tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34080768471284157232024-03-19T02:59:25.512-07:00One Robin RoadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-5519916247766078042011-12-21T16:10:00.001-08:002011-12-21T16:27:36.911-08:00garden stakes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxp6iBcaVxtInku7RTQUjqSRiCwFIM3M0JUUcsvBfP4QVx9XUtLh0yoCcZTZ-2d6lJ7jrn1PTDquo_933KR5Oju1gwHcxUIa7BOuvv8CB5jGH9zVpJhzYQ_Rwe8gDhdYoc_k1CTk7cOmQ/s1600/DSCN6857.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxp6iBcaVxtInku7RTQUjqSRiCwFIM3M0JUUcsvBfP4QVx9XUtLh0yoCcZTZ-2d6lJ7jrn1PTDquo_933KR5Oju1gwHcxUIa7BOuvv8CB5jGH9zVpJhzYQ_Rwe8gDhdYoc_k1CTk7cOmQ/s400/DSCN6857.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688738688122759442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIUZ88ZsD_ttAtNylbH7CF7NO5kkjv9iBzw8FnRVFxq1f_65qDcvCXBDV9un4y9BaoRhw5KIMXa9NqZXACNLPlkguqFNPFPGG1igqC8a30rvc8HeXpHMJfHkiWE_tL0RBb7iESTUFcfF2/s1600/DSCN6859.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIUZ88ZsD_ttAtNylbH7CF7NO5kkjv9iBzw8FnRVFxq1f_65qDcvCXBDV9un4y9BaoRhw5KIMXa9NqZXACNLPlkguqFNPFPGG1igqC8a30rvc8HeXpHMJfHkiWE_tL0RBb7iESTUFcfF2/s320/DSCN6859.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688738880839104898" border="0" /></a><br />I have the kids home for two weeks added to the dark grey weather equals serious wall climbing. We also had a series of very, VERY expensive household emergencies this last month. So I devised this inexpensive way to add a little winter color and entertain the kids. <br /><br />I bought a multi-pack of sculpy with a 40% off coupon for the bodies and used take-out chopsticks for the stakes. I think you could also bake salt dough, paint and seal it, but this was more colorful and rewarding for the kids.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sW4YzQfP5sk1Jvmc02fpyfpOHHD4RCpBIS1LMAh-2XC8v-CjDv5rLcCPTbAIY-DF4zelSzRxnB7nKTWzpedzjAiXje8IWBZCvbJovWOhb1bgsYgvLfM6J07hJVP-E9DilS5t0_U0EEr9/s1600/DSCN6862.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sW4YzQfP5sk1Jvmc02fpyfpOHHD4RCpBIS1LMAh-2XC8v-CjDv5rLcCPTbAIY-DF4zelSzRxnB7nKTWzpedzjAiXje8IWBZCvbJovWOhb1bgsYgvLfM6J07hJVP-E9DilS5t0_U0EEr9/s320/DSCN6862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688738891386885826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm really excited with what the kids came up with and they want to give them to their father for Christmas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-36936292605597312772011-05-10T17:25:00.001-07:002011-05-10T17:41:35.707-07:00refashion boys shoes to girls boots<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYl-meOe5FVFEgKiDhnGkxiiGv6mpERNR6Ce9BP5hkRb6I6P2ozGCs_o08TwML0-SgJ1KOISrQWNylIicvCU5ZSUGyTb4yoGCtFLKykQ87iJkTa3ZDuuSa11x9kPFwIUhuK2XBd8-lJcGl/s1600/boots7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYl-meOe5FVFEgKiDhnGkxiiGv6mpERNR6Ce9BP5hkRb6I6P2ozGCs_o08TwML0-SgJ1KOISrQWNylIicvCU5ZSUGyTb4yoGCtFLKykQ87iJkTa3ZDuuSa11x9kPFwIUhuK2XBd8-lJcGl/s400/boots7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605249313233620578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq1ipJGRgY8oHdJPHbM7jt60fcdn938Kf1rC8-9k4652gN8zaI5Lv9Zdi4xCgE3wnb1tJUbvR6KOSEhtNDi8xkro-qeEeB-3eSB3erg2BRe7p0NtOcwNbYNxlEcdgOS6Q2hzPwRkVoss5/s1600/boots6.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq1ipJGRgY8oHdJPHbM7jt60fcdn938Kf1rC8-9k4652gN8zaI5Lv9Zdi4xCgE3wnb1tJUbvR6KOSEhtNDi8xkro-qeEeB-3eSB3erg2BRe7p0NtOcwNbYNxlEcdgOS6Q2hzPwRkVoss5/s200/boots6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605248999831879490" border="0" /></a>I saved these shoes that my son out grew after two wearings.<br />I tried to get my daughter to wear them. She wouldn't. So I replaced the laces with elastic and made a covering from felted wool sweaters. I hot glued the covers to the old shoe and voila, boots.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPNVWIxpFqXBMSrjNcmcDYZD9GFZiK7mY-nW1prl_MyJCu-koY6HVaQO6VRiOfnLaKfeEWk3sldE5NC4FmBPL4lCfjkIoHo51NLVYsGYRN0uduSQYFzlcX2GT1RIrk45QNOmaEWpFsUEP/s1600/boots5.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPNVWIxpFqXBMSrjNcmcDYZD9GFZiK7mY-nW1prl_MyJCu-koY6HVaQO6VRiOfnLaKfeEWk3sldE5NC4FmBPL4lCfjkIoHo51NLVYsGYRN0uduSQYFzlcX2GT1RIrk45QNOmaEWpFsUEP/s200/boots5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605248593162293010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOramgw6b9wp37h-rWbTWg7bn6uwAapcbuWvS6GNVOZisjufoyDnI51zDlJt6g5NeGROdCFZxkSOycMD0U7Vt3admltLUSMIJb7EXZI9BGder8tyaCCF9e4BygtvULNllTlPGd7pa-SFr/s1600/boots4.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOramgw6b9wp37h-rWbTWg7bn6uwAapcbuWvS6GNVOZisjufoyDnI51zDlJt6g5NeGROdCFZxkSOycMD0U7Vt3admltLUSMIJb7EXZI9BGder8tyaCCF9e4BygtvULNllTlPGd7pa-SFr/s200/boots4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605248584765771346" border="0" /></a>Super cute and fun.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHEStNLz_Woie1Q8uizmtqxN4oE3swbNaFebh2wXfmy4AvvtQu0zOb-3Xopd557skqZP9sOWVI8CVZpyvpmQ7yCzAF7c-22iok_1HBbpvdRkLrvqv1nPdeWwF7Lq_JeTOs-X18XNStOu1/s1600/boots1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHEStNLz_Woie1Q8uizmtqxN4oE3swbNaFebh2wXfmy4AvvtQu0zOb-3Xopd557skqZP9sOWVI8CVZpyvpmQ7yCzAF7c-22iok_1HBbpvdRkLrvqv1nPdeWwF7Lq_JeTOs-X18XNStOu1/s200/boots1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605248572390966066" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-18921433786630310622011-04-27T15:19:00.000-07:002011-04-27T15:35:42.007-07:00Sensory Play<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45BUHQcyYEx9DOTyerhvZweb8rezePBEnJlCmlgELBQaWYOEQ6fDxoeApsPVNENQle6PoUJbvkwL7r-q-d6nb_Wg1KozYG8_MOAAqmNOc6oDblYZFHHkcbB31LCaIJZ88sC_oqlBwrQPF/s1600/DSCN5747.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45BUHQcyYEx9DOTyerhvZweb8rezePBEnJlCmlgELBQaWYOEQ6fDxoeApsPVNENQle6PoUJbvkwL7r-q-d6nb_Wg1KozYG8_MOAAqmNOc6oDblYZFHHkcbB31LCaIJZ88sC_oqlBwrQPF/s400/DSCN5747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600391680733821730" border="0" /></a>My 3 year old was bored today. I decided to let her have some sensory play and created this toy out of things around the house. It is modeled after a sensory table I saw in my son's preschool long ago.<br />You will need a sweater box, a handful of small toys, 5 lbs of rice or dried beans or dried corn and a large blanket.<br />Place the blanket flat on the floor of the play space. Put box in the middle of the blanket. Place the small toys at bottom of the box. Pour the rice over top of toys.<br />Let the child find the toys and then otherwise enjoy the feel of the rice. My daughter got some of her pretend kitchen toys and poured rice from one bowl to another for about an hour. Then she got inside the box, squishing the rice between her toes and declared she was "at the beach" and making sand "cassies" (castles).<br />I didn't think of the blanket until I tried to clean up the rice explosion. Would have been nice to be able to pull the corners up on the blanket and pour the rice back into the box. I thought I would just sweep it up and dump it in, but all the dirt comes up too... Yuck.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36C3smcDtqYeESCkep5mpEIFQ5DHOq-Y__UYRD6CE6Yla4k15KV8pV7uuo3k54UuB4iOB7kRuePYsr5D_guvMU5n5arNCtJ-m2fLwyqnpC7w33XCyB9IAEXRdqhdTzKBGhs3XO534Np2O/s1600/DSCN5754.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36C3smcDtqYeESCkep5mpEIFQ5DHOq-Y__UYRD6CE6Yla4k15KV8pV7uuo3k54UuB4iOB7kRuePYsr5D_guvMU5n5arNCtJ-m2fLwyqnpC7w33XCyB9IAEXRdqhdTzKBGhs3XO534Np2O/s320/DSCN5754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600391800276660098" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Its been about 5 hours. I've tried to put the rice away 3 times. Each time a child started playing so nicely with it that I leave it out. Right now my 8 year old is playing with it. I think it brings back good memories of preschool.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-1555907236249195742011-04-20T12:28:00.000-07:002011-04-20T20:33:18.882-07:00water bottle decorating<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2ADbXh0bGHL8sCp2xQs3CXljYeFXFc0CsCmBxXL-R-BHsMhU7HInb86fzHZKA-6tMkyAJjBrSunxpPFPTBdAHwYP87SLRXAhgNUnCgCzobHZ7V5zt5SnYhyphenhyphenoZKdt08kx49qfZSqdUT7x/s1600/DSCN5542.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2ADbXh0bGHL8sCp2xQs3CXljYeFXFc0CsCmBxXL-R-BHsMhU7HInb86fzHZKA-6tMkyAJjBrSunxpPFPTBdAHwYP87SLRXAhgNUnCgCzobHZ7V5zt5SnYhyphenhyphenoZKdt08kx49qfZSqdUT7x/s400/DSCN5542.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594844264839095186" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzePzXKBaz31x4mNzUTEg_q_WNeU4inuulV-tHeAIsUJzRpCFrtDZSrDcZ3Jo_YK4Wm8_3JvmHR6c_Iczb-QdgQzSKVrfQBflifa4VoCQ2YOVMwjgjGDlcI7BeUG-Vb88CuTdu8V-IJ0s/s1600/DSCN5538.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzePzXKBaz31x4mNzUTEg_q_WNeU4inuulV-tHeAIsUJzRpCFrtDZSrDcZ3Jo_YK4Wm8_3JvmHR6c_Iczb-QdgQzSKVrfQBflifa4VoCQ2YOVMwjgjGDlcI7BeUG-Vb88CuTdu8V-IJ0s/s200/DSCN5538.