glue the paper chains on a piece of paper, making them look like a Christmas tree. I put a star on top, but you can do what you like.