Erasing the chalk drawing is never easy. It’s hard for two reasons, one because I usually really like it and want to keep it up forever, and the other reason is the daunting pressure to create s...Read More
Sculpey Ultra Light oven bake clay is my new favorite modeling medium! It’s awesome!! Let me tell you why this is a must have item for your art supply stash or homeschool supplies. It comes in w...Read More
I love it when I can mix art and science or art and math for that matter. Any lesson is an opportunity to pull out the watercolor paper and art supplies. For this lesson we are using our Tim Holtz Dis...Read More
I’m always surprised when my children want to felt. It’s not the easiest craft and it takes a while to, but their projects turned out so cute! Especially my 7-year-old’s caterpillar....Read More
These monarch butterflies look so real, from a distance, you would think they were. We didn’t intend to make so many. We just needed a few for a Life Cycle of a Butterfly project, but we (er, I ...Read More
Is it too early to plan for the upcoming year? Never!! In fact, planning is constant and for me mostly a mental exercise I don’t put down on paper for a while. Right now I finalizing the prelimi...Read More
Ever since we started making suncatchers, we’ve been enjoying this beautiful craft. I think my friends and neighbors enjoy it too because they can see our decorated school room windows from the ...Read More
If you watched my Nature Unit planning video, you know I scheduled a lot for this spring! It didn’t work out though. It was too broad and too hard to plan, so I broke up that big unit into weekl...Read More
Easy healthy snacks that taste delicious? What’s not to love! It doesn’t get any simpler than this: half an apricot with whipped cream cheese. Top with a baby basil leaf and call it pretty...Read More
Here’s a simple science project that doesn’t require a lot of effort not a lot of materials. In fact, you probably already have the supplies in your kitchen. All you need is an egg, vinega...Read More