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594844124677552642" border="0" /></a>For our final project for the eco-craft class we individualized water bottles. I bought some aluminum water bottles and cut out stencils of each student's name and various images.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4fSIykLa_2MTjYl7N7HU1yz3FnUnCcvPnYcgwa6vWBWFGmNFOXQE1HVz-_W2uvFZbQOXDETr1N1kWX69DzPH7fC7_ZqoAi6LvqWiYqFqSfvE9k1-Q0Io__U82ysGlHtrpiwouAnYENb8/s1600/DSCN5534.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4fSIykLa_2MTjYl7N7HU1yz3FnUnCcvPnYcgwa6vWBWFGmNFOXQE1HVz-_W2uvFZbQOXDETr1N1kWX69DzPH7fC7_ZqoAi6LvqWiYqFqSfvE9k1-Q0Io__U82ysGlHtrpiwouAnYENb8/s200/DSCN5534.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594844117683497170" border="0" /></a>turned out to be a very messy project.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzQowyij8DdSdhG2lI0-9ibmN8XFVSek58P87KauxckrlvZ4Mt8I3UcGvaISPWIZ-7uEr8PCEvICKaFyOzOzz-VDo_H-KXvr5UOQf4Z2hmGyaLMLftSHFhMj7hWsaAL4ASFSDE1LPFur-/s200/DSCN5536.JPG" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594844129374561682" border="0" />Each child was excited to have a water bottle they made themselves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-12879781498849956132011-04-15T14:00:00.000-07:002011-04-15T14:00:02.586-07:00recycled streamers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3MAJc2ON9h4bf1qkw9kMUZBBUf39zrOH00zoH9F2NzR7DHBOvlUgFcRISIwAfmuhHEUidKUTbkGc4NW4fTMIIUptJ6OsiO5QBUW5R6v2wIAr3zwF9iZQC8dOvGxYH1R02obOVw31J7F5/s1600/DSCN5512.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3MAJc2ON9h4bf1qkw9kMUZBBUf39zrOH00zoH9F2NzR7DHBOvlUgFcRISIwAfmuhHEUidKUTbkGc4NW4fTMIIUptJ6OsiO5QBUW5R6v2wIAr3zwF9iZQC8dOvGxYH1R02obOVw31J7F5/s400/DSCN5512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594842914744848306" border="0" /></a>A simple cra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXhMw_t4WEYIqkP_Pkc7hgSbusubu391sVzNTpEREapD5gI6aJ9PyFyBuVHA1b75sdd0pSTJ6Xjq70xZERfv1LxwCkGu9h0TVctuch5_2VmFYZ6gXaCpxbFaR5KnZCCeLJT6lsdyrErw6/s1600/DSCN5518.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXhMw_t4WEYIqkP_Pkc7hgSbusubu391sVzNTpEREapD5gI6aJ9PyFyBuVHA1b75sdd0pSTJ6Xjq70xZERfv1LxwCkGu9h0TVctuch5_2VmFYZ6gXaCpxbFaR5KnZCCeLJT6lsdyrErw6/s200/DSCN5518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594842800659364898" border="0" /></a>ft to do with all recycled items. I used tee-shirts cut into strips, disposable chopsticks and some wire left over from a garden project.<br />The eco craft class loved it.<br /><br />I envisioned the project with one long streamer that they would decorate with rubber stamps.<br />But they each did a specifically unique streamer. One person used several long contrasting colors, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5prl2ctt1gf6pZzDEwObvDhugde2q6T-s68GKf4SVMVhiA9Z7tQ_Xq1gCJKSWJzKu0hbTjzKKT5O5ukdGCdrB90mIwGUQ_bamg3t4RYjfF4zzxAeqIde2m7SkiJ1IKamrBpq292AVvhkS/s1600/DSCN5513.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5prl2ctt1gf6pZzDEwObvDhugde2q6T-s68GKf4SVMVhiA9Z7tQ_Xq1gCJKSWJzKu0hbTjzKKT5O5ukdGCdrB90mIwGUQ_bamg3t4RYjfF4zzxAeqIde2m7SkiJ1IKamrBpq292AVvhkS/s200/DSCN5513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594842794328694626" border="0" /></a>another did a dozen short ones, and another one of each in medium length (about the same length as child's height)<br /><br />Much fun and I left time for them to play with them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NV6Qn_TgGA9glAPuPZs6gxfUW8T9qsaUBRjIKMooOchsu2tOqsyiZDSXZDcC1tP_ihT3bPG8YzUUpa-Un11aTacWWw27wsg5ewSj1Y_T0XFT-2xnD_S1zumJq4ZirlHHqVfK3M3KZZFx/s1600/DSCN5515.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NV6Qn_TgGA9glAPuPZs6gxfUW8T9qsaUBRjIKMooOchsu2tOqsyiZDSXZDcC1tP_ihT3bPG8YzUUpa-Un11aTacWWw27wsg5ewSj1Y_T0XFT-2xnD_S1zumJq4ZirlHHqVfK3M3KZZFx/s200/DSCN5515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594842788472025154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-81189607844329125882011-04-12T16:03:00.000-07:002011-04-12T16:20:31.766-07:00logo hiding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWF0XF2hH_mEh8J_oe_U_yKH0lHw0i_uaR6lSqssnDQqfcj7e4MmRp9j0iZvY3Q2rx0yMkG-qWw3xreFiK6a1JMk40346tO7d5-yRKZopodTa9nG0ICpwbu6fUZG95bLCCVG_jadZKj-nV/s1600/DSCN5501.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWF0XF2hH_mEh8J_oe_U_yKH0lHw0i_uaR6lSqssnDQqfcj7e4MmRp9j0iZvY3Q2rx0yMkG-qWw3xreFiK6a1JMk40346tO7d5-yRKZopodTa9nG0ICpwbu6fUZG95bLCCVG_jadZKj-nV/s400/DSCN5501.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594837516713816146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuAusc4nuzJKPHk0CXWXF4mgx2XTPHoote218xvHm9wTBvLCVDvKiEnfuDvOIZ8MURwRN1PNl0cAxvdrUSYcOJiByDHXj4IPugFoTb35YxTjsOwW7w1-i9evI9PYYaUNXjkmMER_PiTAh/s1600/DSCN5496.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuAusc4nuzJKPHk0CXWXF4mgx2XTPHoote218xvHm9wTBvLCVDvKiEnfuDvOIZ8MURwRN1PNl0cAxvdrUSYcOJiByDHXj4IPugFoTb35YxTjsOwW7w1-i9evI9PYYaUNXjkmMER_PiTAh/s200/DSCN5496.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594838029625585746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWF0XF2hH_mEh8J_oe_U_yKH0lHw0i_uaR6lSqssnDQqfcj7e4MmRp9j0iZvY3Q2rx0yMkG-qWw3xreFiK6a1JMk40346tO7d5-yRKZopodTa9nG0ICpwbu6fUZG95bLCCVG_jadZKj-nV/s1600/DSCN5501.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Ever have a great piece of clothing but hate the logo on it?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Or just not like logos.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I doctored up this great mid weight jacket with a matching iron on to change the look from corporate wear to casual wear.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xm4AkhSK6FZSMf-ppU5PMJNcij1_XwCdGItaYbQKREYaqXzwtDWYLmSSLsJDZYOXEw1iuxwrClUtD0hT_EJmKYq7DlXYsZ1IdnMCUfjejxxTs5eJ7RiO_c27U1t854EGaMKtUt4ZDik5/s1600/DSCN5497.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xm4AkhSK6FZSMf-ppU5PMJNcij1_XwCdGItaYbQKREYaqXzwtDWYLmSSLsJDZYOXEw1iuxwrClUtD0hT_EJmKYq7DlXYsZ1IdnMCUfjejxxTs5eJ7RiO_c27U1t854EGaMKtUt4ZDik5/s200/DSCN5497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594838037824754402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">First I covered the dark lettering with white out.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxskYKA8i5XyRmMZbl3qcY2iKD-melD-Omsue3TlQFwkC1eIdXGluKuDbmHkcyfq23aYuJIazPd0CkP__IP1BE2NikdotkVIHWmwhxHlP01RxvRwa4o4ywwOUyhgErVqHUuSVRyUcRSPTP/s1600/DSCN5529.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxskYKA8i5XyRmMZbl3qcY2iKD-melD-Omsue3TlQFwkC1eIdXGluKuDbmHkcyfq23aYuJIazPd0CkP__IP1BE2NikdotkVIHWmwhxHlP01RxvRwa4o4ywwOUyhgErVqHUuSVRyUcRSPTP/s200/DSCN5529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594838046001155602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Then tried to match the color of the background with some fabric paint.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBawV0Lp_we69mrVk1gnpkzQJ0Or-s8EkzteKfQEUUTUcIQdCTyE_PqLyM5OC_adOfz3G9WVo6S1KYLxavaoonSVKHlPEGl3ZdSwV0asK5_HJyazIhsVwjv8oQAKByGTS09J2Vz46U3lk/s1600/DSCN5531.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBawV0Lp_we69mrVk1gnpkzQJ0Or-s8EkzteKfQEUUTUcIQdCTyE_PqLyM5OC_adOfz3G9WVo6S1KYLxavaoonSVKHlPEGl3ZdSwV0asK5_HJyazIhsVwjv8oQAKByGTS09J2Vz46U3lk/s200/DSCN5531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594838051107126002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">I designed a bird sitting on a branch and cut it out of fabric that matched the accent color for a new look.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-28673813624857997552011-02-10T10:47:00.000-08:002011-02-10T14:27:17.477-08:00recycled t-shirt basket<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4krP15RMzUwk6EnE1M3Ec6uApcGoWgDUZxeqVchdnKaRp0_fFgkpbFZbKnjDS2YQiHZogna4RRlzwHJ14I2QXtLAPbAMaGUo_tRByEUMUU_TGjqdrerlOpjFOhSozCZ-vYYALu4pNCmcj/s1600/basket2+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4krP15RMzUwk6EnE1M3Ec6uApcGoWgDUZxeqVchdnKaRp0_fFgkpbFZbKnjDS2YQiHZogna4RRlzwHJ14I2QXtLAPbAMaGUo_tRByEUMUU_TGjqdrerlOpjFOhSozCZ-vYYALu4pNCmcj/s400/basket2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134815213602914" border="0" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AIpX5K1WQBktTgNGug57dIo32UbP3hBwLGsAnz8x7GTggp9mvCQThOI1dU0E0GYslDGHZLx4CwjKNoub4E2nDmPk6e-poGR20R85lTbesDno7d6bJgyAo2AvDg6EQ6fAU_xExdWgEFB3/s200/basket1+copy.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134669582000018" border="0" />This week we made baskets out of old T-shirts cut into strips woven around a cardboard frame. I used cereal and cookie boxes for the frames. which made them a little flimsy. Some of the children complained that the cardboard bent too easily. Next time I will use something firmer.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPqr35GrmBZJ7E3RWTmERYBLW6cgUtdbZL4h1dxpvJO9OgCdzG81pDHTzCZjYdqYc4FFmvIhiOObD4gGOZVQFlb_7t45-VElq5CL3KTDMEhd3tpcwjzQVY9uQgJ4XZTFW-F5Z728HkZYE/s200/basket5+copy.