Halloween!

The girls wrote "little books" with a Halloween theme.












We painted pumpkins. Marcella made Dracula, and Cameron made an angel (look closely for the halo).






Then, we made Mummy Dogs & Cheesy Ghost crackers (made from crescent rolls) for dinner.









Doesn't La-Li look adorable in her ladybug costume?? Somebody needs braces.

Scary Luminaries

These little houses from Michaels were painted by the girls in acrylics. Boo!

Meow, Meow

This was a BIG project but worth the effort. The girls started by tearing lots of newspapers into 1 inch strips.

They stuffed plastic bags with newspaper to form the body, head, and tail of each cat. Then, they cut paper towel tubes and to make the front legs. They used LOTS of masking tape to get the shape just right.

Then the girls mixed the glue - flour, salt & warm water. They dipped each strip of newspaper in the glue, one at a time and put it on the cat's form.








Almost done with the newspaper strips. These had to dry overnight.







Marcella paints her cat hot pink.












We are always impatient for paint to dry... Marcella speeds up the process with a hair dryer.








Cameron's cat is blue.







Add stars and ribbons and the cats are complete!

Notice the watercolor paintings on the top of their dressers.




These girls are multi-talented!

Yum!

The girls and I couldn't wait to lick the bowls when we made marshmallow treats.

Watercolor

Marcella paints a blue vase in front of the full moon.











Cameron paints a background around her vase and moon.






Beautiful! Marcella says it's like looking through a window with rain dripping down.

Cool Down!

It's been soooo hot here in SC! To cool down, the girls & I decided to make snowpeople!


What are we going to do with this bottle and this styrofoam??
And don't forget the tube sock!


First, we put rocks in the bottle to anchor it.
Next, we put the bottle in a tube sock and stuffed in some fiber filling to "round out" the snowpeople.




We cut off the top of the socks to use for hats - don't forget to dye the hats. Felt pieces make great eyes, mouths and mittens. We used embroidery floss to add a smile.

Pipe cleaners were used for arms. Add ribbon, frayed fabric and other embellishments.






Love 'em!








Add some blush to make your snow person look chilled!


We feel cooler just looking at these cuties!

A Puppet Show

The girls had fun designing clothes for their puppets. They decided to make hippie girls, complete with headbands. After they were finished, we attached a dowel to each puppet.







With two curtain rods and sheets, it's easy to make the set and "stage." The girls perform "Where's La-Li?"








Thank you,Teri Smith, for this great idea!