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 76px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134685490457682" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div>We ended up with a little extra time.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTdWn8lOoCnNsgKNd-LLW58DJniBG4JSCm6iYNVHJQUVSOVmJqtQ3DbybR0Hd_3PJCnk7l-9QfP52CnHArJ2cCYMFaXaMqDl_5dWb_-192i7MRajWYXEYVv0gRjmSkg63wDD-YS0uzu6g/s200/basket6+copy.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134693740958162" border="0" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnkMr7w6saXen5hHhdZMVii2OyCPWzRT0Yr9bMAU4iu5oZqy5s0kez-ejQpJDZefL1NsvRmZRPEjzfzLDx8GOeWevX4pXtsGw_ydch7bpF9RMtWMcgAeaLqZPYI1nnPRl38G0ewlwscrC/s200/basket4+copy.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 200px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134682421014722" border="0" />So I pulled out a bag of biodegradable packing peanuts and a clean sponge. I asked them to make animals to put in the baskets. They had a competition on who could make the longest snake instead.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKLwfwVQtaiPRmL0NxC_mhK6lUD1xI0G2Hp0G3BJhepCQbEEaJ6WJRCI8O-TqoMm8NFdMUQPChmMib-w-ELIvthASFGTOLvv9_Hly3hKdLXfdV_98d2k3yk30z6IGiI2hyphenhyphenuhL2LFIoUi4/s200/basket3+copy.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572134675512702946" border="0" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-5216254890583722222011-01-27T15:20:00.001-08:002011-01-27T15:31:55.123-08:00Chinese New Year rabbit lantern<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdSctO-WBRc1WwzxJJHTXb0i6hLAX4EfQzN5LGuFE_t4RQztyCnPLd0ZE7KtOM9dsYJkHrop8b415UNRH0oht_RgX1kDTFIesf8qwNfiqZbWGr142bKKoVHVPNiaxHIvpiE_JkzNlZPuJ/s1600/lantern2+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdSctO-WBRc1WwzxJJHTXb0i6hLAX4EfQzN5LGuFE_t4RQztyCnPLd0ZE7KtOM9dsYJkHrop8b415UNRH0oht_RgX1kDTFIesf8qwNfiqZbWGr142bKKoVHVPNiaxHIvpiE_JkzNlZPuJ/s400/lantern2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567009987074144450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5pJq_awlRCik-3PjxZ5rpLzszQpFSrRWkBh_g4YEr0i3oK9T9rZoJU1iaJbyRalYPM8RrNTZoA5Rz1b1ZryOcnP0nh3nEz0U484EITIas3AVwnJ-SwdwrMcfW6goKIYjEayvID8pVZiM/s1600/lantern4+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5pJq_awlRCik-3PjxZ5rpLzszQpFSrRWkBh_g4YEr0i3oK9T9rZoJU1iaJbyRalYPM8RrNTZoA5Rz1b1ZryOcnP0nh3nEz0U484EITIas3AVwnJ-SwdwrMcfW6goKIYjEayvID8pVZiM/s200/lantern4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567009894698652274" border="0" /></a>I thought the eco craft class could celebrate Chinese New Year with these cute little lanterns. We started with clean empty baby food jars and pasted little rabbit paper cuts on them. Then decoupaged tissue paper over the bottle. We wrapped wire around the mouth of the jar and threaded the wire through a chopstick with a hole drilled in the end.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWzjrSidjR3N34QTJXAoLDQreGrpfUnikqtr9Y87DE5MfOBlEySza245ZAbOqRtJP-L6YILSn6WYH8O8nzq-dBcFQwReeZaVDTNjEKoMiTlXyoAAa1ajRqjtGiIA3Xy7m3GrC2_ECWEFD/s1600/lantern5+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWzjrSidjR3N34QTJXAoLDQreGrpfUnikqtr9Y87DE5MfOBlEySza245ZAbOqRtJP-L6YILSn6WYH8O8nzq-dBcFQwReeZaVDTNjEKoMiTlXyoAAa1ajRqjtGiIA3Xy7m3GrC2_ECWEFD/s200/lantern5+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567009890497237026" border="0" /></a><br />A lovely lantern that could hold a real tea light candle without burning the holders hand. I supplied battery powered candles though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The class had fun testing them out in a cupboard in the classroom.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj9lcq3ecWoA9dlCrBM5gWIRy5lAhcBH2c5U_pUk7TKnOZol3Y4B2FMuBKCvYCBOaCBFD-XyEiNfpDLDXrIatAUCizt8U4efY_Dv1YAUsVVIbp37BDiNCZnoNn5J8NkRoolruskKy_niU/s1600/lantern3+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj9lcq3ecWoA9dlCrBM5gWIRy5lAhcBH2c5U_pUk7TKnOZol3Y4B2FMuBKCvYCBOaCBFD-XyEiNfpDLDXrIatAUCizt8U4efY_Dv1YAUsVVIbp37BDiNCZnoNn5J8NkRoolruskKy_niU/s200/lantern3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567009906245524258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5d7TikszPABsWBShRL2F0TglizcaDw2501TkdZWXuZNYybSEK2QaiC3Kt9g1lvWyj_VAwQ56oRW_aPadRDfUZoSdtlOE774qtm89pJy8FdqQXagRtTuZmbJXc-1tyx1UGUC6JgBHBpC3/s1600/lantern6+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5d7TikszPABsWBShRL2F0TglizcaDw2501TkdZWXuZNYybSEK2QaiC3Kt9g1lvWyj_VAwQ56oRW_aPadRDfUZoSdtlOE774qtm89pJy8FdqQXagRtTuZmbJXc-1tyx1UGUC6JgBHBpC3/s200/lantern6+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567009886215731122" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-19676741404323637012011-01-22T12:13:00.001-08:002011-01-22T12:26:46.694-08:00recycled on the go cup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrUN9nENLUnaeZ-PNE1iBgQH15ZpJy4sXiC9dEh9vXK15BEZFchWuABLY4i-vEo18DrGPSSXc5taX9WOBsty6Jo9Tvm_gf465qRn6Cz91Dnpn967dLExatKy4-F0YPmNR2P2CVbDlsBTo/s1600/cup1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrUN9nENLUnaeZ-PNE1iBgQH15ZpJy4sXiC9dEh9vXK15BEZFchWuABLY4i-vEo18DrGPSSXc5taX9WOBsty6Jo9Tvm_gf465qRn6Cz91Dnpn967dLExatKy4-F0YPmNR2P2CVbDlsBTo/s400/cup1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106873685070738" border="0" /></a>Ever on the go and forget containers for the kids snacks? Happens to me all the time. I knot handkerchiefs, cup napkins... but they always spill. Especially in the car. So I adapted this origami technique for a sturdy little cup. I use whatever clean-ish paper is around. It works with squares or rectangles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvaTOfNlfEkKk971OnlMgQ2qtZuSS-TJ84uckM2U7Z7ROLneCN6YM1FxaOribeA44kbqpxlfCF5WqCeMqnz2aEwRHYpXPFbGevhOj7iS4-TlJqEoCqOqukfr24oV0dUro3qVJQ_d1OFId/s1600/cup2.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvaTOfNlfEkKk971OnlMgQ2qtZuSS-TJ84uckM2U7Z7ROLneCN6YM1FxaOribeA44kbqpxlfCF5WqCeMqnz2aEwRHYpXPFbGevhOj7iS4-TlJqEoCqOqukfr24oV0dUro3qVJQ_d1OFId/s200/cup2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106748570350082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fold paper in half diagonally.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFc6eHOmAvV1gNrE6XHEMXTI5gct9GRhOscSV5J9gfkudsey-IjBeh4RvLRDIg1Qy6_FlrOt8qhYRuL9ijUxdLJStRTkuhV9FP14iZBwj4z2M7Xf9fIZhBEzsIe_qIAS86A2NyZec87yUG/s1600/cup3.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFc6eHOmAvV1gNrE6XHEMXTI5gct9GRhOscSV5J9gfkudsey-IjBeh4RvLRDIg1Qy6_FlrOt8qhYRuL9ijUxdLJStRTkuhV9FP14iZBwj4z2M7Xf9fIZhBEzsIe_qIAS86A2NyZec87yUG/s200/cup3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106743622526930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fold the two corners in so they overlap.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtIeznO6vpPwCQlSz8OfSadhYD60hZCJ_BXsQbvLiN0jgLTazM1Bkvq3PBYaLLj8tqtGV3wfxChCjyR8ZedwKVIh_Ov6H2qJy_47-DRH6stPDyoG5LwF7JByKMnLGrFFun_FFI8Q59zLT/s1600/cup4.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtIeznO6vpPwCQlSz8OfSadhYD60hZCJ_BXsQbvLiN0jgLTazM1Bkvq3PBYaLLj8tqtGV3wfxChCjyR8ZedwKVIh_Ov6H2qJy_47-DRH6stPDyoG5LwF7JByKMnLGrFFun_FFI8Q59zLT/s200/cup4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106483270557762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fold the front top corner down. (can fold back corner back, but I find this easier to pass around)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dn3j06VKe7JSh1Lm2HUrTao2ErJLKbQdYg_3MQAT4AGhG8KRnv0azIjwQNtE8sg1BSTlpUSpUMD1g0854Lx56JSJo28Kc7NytfWDPrGqPUVEd4bldxhvz-gj414LRbuuTjR4la6GlUkX/s1600/cup5.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dn3j06VKe7JSh1Lm2HUrTao2ErJLKbQdYg_3MQAT4AGhG8KRnv0azIjwQNtE8sg1BSTlpUSpUMD1g0854Lx56JSJo28Kc7NytfWDPrGqPUVEd4bldxhvz-gj414LRbuuTjR4la6GlUkX/s200/cup5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106462588752114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Open cup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHHylHDaDZxkufGCyChnXwkOj_UwPKDtIS8gzol8a_p3Ix98BZZ9zYsEV467ouBMpd7189U_2O49tPCo15rqj8QBTczkvieIHgmRCXemqnGoaKq9Wdw15SdHQwH4VHo1eemFKWHfGzioL/s1600/cup6.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHHylHDaDZxkufGCyChnXwkOj_UwPKDtIS8gzol8a_p3Ix98BZZ9zYsEV467ouBMpd7189U_2O49tPCo15rqj8QBTczkvieIHgmRCXemqnGoaKq9Wdw15SdHQwH4VHo1eemFKWHfGzioL/s200/cup6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106458815323602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fold bottom corners in for a standing base.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYArwMrAJTfHz5ThL0wwsnetrjOdEQf1Pa2CBbnsfdB5VNM-N3ZX1NKHbVGWeG5Hl1tvUgBtYyIXZMPs2IERtCIfxHECtilmCpc1U-g4ugH3h3MOUgT91myhWL_xypElOnHMosfSkIANYX/s1600/cup7.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYArwMrAJTfHz5ThL0wwsnetrjOdEQf1Pa2CBbnsfdB5VNM-N3ZX1NKHbVGWeG5Hl1tvUgBtYyIXZMPs2IERtCIfxHECtilmCpc1U-g4ugH3h3MOUgT91myhWL_xypElOnHMosfSkIANYX/s200/cup7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106444814554210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Fill with snack.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDxbwIw1BNCE8tx9W42K4Worc08fnff4T3PCU_CuIZQV1T5lVbqooD0_bPWkjHR1FqjSQxxHwpKMcVe1oOSxVt57l_HZOZo5hDaHPAJ4vv9BEinSPu4aL8IFTCOZbuYTFQM1LLbFAPLMP/s1600/cup8.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDxbwIw1BNCE8tx9W42K4Worc08fnff4T3PCU_CuIZQV1T5lVbqooD0_bPWkjHR1FqjSQxxHwpKMcVe1oOSxVt57l_HZOZo5hDaHPAJ4vv9BEinSPu4aL8IFTCOZbuYTFQM1LLbFAPLMP/s200/cup8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565106434182809954" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-5350159875622114852011-01-20T10:18:00.000-08:002011-01-20T11:20:33.848-08:00Potato Prints<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rw9pzFL9rc5rw-sXoXN3zHYHKqFHNhnXRqnAmfm3GBJ_ct3QQzVkVOM5HmfXT3GHUU7CuIJycoEQZpcLGiHHxytY9k7cXLRv7UD_4wERw_4X-VGjixjMRzJILlYh_50S1LhaXtmau74r/s1600/tshirt4+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rw9pzFL9rc5rw-sXoXN3zHYHKqFHNhnXRqnAmfm3GBJ_ct3QQzVkVOM5HmfXT3GHUU7CuIJycoEQZpcLGiHHxytY9k7cXLRv7UD_4wERw_4X-VGjixjMRzJILlYh_50S1LhaXtmau74r/s400/tshirt4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564348058209634082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59QlRRVf1q2bvdQY3ySOWYk2oFAA11H9krpd8XIGB0qoxIUm6Z3X3AjvRter-JDdo5gu-0hT24M_p-HKdj6m0X9tW4HESzww7GnZPQopjmQPpmn64X4TOz7iMc4bf5zmUX6qXgB3k9w0Y/s1600/tshirt3+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59QlRRVf1q2bvdQY3ySOWYk2oFAA11H9krpd8XIGB0qoxIUm6Z3X3AjvRter-JDdo5gu-0hT24M_p-HKdj6m0X9tW4HESzww7GnZPQopjmQPpmn64X4TOz7iMc4bf5zmUX6qXgB3k9w0Y/s200/tshirt3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564348309145849746" border="0" /></a>I must say, I was a little disappointed with this one. I spent a week planning/designing these prints and 2 hours carving them. But then I decided to use a new paint (formulated for silk screening but the label said could be used for printing) because the Scribbles that I usually use gets all hard and scratchy. I also carved the potatoes the day before the class and stored them in lemon water over night since I didn't have time to carve them just before the class. The potatoes cupped overnight so it was very difficult to print with them and it had not occurred to be to bring a large carving knife to school with me. So I couldn't fix them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsSxlU_oh1kWlMDps_rNq2Ev_-buXdUoq-2qEBGeyFZbgHe0WAQzgXxiXa3MQr3ubFmgduP1n7i66zLCPsjHdnJDGuspI9jhatXV54Kz_DS3xoTLw0SNMn6L5CErIAP_ITdvg0oz_cpwu/s1600/tshirt1+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsSxlU_oh1kWlMDps_rNq2Ev_-buXdUoq-2qEBGeyFZbgHe0WAQzgXxiXa3MQr3ubFmgduP1n7i66zLCPsjHdnJDGuspI9jhatXV54Kz_DS3xoTLw0SNMn6L5CErIAP_ITdvg0oz_cpwu/s200/tshirt1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564348285790649698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVeh7rzQyHMggk6ZN-hx0S0ZcYYC2IZbOpybxloR31CJyGzGMrZ71xdOyyxQTB_9adHWGhZ98NH6HLZHm_DJB9YVoIvdBPYNvobNSu27xnMTZS9GoIiCiQw7otUcyl9UYBhr4MBgoTCWP/s1600/tshirt2+copy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVeh7rzQyHMggk6ZN-hx0S0ZcYYC2IZbOpybxloR31CJyGzGMrZ71xdOyyxQTB_9adHWGhZ98NH6HLZHm_DJB9YVoIvdBPYNvobNSu27xnMTZS9GoIiCiQw7otUcyl9UYBhr4MBgoTCWP/s200/tshirt2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564348298748209170" border="0" /></a>I am really happy with the stamp designs. They are mix and match animals. The children tried to play with them, but the stamps were so hard to use we all ended up frustrated. So much for my big WOW first project of the quarter.<br />I think I will try to fix the prints today and stamp up some cards or something before the potatoes go in the compost heap. oh well. At least I am happy with the designs. I may enlarge them and make mix and match iron-ons or something.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-63076011160761131322010-11-21T12:57:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:17:32.148-08:00Packing Peanut Play<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4G-YE5GD_TnchGAskr2Ec0a7ROpVrr5g-eWlQGQ0U9G4IJK4OczsufG7_S10Wd9rxFoyZ73l0kkUQt9ulHhG44P6Bm4sD7cnxaQUhyCT_aL-_pImBGSlkECYINRKguMVt5NV9SccesmW/s1600/DSCN4812.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4G-YE5GD_TnchGAskr2Ec0a7ROpVrr5g-eWlQGQ0U9G4IJK4OczsufG7_S10Wd9rxFoyZ73l0kkUQt9ulHhG44P6Bm4sD7cnxaQUhyCT_aL-_pImBGSlkECYINRKguMVt5NV9SccesmW/s400/DSCN4812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110971971147602" /></a>What to do with all those biodegradable packing peanuts? I hate throwing anything out... So I had a huge box of these in the basement. Now they are all gone...<div><br />No Gluing!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgR5bFIzPQo6XAXsm4qT7kGYfm3S2IOpRTApTEwk15ZAVl0_a9GKpTHo4ra66oycZYd7k-lVLrxwr0CF_lvvp70S1wq4SnkGGbTYOimV6XKL4N-yme6Il3uHDDBr7oq1UMNDBq_zbiUEr/s320/DSCN4737.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110643842609314" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dampen on a moist sponge the end you want to stick.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIByRtVodq6C0ODrKLLv-a9x6HxeL9G_wFXOTC_eDcyw8xXY-54FKlNjOZ6bzmmvhcaP3U1MaNmozz8MVrK23xvFCKZxQFIPBgaauvHvQJciTsO9u03E4t2y7IYihHd8Kh-0XZym3X5eoA/s1600/DSCN4762.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIByRtVodq6C0ODrKLLv-a9x6HxeL9G_wFXOTC_eDcyw8xXY-54FKlNjOZ6bzmmvhcaP3U1MaNmozz8MVrK23xvFCKZxQFIPBgaauvHvQJciTsO9u03E4t2y7IYihHd8Kh-0XZym3X5eoA/s320/DSCN4762.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110647095616066" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then stick it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIByRtVodq6C0ODrKLLv-a9x6HxeL9G_wFXOTC_eDcyw8xXY-54FKlNjOZ6bzmmvhcaP3U1MaNmozz8MVrK23xvFCKZxQFIPBgaauvHvQJciTsO9u03E4t2y7IYihHd8Kh-0XZym3X5eoA/s1600/DSCN4762.JPG"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1lEuJaV1UL9S_D5HaeNbv25oda6X2OxcHVAW6izC4sgQTjVkNA8OSKkUjBk6aJnDU-AMImyZjmv3uyDJF8bEMfvHuVE8t1HyBxNPulJvJfOoYD3X0njPY6uTWVtFNvlUM9Vhkl2Cr1fv/s320/DSCN4777.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110656996706146" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Word of warning: they do dissolve with too much moisture.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Jll0iOzhYD1MZTLhTWefXV6V1ErhV7PDFcI-Bo37eg8xRcZ20spht495iWsJNxrD47j7CFDq_yMvT6cGpAhbf4XMEaFr9PjePSSe_Mi32R8DRLh_a_w-Xsi7cx6EWeO92G-2B3isSxmM/s320/DSCN4802.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110672739193778" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My son enjoyed the goopy mess when he discovered this and began melting them on purpose.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqHE9QK2ysYk5pYL5DYL5Mj6uGIV-le47TUnYU71ejhFlAjY93ZwEQguzX9VJS9CHLNEaFuuy9cmiI7XDRdsy5LaLaoRQEmilTxPKU4vJs-SqHE-9Z70_BS5zANbQz4aZepmXXTjSy0Lz/s320/DSCN4785.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542110662958125906" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Only works with the biodegradable packing peanuts.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-72270691412069080862010-07-18T22:07:00.000-07:002010-07-18T22:17:33.431-07:00Grocery Bag Kites<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495479891583247202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHH4DbGwUdvp6jlEzYgJTm4-8Xf6qnbNfHSZehCR2awGqz8NsyHKDtb3slM61RWL_NE2eDIzc7UDW17PVaCOjPIHDIiY5hRjMAPGERILoEPvgPG96K6SEWevbn0YeBSewibaohys71hpj/s320/kite+1.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPQeKLfzia4m3_jNLoYICmPjAbStj5_M0JjWg0iX81QXOOrzbQ9I-eKNhLgoue7aBYjnusME6JI5a1EqUyBV2CwGPTifAs8d-HcMDLLRJbEYPC0o_UE3QrD7NvLWIs3zt5tHonBMHFGlU/s1600/kite+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495480050878328274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPQeKLfzia4m3_jNLoYICmPjAbStj5_M0JjWg0iX81QXOOrzbQ9I-eKNhLgoue7aBYjnusME6JI5a1EqUyBV2CwGPTifAs8d-HcMDLLRJbEYPC0o_UE3QrD7NvLWIs3zt5tHonBMHFGlU/s200/kite+2.JPG" border="0" /></a>I have not been feeling very creative lately. Craziness of Summer. But my son has been desperate to do a craft. So one day he wouldn't wait for me any longer and recreated a project we did a year or so ago. The last time, he taped his bag into a little wad and dragged it around. This time we tied string to the handles, punched holes in the bottom to tied streamers made from cut up bags. One of them is 3 bags connected. I was going to make a dragon out of it, but didn't have enough time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqewaAz9krIF4DegyaZEOG3CjcRe-Zl7Y8JIz2DBfIraepJbEwKpUL-MPQkg7yDjpiAiIU2cbUZ1TaYzDZRZjUOY9YgAIWkFHMxImpywKiBRSrHM0SvcsLqZGxjzmFDusTZdNzTQuRaVC1/s1600/kite+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495480055600870866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqewaAz9krIF4DegyaZEOG3CjcRe-Zl7Y8JIz2DBfIraepJbEwKpUL-MPQkg7yDjpiAiIU2cbUZ1TaYzDZRZjUOY9YgAIWkFHMxImpywKiBRSrHM0SvcsLqZGxjzmFDusTZdNzTQuRaVC1/s200/kite+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They make great wind socks too.<br /><br /><div>Pictures are on a hot windless day. We got some height on them. My son prefers flying kites when there is no wind. He likes the challenge of getting them up and is bored when we keep them up in the sky. <br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-20143254517951790962010-06-14T15:07:00.000-07:002010-06-14T15:22:55.643-07:00Hula Hoop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJUhj11wm8wDTgPiR5Zzlrvk71fyvIu_L_rLOT5qF-CT5q7wBedYNpY8IJcDUKgSjLFclR_h80OkAqi1DgJzoU-4vHOrDb9IWxBj9egHubwK-sPYabEvh4dvQ8CCpjTgWyglsZ5ap-tP4/s1600/DSCN3035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482755404664880178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJUhj11wm8wDTgPiR5Zzlrvk71fyvIu_L_rLOT5qF-CT5q7wBedYNpY8IJcDUKgSjLFclR_h80OkAqi1DgJzoU-4vHOrDb9IWxBj9egHubwK-sPYabEvh4dvQ8CCpjTgWyglsZ5ap-tP4/s400/DSCN3035.JPG" border="0" /></a>Hula Hoop, the best exercise. tighten the core, stay flexible and have fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bUGA1FZbmYgqFvyfj6_iqogztt99Kul5eItAYTFR4i4rqb7HS0G3NENzSkiOsamyp7KRQ-I1WQ898IVghQu-egBX5KsFy6Wexu1Vk1zW9I37vsUKhp8NZpkDPhW6oBX5uMua0isNxJEW/s1600/DSCN3048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482755539614745074" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bUGA1FZbmYgqFvyfj6_iqogztt99Kul5eItAYTFR4i4rqb7HS0G3NENzSkiOsamyp7KRQ-I1WQ898IVghQu-egBX5KsFy6Wexu1Vk1zW9I37vsUKhp8NZpkDPhW6oBX5uMua0isNxJEW/s200/DSCN3048.JPG" border="0" /></a>Easy to make with left over irrigation hose. I followed this <a href="http://www.jasonunbound.com/hoops.html">great tutorial</a>, but my hose was 1/2 inch which was a little floppy, so I doubled it up. The electrical tape is really expensive (about $5 a roll), but the Hoops didn't have the same appeal without. My son and his friend loved choosing their own colors.<br /><br />My son had never used a hula hoop before. But by the second day he could do 50 nonstop loops. I'm lucky if I make 3.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-24888635301052481172010-05-27T10:02:00.000-07:002010-05-27T10:13:17.794-07:00reusing old t-shirts<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475996936167171394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88u-BGnp6lLldMIixr6WFLI17dq7OnmHzkNWhvdYRWSaHRuczZd1gjhSj495cigwy0CfJRWkyLQim72SfyKCwelzioPtk_IDNipTQw1XcbJvlmGA0-TeOna1Mti4MNwQoXASEsWPVB3kM/s400/DSCN2980.JPG" border="0" />This week we cut up old t-shirts and wove them into scarves. The project took much longer than the allotted hour. The children took home their cardboard looms to finish.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6ruaQXCw8u8QehdBd4HsI2OHc4DFqxKDAQqF9DJOBsMPUrUsHPeEPpE_Ley_8CL_GqyzeEOPOdSibbxBq0k4Occpm74SHuwkSdSEdYzsTfA_yS0TRTZ0fhCgIFUoeS7dKMqhgjrT7KCR/s1600/DSCN2978.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475997267043023650" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6ruaQXCw8u8QehdBd4HsI2OHc4DFqxKDAQqF9DJOBsMPUrUsHPeEPpE_Ley_8CL_GqyzeEOPOdSibbxBq0k4Occpm74SHuwkSdSEdYzsTfA_yS0TRTZ0fhCgIFUoeS7dKMqhgjrT7KCR/s200/DSCN2978.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguv4w-GksDz1oRiVh7Ku-RNFPQ6sNWUqXu8GNA6M_xtfQn3sl1acK9FzQ3OcI1RmG-Tdr7EDhfnu3PiQSU5O0IDuA7BBtDXP4TCNivI57wfEsZv1OkztirnnW-8wdGXu7o1TCatH45Dht8/s1600/DSCN2976.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475997259839647922" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguv4w-GksDz1oRiVh7Ku-RNFPQ6sNWUqXu8GNA6M_xtfQn3sl1acK9FzQ3OcI1RmG-Tdr7EDhfnu3PiQSU5O0IDuA7BBtDXP4TCNivI57wfEsZv1OkztirnnW-8wdGXu7o1TCatH45Dht8/s200/DSCN2976.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It turned out to be another project better suited for the older kids. I also didn't have sharp enough scissors to cut fabric. So they all got frustrated cutting strips. At one point half my class was running around the room with t-shirt streamers behind them.<br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84wsYxGXXzSwBXEeFKCQ94nZUTOfOLkqigaLIEQfQuThkg3qFqRO1LRmBNuJqTanY34brOuZ_YpYlfSoOowxgZxWn2HhAhW6FDCiFMfBCHLqJDj9LHKEiozQiZBPFKUfSe2VSMrs6dhrG/s1600/DSCN2990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475997276007821410" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84wsYxGXXzSwBXEeFKCQ94nZUTOfOLkqigaLIEQfQuThkg3qFqRO1LRmBNuJqTanY34brOuZ_YpYlfSoOowxgZxWn2HhAhW6FDCiFMfBCHLqJDj9LHKEiozQiZBPFKUfSe2VSMrs6dhrG/s200/DSCN2990.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-62471430183647987662010-05-20T13:27:00.000-07:002010-05-20T13:46:50.400-07:00vinegar bottle bird house<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473451998536879746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJKxjjj_Bxf_L6uJgmLvpV-sLz2RlO2aIZGGtF8DHdO8zXx6jAhJSkxuE8gF08rFm1MaLOwaAFnYTPvHVA4ehU62Rlmhts_fYGbh_nRSnRPPbKknojVrL59vcf2zf-U69egDgLhQQHV-8/s400/DSCN2947.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="right">I was vinegar bottles to make a raft. But when the project I had planned turned out to need 72 hours to cure, I quickly changed to this one.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBOSCCDrBiya56xIZbmyBVqxZkY5xufDcfFZCPHisz1t-zR5CFgzKm5f2S7V5UvFCqV3AWRhJm4w4tVSg1Y0OBIx9trOkQckeGNJFmRAntgCwj3pauocrfkSQotIVBh5ACAWXYuVic2Dx/s1600/DSCN2950.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452431522083970" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBOSCCDrBiya56xIZbmyBVqxZkY5xufDcfFZCPHisz1t-zR5CFgzKm5f2S7V5UvFCqV3AWRhJm4w4tVSg1Y0OBIx9trOkQckeGNJFmRAntgCwj3pauocrfkSQotIVBh5ACAWXYuVic2Dx/s200/DSCN2950.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvJejnig2F-J2XlonQ1uLmKg-B1NHiVjqViegzNeIjOclT4Lllpejw2r5CZs96IlvuiXr1l_N2nayLk4jGkGtXn10DHgpAwaksR13ayHLEHWsZAs9yxYOgb3gGMTGZ7NA9WnWd8uelZVS/s1600/DSCN2952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452448939797554" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvJejnig2F-J2XlonQ1uLmKg-B1NHiVjqViegzNeIjOclT4Lllpejw2r5CZs96IlvuiXr1l_N2nayLk4jGkGtXn10DHgpAwaksR13ayHLEHWsZAs9yxYOgb3gGMTGZ7NA9WnWd8uelZVS/s200/DSCN2952.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t2-aGwCTJX6-7kseNtbymDosnX1Gt5kov2xm7nkn_lglE7bKq-lvootnJJPQez-9egnPu1SyUSYf3QYKtuaS9hnhdKuvg9km8KRRqmD11gZcyRYQZoDR0P7CGkFQsXAyhw4vFVPLluTP/s1600/DSCN2955.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452627264204818" style="WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t2-aGwCTJX6-7kseNtbymDosnX1Gt5kov2xm7nkn_lglE7bKq-lvootnJJPQez-9egnPu1SyUSYf3QYKtuaS9hnhdKuvg9km8KRRqmD11gZcyRYQZoDR0P7CGkFQsXAyhw4vFVPLluTP/s200/DSCN2955.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzRRJuhfIqW5fCZ4xZqNx-QJGwEmEicUd9RshAFsqBmY9oKyoh1z0WaWRVYFzCio_eh6M7tr1oiWnH8Vgej7Ueint7Mm2PdLlXi9W2IoJsE_53Ou8HSOjnLXdIW7iv-yFrf9-9xmIS7fj/s1600/DSCN2956.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452637136314930" style="WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzRRJuhfIqW5fCZ4xZqNx-QJGwEmEicUd9RshAFsqBmY9oKyoh1z0WaWRVYFzCio_eh6M7tr1oiWnH8Vgej7Ueint7Mm2PdLlXi9W2IoJsE_53Ou8HSOjnLXdIW7iv-yFrf9-9xmIS7fj/s200/DSCN2956.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>It was easy to cobble together from items I had around the house. A plastic bottle, stiff wire, used disposable chopstick, an exacto blade and various sharpies. The kids had a lot of fun making them and the individual style shown through. Some took 15 minutes to complete and some weren't done at the end of the hour long class. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75G6Ru2JJR-J7IpQdvHyEq7I4Xb-b2ESB3J8ec9JJZrTqTvIhQQVsKQIRaD_fmPlnmEoOwYuOhwI1oQX5wiiY9yWP_AFKa4N59SPsTZQXTtaPEcS2yjJIEZQr1XuHIiFYlPpYhCxRnG6N/s1600/DSCN2953.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452455833261986" style="WIDTH: 192px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75G6Ru2JJR-J7IpQdvHyEq7I4Xb-b2ESB3J8ec9JJZrTqTvIhQQVsKQIRaD_fmPlnmEoOwYuOhwI1oQX5wiiY9yWP_AFKa4N59SPsTZQXTtaPEcS2yjJIEZQr1XuHIiFYlPpYhCxRnG6N/s200/DSCN2953.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6s2uIWiTxrYWn7-2a32H2fHOrb76V3BrmDOmnKuMzIjgAXZ74nbYyaUjrdFrILKWCWG5HjFU4FwQAuYr1uYHFRDBF31JMExERLXUER6Ge-5N5DFICryk0IRPifjpJ17h7HydNcX3j1nK/s1600/DSCN2951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452437389822450" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6s2uIWiTxrYWn7-2a32H2fHOrb76V3BrmDOmnKuMzIjgAXZ74nbYyaUjrdFrILKWCWG5HjFU4FwQAuYr1uYHFRDBF31JMExERLXUER6Ge-5N5DFICryk0IRPifjpJ17h7HydNcX3j1nK/s200/DSCN2951.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNy0wEbBUcxM-csmg4YyiECWFAmOS8ogrqYDs3jo6zOxq_6NS7ISYt4oZBo4jDTCohAVFGE0uFf3If4wNQMZzLgGiwn4boFKO9FKCZvVRn7YF4pOH_4GWgluevwVn2OeT6-B0hyguhVpO/s1600/DSCN2948.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473452423143865234" style="WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNy0wEbBUcxM-csmg4YyiECWFAmOS8ogrqYDs3jo6zOxq_6NS7ISYt4oZBo4jDTCohAVFGE0uFf3If4wNQMZzLgGiwn4boFKO9FKCZvVRn7YF4pOH_4GWgluevwVn2OeT6-B0hyguhVpO/s200/DSCN2948.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-33990463133456348582010-05-11T11:28:00.000-07:002010-05-11T12:13:23.546-07:00fish printing<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469801101756881890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kwq9u1Nrh__UymjlYydMt03LusF9naqcti2jhjiNk0jxJpeE-u1o71i5GCQKElrdvsHrs_6nBLJ8N9ROzqRzmFYg88BAXnezWP26IWqdNjoEclcM3lOwRY3xGz0yBKhbheObsfg0u46P/s400/DSCN2929.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSbMmxyfx7zIN8tHBV9iiG9VxbnDHRZp8DT_12LyCKde8h5iBovjv04aTqDS64A3Z-ruWUClIRvJCRjJuAfDyuvt50XSEITVbN1e6pwTW6ykBxRNocjTL7BXu-ej4X7zD_xdY3ZflV-pY/s1600/DSCN2941.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469801978467561346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSbMmxyfx7zIN8tHBV9iiG9VxbnDHRZp8DT_12LyCKde8h5iBovjv04aTqDS64A3Z-ruWUClIRvJCRjJuAfDyuvt50XSEITVbN1e6pwTW6ykBxRNocjTL7BXu-ej4X7zD_xdY3ZflV-pY/s200/DSCN2941.JPG" border="0" /></a>The first time I did this project with children was for my son's 3rd birthday. We had 3 children over and I was so amazed at how different each turned out. There is real expression involved. <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s1600/DSCN2940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469802646357092754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s200/DSCN2940.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s1600/DSCN2940.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguXuOhyphenhyphenY_p63DUzh9dqTUY-GfhKDUBP0wIYSMsy0q7JawBtz-aDPVQDLwdHAix8qwzn5UHQqOaRczB3z8_p_9jirbxhAKKj20NlCe7q7jBDIjBHeQgo_EKa17kvVwkTYIqrpbZ7yOV8JS/s1600/DSCN2925.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469802614477120002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguXuOhyphenhyphenY_p63DUzh9dqTUY-GfhKDUBP0wIYSMsy0q7JawBtz-aDPVQDLwdHAix8qwzn5UHQqOaRczB3z8_p_9jirbxhAKKj20NlCe7q7jBDIjBHeQgo_EKa17kvVwkTYIqrpbZ7yOV8JS/s200/DSCN2925.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><br /><p>It is the easiest project. And kids these days never get to play with dead things so there was the inevitable fish fight. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s1600/DSCN2940.JPG"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRyrpIRxjXlpTYw8ppWQxLQpTzxVax3ifqvDwcmipoj6BPzWkNzWmhyphenhyphen0-NcCdSsBpxHYmwfGzLyNFyO4OYqTRnE-2Zg7YekZI_WdKEVOCjkfhDA5OK90LJUGH5unutHDgZk7bs1rgO7Pt/s1600/DSCN2931.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s1600/DSCN2940.JPG"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoG7BuyV_Qyz6IG6sb46LoAOct7psM75xo1OPlCaGETBL_qt_GNddDPRMqpQlm4d7JzyMJVLqvnDcykcbSmkYVK6U_XMidPRjfZoN7rlPfcNL_xa-EtIhZPb2W3VP9H9CDLmUaiPvicUo/s1600/DSCN2940.JPG"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All you need is a dead fish, fabric paint and a blank T-shirt. Though it turned out to be the most expensive of my eco class projects so far. The fabric paint is so pricey and the kids love squirting most of the bottle on. (In one of the pictures below the fish has about $5 worth of paint on it - deep breath)</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469801958209243218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRyrpIRxjXlpTYw8ppWQxLQpTzxVax3ifqvDwcmipoj6BPzWkNzWmhyphenhyphen0-NcCdSsBpxHYmwfGzLyNFyO4OYqTRnE-2Zg7YekZI_WdKEVOCjkfhDA5OK90LJUGH5unutHDgZk7bs1rgO7Pt/s200/DSCN2931.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCob9ftPuls8ujc9e7fC276TsA_iA-QdIrh6NswXiv_V5FAW_BEwH2EKu3MGoWx5iYH71I7lKhrGgFJjPW6NksL6slMWN4VdUhU-0YtEL9kggQGgUIbjwzeUN5-9yoyZBDzNreegqvopUa/s1600/DSCN2933.JPG"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCob9ftPuls8ujc9e7fC276TsA_iA-QdIrh6NswXiv_V5FAW_BEwH2EKu3MGoWx5iYH71I7lKhrGgFJjPW6NksL6slMWN4VdUhU-0YtEL9kggQGgUIbjwzeUN5-9yoyZBDzNreegqvopUa/s1600/DSCN2933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469801967108273698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCob9ftPuls8ujc9e7fC276TsA_iA-QdIrh6NswXiv_V5FAW_BEwH2EKu3MGoWx5iYH71I7lKhrGgFJjPW6NksL6slMWN4VdUhU-0YtEL9kggQGgUIbjwzeUN5-9yoyZBDzNreegqvopUa/s200/DSCN2933.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>I usually get a few small frozen tilapia because they are only a couple dollars each. But there seemed to be a shortage. I went to several stores and struck out. So I bought a milk fish (that unfortunately had already had it's scales removed) and some salmon heads. My last stop, at an Asian grocery that I had never been to before, had bags of small frozen river fish.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469802641897803666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s200/DSCN2939.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CnLBOwTWxKDjdmGHxXg7dsTf4iTp1OdzDmgK4DI7Zz990XXhI5BHs_d-LWsjLClu7_Tb0FtChzsFafvHf4K1WjwwdMFSZVfnAhaEXzXaLTGA6KDpEQ2gPYVpk2PFkis4r-AnkEZgJ_r-/s1600/DSCN2939.JPG"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The fish heads were the most interesting (and the kids had the most fun with them also - putting "make-up" on them and such) One ended up looking like a nuclear hazard sign and another like a butterfly.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZKIq16yo0KlbvERnt6RjIG-BicXOul2QiC0_9zr7vv94oyfvjpkDoFaSS1D9SlH4A152l-hTVjK2coeuQmPrPAjaR32FDlV7v-Qi2Rf_P9pzLAV0hGxZhb4G-TGNaWlJViETZ-X80xX6/s1600/DSCN2938.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469802630139352466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZKIq16yo0KlbvERnt6RjIG-BicXOul2QiC0_9zr7vv94oyfvjpkDoFaSS1D9SlH4A152l-hTVjK2coeuQmPrPAjaR32FDlV7v-Qi2Rf_P9pzLAV0hGxZhb4G-TGNaWlJViETZ-X80xX6/s200/DSCN2938.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn9ZzQw7C969erXiMoWltEht8sB5GCxgSAR1xitklxzcZcenYFqeGZJC4hp2uZ_8q3WhW027PFiJU246IeN0o4OdVu1Iv8fCcJKc1si2jAUO42narpGGwpplJUpZAJf734QvZeLbQ0OrK/s1600/DSCN2937.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469802624309139634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn9ZzQw7C969erXiMoWltEht8sB5GCxgSAR1xitklxzcZcenYFqeGZJC4hp2uZ_8q3WhW027PFiJU246IeN0o4OdVu1Iv8fCcJKc1si2jAUO42narpGGwpplJUpZAJf734QvZeLbQ0OrK/s200/DSCN2937.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I love seeing how they differ. And one boy even wore his t-shirt to school the next day. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469801970454020370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrxdiMvt6DpENLX-TmeA49XC8mZrdWzVNXkoo1at6UQDH4HwLADbs-yQi9hvL5dVlfZJyuL9t_vCLWB7klxIxEipJHsUUo9hBG-oO6h1VTsD64ICMAjGMSq_S7ZvmDdW9Z_6JRK_h3Haq/s200/DSCN2935.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrxdiMvt6DpENLX-TmeA49XC8mZrdWzVNXkoo1at6UQDH4HwLADbs-yQi9hvL5dVlfZJyuL9t_vCLWB7klxIxEipJHsUUo9hBG-oO6h1VTsD64ICMAjGMSq_S7ZvmDdW9Z_6JRK_h3Haq/s1600/DSCN2935.JPG"></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-14490116757476106712010-05-06T13:49:00.000-07:002010-05-06T14:00:56.916-07:00mother's day gifts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBSWs7tz2LAMCG0tiahJrgxYFKdvmo1MpW50CNq6Vb04E1Q8Px5gECfooX1sF-YcftnmsEArwy9gDIFqXh2YRfWOZc-jeYWCM0flhQz1GApxB_iXJOoDf_EAlbAgbHrs4-aJCF67E3Uyf/s1600/locket+close.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468262396344895634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBSWs7tz2LAMCG0tiahJrgxYFKdvmo1MpW50CNq6Vb04E1Q8Px5gECfooX1sF-YcftnmsEArwy9gDIFqXh2YRfWOZc-jeYWCM0flhQz1GApxB_iXJOoDf_EAlbAgbHrs4-aJCF67E3Uyf/s400/locket+close.JPG" border="0" /></a> This week we made little lockets for mother's day. It was a perfect project for 3rd grade and above. The Kindergarten and 1st graders had some trouble with it. I think it was a little too detailed for them.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOA4Voaem4Fy7M5qYTUJvfK8DarU309ZfNwTtIljCKZlPvEbeDHfg_OQfttzT6WFf5fiNjCCh6q6-XWBoFlZunX3q-NtFuSOqCkPcQZQOQxMN-IvXZccxXXxZ2QP4FHVx0FK6550Hi3XH/s1600/lockets+multi.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468262543003969186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOA4Voaem4Fy7M5qYTUJvfK8DarU309ZfNwTtIljCKZlPvEbeDHfg_OQfttzT6WFf5fiNjCCh6q6-XWBoFlZunX3q-NtFuSOqCkPcQZQOQxMN-IvXZccxXXxZ2QP4FHVx0FK6550Hi3XH/s200/lockets+multi.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We also made some <a href="http://onerobinroad.blogspot.com/2009/05/recycled-magazine-envelope.html">envelopes</a> from an old catalogue, the idea was to seal them in before the mom's came to pick up. Unfortunately we ran over time and all the mom's heard lots of yelling "don't look!" when they came to pick up.<br />I hope they like them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-59401090091417827432010-04-26T21:20:00.000-07:002010-04-27T12:59:42.613-07:00planting shoes<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464667691830839522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisoFNGNCimgfBOu6bimFaebJ-EZ0iphZayYR0MFvySQZIJD6l9aVa6zXyg4F-m7_iZWlfthwtftHKhDIHETiig5Tz0XvNLsvQIOR4-QnTasnkcPBR0OclnfOjg_XoEix2zmHNWaDpA6inW/s400/DSCN2885.JPG" border="0" /> The Eco craft class is moving along. We <a href="http://onerobinroad.blogspot.com/2008/11/rubber-boot-planter.html">planted old shoes</a> this week. I really loved the old work boots one student brought in. I chose flowers to celebrate May Day.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPueK02P1JC7s6aWKLw77lN5p3-fFOEXy2nTHQrXbo_51KC4uHcgOCVj_ApLSRuAetASYxjvne2cLY5ARYmXUHsw123zeIwfwyPAXAWAj-GjE-hjpwh4P8AZiPc2bzohAE2QRuk0i-ZSQm/s1600/DSCN2875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464667838451170050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPueK02P1JC7s6aWKLw77lN5p3-fFOEXy2nTHQrXbo_51KC4uHcgOCVj_ApLSRuAetASYxjvne2cLY5ARYmXUHsw123zeIwfwyPAXAWAj-GjE-hjpwh4P8AZiPc2bzohAE2QRuk0i-ZSQm/s320/DSCN2875.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-D1fAdB9b6HPWgfNOYRof1CZrv7b3DVPsi1-9Un18RHa5mgF-SfszKX_NKO4jj0GC51uy3rBnaKhpsj9zSjMfI1qNHJMc5KyrpQ93CJk8In8MkFsEHCvIzYn8GkzxctkW_dso7OI8jLlH/s1600/DSCN2871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464667995141327890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-D1fAdB9b6HPWgfNOYRof1CZrv7b3DVPsi1-9Un18RHa5mgF-SfszKX_NKO4jj0GC51uy3rBnaKhpsj9zSjMfI1qNHJMc5KyrpQ93CJk8In8MkFsEHCvIzYn8GkzxctkW_dso7OI8jLlH/s320/DSCN2871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-21117124269472538572010-04-13T16:02:00.000-07:002010-04-13T16:37:04.305-07:00Upcycled Flower Bed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0GPuaPlW-mn1-RPSsakMF1t979Trp9rGYKMF0PfzquOIb_CORxj7-YtqPrb1yTQuoZIRUQTKLzeNLQXKRxUE9k4V8w01SgT1T7Gq5ISrGZPfow2cz4Xyetafo1m_4RnGnyfQBPhBsaG3/s1600/DSCN2829.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763816485868338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0GPuaPlW-mn1-RPSsakMF1t979Trp9rGYKMF0PfzquOIb_CORxj7-YtqPrb1yTQuoZIRUQTKLzeNLQXKRxUE9k4V8w01SgT1T7Gq5ISrGZPfow2cz4Xyetafo1m_4RnGnyfQBPhBsaG3/s400/DSCN2829.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is inspired by a flower bed I saw up at Hovander Homestead's children's garden in Ferndale, WA. They added a rustic headboard and foot board to a regular raised bed.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1kO7woBAWknegt6zEnizSZZ8Penc7WgzR7C9L0hx3BckQnVfBN3vOQrBzYvpuTeL6qOqivgFMIiW5uS6efdgdui9rMA7S2WwNyW-v6R7txc5STjt9wNYFwvqW1KLsY2rgSF7TDMwJ45V/s1600/DSCN2815.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763676751696658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1kO7woBAWknegt6zEnizSZZ8Penc7WgzR7C9L0hx3BckQnVfBN3vOQrBzYvpuTeL6qOqivgFMIiW5uS6efdgdui9rMA7S2WwNyW-v6R7txc5STjt9wNYFwvqW1KLsY2rgSF7TDMwJ45V/s200/DSCN2815.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>I had so much fun thinking of how great it would look filled with flowers that it really stuck in my mind. </div><div> </div><div>This weekend, while cleaning out the basement, I stubbed my foot 1/2 a dozen times on an old broken bed frame that was laying across the playroom . I complained with some colorful swearing to my husband, whose answer was to drag the bed out <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_mryw_WvDwjSx_VqxQ7ag_M0LZhSaslzwNEoLH73LYDhackH43-bff1dCI5H2fbT2mZMVCwEWQKRKg__e8m7OruLOXeU3tat0Xex3PVrpw-H67Q3KxViaQIu9KqZDl_XBTFh4bZQlCHF/s1600/DSCN2810.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763671609910914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_mryw_WvDwjSx_VqxQ7ag_M0LZhSaslzwNEoLH73LYDhackH43-bff1dCI5H2fbT2mZMVCwEWQKRKg__e8m7OruLOXeU3tat0Xex3PVrpw-H67Q3KxViaQIu9KqZDl_XBTFh4bZQlCHF/s200/DSCN2810.JPG" border="0" /></a>into the yard and say "let's make that raised bed from Hovander." So we did.</div><div> </div><div>We dug the existing bed down to the ground (silly us, we put the bed up, before digging out the old one). Used scraps left over from making the fence to line the bed. Looks a little like a bed skirt. The scraps had been sitting in the yard for years waiting for that perfect project. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzr256pjgahLaAP-9TXlVM9jC2ODdWckUB_q007elJobiJk0w7DyMpk0Zl9YmOhy0GOlvYjZxibJ_CD0i13FnA6kTYr0MCrBQ-_2cVA6NC7n8NbLJ_LkS_A33WItDAdyQMQyuERFsA_co/s1600/DSCN2799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459763666678705090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzr256pjgahLaAP-9TXlVM9jC2ODdWckUB_q007elJobiJk0w7DyMpk0Zl9YmOhy0GOlvYjZxibJ_CD0i13FnA6kTYr0MCrBQ-_2cVA6NC7n8NbLJ_LkS_A33WItDAdyQMQyuERFsA_co/s200/DSCN2799.JPG" border="0" /></a>We also sunk some of the left over scraps into the ground as stepping stones. We lined the whole bed with landscape fabric and filled it back in.<br /></div><div> I emptied our worm bins and mixed that in. (Here is someone who hitched a ride over from the worm bins)</div><div> </div><div>Now we are ready to plant.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-39525908432953172692010-04-07T13:47:00.000-07:002010-04-07T13:55:43.132-07:00reuser stilts<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457500336614424242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqcraF_QH9ul-H6LojxoKOhIi-0X44UAuNpQpRsH-G11VO6k51FxD6mztN-GkrolWKKjU5DEjF_rxFBko3DddnUM_PfLIGYllYqV1YOxh-dfH63r8ma9BoO0sXassjpn_Cufp-6Tcbr5D/s400/stitz1.JPG" border="0" />I am making my first foray as an after school program teacher. Much fun. Here is my mock up for our first project. Using left over formula cans, paint and some grosgrain. I painted a semi-realistic grass scene on one and my son painted an "abstract" on his. His description, not mine.<br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OZOE4KWwV8UpK1yZnsa9xCAXT50URhzPBHxd7ZKTraVtK2-ooXG-6GESfDXPNDomBXZnyMPRHMU3v99rJAPb8ys2f2wbCid-XKZ3_cLefmVcni6lnKRBT0-sSBVoUtTszasJYsIVs4Zl/s1600/stilz3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457500532568822562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 179px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OZOE4KWwV8UpK1yZnsa9xCAXT50URhzPBHxd7ZKTraVtK2-ooXG-6GESfDXPNDomBXZnyMPRHMU3v99rJAPb8ys2f2wbCid-XKZ3_cLefmVcni6lnKRBT0-sSBVoUtTszasJYsIVs4Zl/s320/stilz3.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigWIhGRfPrVBiK684cwOP8-L1n6sTmHmk7WUB4hQ40gg-BDzBB_nU4N-_atSzZKJ5uM_GuIEbLNjroQa_PpP9GdVffNjUV8eLHgb9D5LqVSg5CZCqRuOWSz8VPemzyhi3ZywyttqkUT-Y/s1600/stilz2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457500528896078098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigWIhGRfPrVBiK684cwOP8-L1n6sTmHmk7WUB4hQ40gg-BDzBB_nU4N-_atSzZKJ5uM_GuIEbLNjroQa_PpP9GdVffNjUV8eLHgb9D5LqVSg5CZCqRuOWSz8VPemzyhi3ZywyttqkUT-Y/s320/stilz2.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigWIhGRfPrVBiK684cwOP8-L1n6sTmHmk7WUB4hQ40gg-BDzBB_nU4N-_atSzZKJ5uM_GuIEbLNjroQa_PpP9GdVffNjUV8eLHgb9D5LqVSg5CZCqRuOWSz8VPemzyhi3ZywyttqkUT-Y/s1600/stilz2.JPG"></a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-12035322723151530572010-03-13T14:12:00.000-08:002010-03-13T14:19:30.004-08:00bobby pin forms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3Zwey9O6NJwI183yKCJQv9EUrYmXdBmiwH09EDzYzMq5rRvcGE7A0EOhw0h_yI8MUvZEb8rIKS5swhs5XMWO4_3kf0WCYd6diGPzHpAPcMb79EDFyKyTeb_ziBC7ULZLuDp72UC7bEA7/s1600-h/bobby+pin5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448245258839169970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3Zwey9O6NJwI183yKCJQv9EUrYmXdBmiwH09EDzYzMq5rRvcGE7A0EOhw0h_yI8MUvZEb8rIKS5swhs5XMWO4_3kf0WCYd6diGPzHpAPcMb79EDFyKyTeb_ziBC7ULZLuDp72UC7bEA7/s400/bobby+pin5.JPG" border="0" /></a>I just got these really great bobby pin forms. I hot glued my favorite button (taken off a hoodie where they were strangely placed). Now I have the simplest easy elegant hair accessory. <br />SO HAPPY.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qWMzG43nJSFBgrqRtSd9J4ks4AvLLFWVTyeq_ot7hqNypu_p7901pkLwJU_lDJVmSMMDSSMwgHqjIyxrZdnojtT2us8Gv43lobzO2aph4gkHEjbvhYikGtpBcoMyf-m3eXDbesFkAXqO/s1600-h/bobby+pin5.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448245897950753074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAuK8E-12uJzFAaNCasQjIxcwAUSq_JCHCyKOF5kZTSFiyboB08TFvEjD9sj9raJe9QoZI61XHobWHShfZaKxl61wl6sWpGD0BlhdqPdA2-HPK0bFx4q6Of0XQmul6FAct-mVbq9hdJKx/s320/DSCN2576+-+Copy.JPG" border="0" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-46233786536927314412010-02-23T13:44:00.000-08:002010-02-23T13:44:00.512-08:00Dino Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8xFrNkSAj2gXc0B1cuxwYmVPW-CpaLIe9cTOCkU0j7X-gI5ySQA6ryZm40ze6ivU8dzwNPCkFS5sWyULJ1VW_PBctEyKh0fqmgKYKOfZUJtD-hPZlrqvI-f2hUBMLeYh5KkWfQnEqCgG/s1600-h/DSCN2530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863283162077442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8xFrNkSAj2gXc0B1cuxwYmVPW-CpaLIe9cTOCkU0j7X-gI5ySQA6ryZm40ze6ivU8dzwNPCkFS5sWyULJ1VW_PBctEyKh0fqmgKYKOfZUJtD-hPZlrqvI-f2hUBMLeYh5KkWfQnEqCgG/s400/DSCN2530.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7LwamA1SqRO45kT8UIwihTgCIcueTPZcq1rzich0eTP8hhuKlPbFttMidDr_MZnuVeFOoJl4uj-3h3NEzWhUgARbv4sMXnf_2im2Xe-K3p2T6kGvidZgYrmREPt4buFWbNZl4PqpktPT/s1600-h/DSCN2511.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863088456599346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7LwamA1SqRO45kT8UIwihTgCIcueTPZcq1rzich0eTP8hhuKlPbFttMidDr_MZnuVeFOoJl4uj-3h3NEzWhUgARbv4sMXnf_2im2Xe-K3p2T6kGvidZgYrmREPt4buFWbNZl4PqpktPT/s200/DSCN2511.JPG" border="0" /></a>A great project for spring break. It took us a couple hours gather and make this, with a lot of interesting conversation along the way.<br /><br />My son and I took a shallow pan out to the back yard and gathered items for this garden. We mostly picked things up off the ground and didn't kill anything. Then we selected a planter bottom to use. we lined it with dirt, then arranged the stones and sticks, then the moss and plants. Then he ran and got his dinosaurs and made a big set up with tar pit and ocean. He named the dinos as he placed them and had the herbosaurs eating plants and the others hunting.<br />We then placed it in his bedroom. We will mist in once in a while to try to keep the moss alive.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JK428mqwXSxZkLSPWjHSp-LNX9FtFTBDArVr-beoG6lqisnnQuYpacUyVlhdbsnOasrrlDUfhoHxL4BjM-k6DVVgnJVq-cQ4RR3sZd1vjz0Jd9eUeRbQQ8FE7CEdd6eVPRv7tRaspR0g/s1600-h/DSCN2518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863102435320482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JK428mqwXSxZkLSPWjHSp-LNX9FtFTBDArVr-beoG6lqisnnQuYpacUyVlhdbsnOasrrlDUfhoHxL4BjM-k6DVVgnJVq-cQ4RR3sZd1vjz0Jd9eUeRbQQ8FE7CEdd6eVPRv7tRaspR0g/s200/DSCN2518.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VxaGRcTbYgzfuCpdohYysT1iVT95TFKtFoGWA7QYRPNDPyNSesiPEybes6VEze6d0OqLGmSYUZ2yI9LnIKc0gNe5xo6gkPCcjYUXoHZoQUEoTzpqXb1_NUksfd39R_1d8ewm6h42TpFm/s1600-h/DSCN2512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863097221802706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VxaGRcTbYgzfuCpdohYysT1iVT95TFKtFoGWA7QYRPNDPyNSesiPEybes6VEze6d0OqLGmSYUZ2yI9LnIKc0gNe5xo6gkPCcjYUXoHZoQUEoTzpqXb1_NUksfd39R_1d8ewm6h42TpFm/s200/DSCN2512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCSv87BkUGg0EKclY5MjrKDAMeqnTNCnP8pLSvg-ZJNPH4PiKzq4EwXX-oEJ4WU5DXWNlRb6rhHSL8mOHIgxXlrfiKJh1V_HtlXxtSS0G9RmTUZprzxkkz2iAAYI3FJEyeIMnx7sbRzfW/s1600-h/DSCN2523.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863111079395074" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCSv87BkUGg0EKclY5MjrKDAMeqnTNCnP8pLSvg-ZJNPH4PiKzq4EwXX-oEJ4WU5DXWNlRb6rhHSL8mOHIgxXlrfiKJh1V_HtlXxtSS0G9RmTUZprzxkkz2iAAYI3FJEyeIMnx7sbRzfW/s200/DSCN2523.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-82337325489418817112010-02-21T21:00:00.000-08:002010-02-21T21:00:03.485-08:00Strawberry Tower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1632PBvK5_wyM0UZoDQB5Zu4T4VerCWf6UNV3E4zV-gTeFapu0TPRGlal0_ynkLdPEr-o0NPvBlece5glebQhhviUI9KmP2wChDacFNk8w1xIxz_a5bp2i9620IPXTU8K7YDUJnY-6QCT/s1600-h/DSCN2503.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863861684571506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1632PBvK5_wyM0UZoDQB5Zu4T4VerCWf6UNV3E4zV-gTeFapu0TPRGlal0_ynkLdPEr-o0NPvBlece5glebQhhviUI9KmP2wChDacFNk8w1xIxz_a5bp2i9620IPXTU8K7YDUJnY-6QCT/s400/DSCN2503.JPG" border="0" /></a>My husband has been talking about a strawberry tower that he saw in a catalogue. He didn't save the catalogue to show me the tower, but he has been talking about making one himself. Today the sun was out, our daughter was napping and I decided to have a go at it. I used a rusty old tomato cage, a planter from my college days (aka really old) some landscape fabric, ten strawberry plants and a lot of dirt.<br />I curled the pointy ends of the cage under, rolled the fabric and placed it in the cage. Then my son and I started filling, and filling, and filling it with dirt. Then I punctured the fabric and fed the plants through. Next time I will secure the fabric to the cage (maybe use black fabric - this was the fabric we had in the garage) and thread the plants through before I fill with dirt. Was really messy this way.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhKrM2fHUynrCqpbLmcrJFgVcUM9uvxDaXZkjrv6CeGyrKCEr7Jjgyiarh4hWtWhXeui5yaEEgZBPbUVykbGKmxeTeoO8QkN4SHN-Ta3dGLmOi71Fi0GZiWKv9qO2TdlRvhbO62P7t4vf/s1600-h/DSCN2501.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440863694917585666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhKrM2fHUynrCqpbLmcrJFgVcUM9uvxDaXZkjrv6CeGyrKCEr7Jjgyiarh4hWtWhXeui5yaEEgZBPbUVykbGKmxeTeoO8QkN4SHN-Ta3dGLmOi71Fi0GZiWKv9qO2TdlRvhbO62P7t4vf/s320/DSCN2501.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It is a lot fugly now, but I think it will be luscious when it grows in.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-50772722589724363062010-02-15T15:00:00.000-08:002010-02-15T15:14:42.289-08:00spring planting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwRLNUTfC3RLJ2D38ID1BS_o1jFE2gxnrYppxn-Uj2KuZ-Eavqkzlz0C11ET9-TB8FSmnNKqJirdMw4Spql6YBLFaBFjdAs3XekJj0mR8B658mSCkOhBTrE6g_g0mVlUSWVxN508GeF5x/s1600-h/DSCN2450.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438609838600118946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwRLNUTfC3RLJ2D38ID1BS_o1jFE2gxnrYppxn-Uj2KuZ-Eavqkzlz0C11ET9-TB8FSmnNKqJirdMw4Spql6YBLFaBFjdAs3XekJj0mR8B658mSCkOhBTrE6g_g0mVlUSWVxN508GeF5x/s400/DSCN2450.JPG" border="0" /></a> Well, winter is over in the Pacific Northwest. This weekend we planted the peas and neatened the garden. Inside we planted starts. <br />My local farmer's market berry vendors take back and reuse the outer cardboard used for berry "flats", but they don't take back the inner berry containers. I can't bear to throw them out. So I end up with boxes of them in the basement. I am trying them out as containers for my starts. They should hold together long enough for the plants to grow and then I can gently break them apart and plant them outside. I reused garden trays and the berry cardboard for these starts. I am crossing my fingers for a good long growing season.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408076847128415723.post-34686166325455957972010-01-10T10:12:00.000-08:002010-01-10T13:03:43.323-08:00glass magnets<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320569952557746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0SmlDxqKcClzkj5TG2ZEj4pnUBckKHzmbw2KG9BySMLunQUHbD_zFQc8DP7UnoAgjMIaqgmaEjtU7W0ke-sS-8mYrrIeFMzQjUmx65oiAGfPqJDxsH3aw2NX_o-VkqRnRdwiVWzpeJSa/s400/DSCN2217.JPG" border="0" /> A fun activity for the dreary winter days. We made these over the holiday break to give to the relatives. You can use decorative paper or my son and his friend really liked cutting out pictures of themselves. For a whole week my son proudly pointed to his face amid the other stuff on our metal front door.<br /><br />Materials<br />-flat glass marbles - jumbo sized, clear. I had to order these online, but I once saw them at the dollar store, so if you have time check around. They are usually used in glass vases with flowers.<br />-decorative paper or photos. old wrapping paper works great. For the photos I printed a bunch on the proof sheet setting of my printer, I think it was 36 photos to a page. that got the faces to be a good size to fit in the marble.<br />-decoupage medium<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogvCyWRBln5_J18D8MBUkZJ4fZbwSXXHOEZF8HSgB3Wajud2z090gt8DW_QFG9T1-y7cFBYAscbBryyf_HGSO915KX7jljfHhz7tqLbpPGHxUIBoBc4lgA3bqYrxNv-FhgDMB_tz6S8wb/s1600-h/DSCN2216.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320725316543682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogvCyWRBln5_J18D8MBUkZJ4fZbwSXXHOEZF8HSgB3Wajud2z090gt8DW_QFG9T1-y7cFBYAscbBryyf_HGSO915KX7jljfHhz7tqLbpPGHxUIBoBc4lgA3bqYrxNv-FhgDMB_tz6S8wb/s200/DSCN2216.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />-flat craft/paint brush<br />-hot glue gun and glue<br />-round magnets<br />-pencil<br />-scissors<br /><br />Directions<br />Place marble flat side down on paper or photo and move around until desired view.<br />Trace the marble. <div>cut out inside pencil mark.</div>spread decoupage medium liberally on cut out paper/photo.<br />press paper/photo on flat side of marble. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKYutsbtpMHVDAkQCJauHH4WCiz0_UsCPnXgMx8sjSoa2qLkI8oSWs9lBdJf9yH6zAwuj8Bj1ZxIZEatNWd2_ag6-AGAk-X9yjOTXD4ZiqyG66L28Hj3EZyDZsnM2MkvzBswDNInKDQZ0/s1600-h/DSCN2222.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423320733117284130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKYutsbtpMHVDAkQCJauHH4WCiz0_UsCPnXgMx8sjSoa2qLkI8oSWs9lBdJf9yH6zAwuj8Bj1ZxIZEatNWd2_ag6-AGAk-X9yjOTXD4ZiqyG66L28Hj3EZyDZsnM2MkvzBswDNInKDQZ0/s200/DSCN2222.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>move until fit nicely, smoothing edges up and around edges of marble.<br />let dry<br />apply decoupage medium to back side of paper/photo <div><div>let dry</div></div>apply a liberal dollop of hot glue in middle of flat side of marble<br />press round magnet in hot glue<br />let cool<br /><br />We set up a sort of assembly line to make multiple magnets. We cut out multiple paper/photos, decoupaged them all at once. Then I handled the glue gun while my son planted the magnets. One hint is to be sure to put enough glue to come around the sides of the magnet, otherwise the magnet eventually falls off.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0