Category: Art

I found this at my desk today.  I think someone is looking forward to holiday!

I do not say this enough; I love Allan McGuire!

While out and about, the kids and I discovered our first Seward Johnson sculpture.  We were fascinated by how realistic it looked.  Mark mentioned seeing more while driving, so we decided to see how many we could find. When we discovered one, the kids looked for fun details on the statues, such as one had an untied shoe.

We hope to explore more this summer and try to find all of them.  We saw more but it started to rain and everyone was getting cold so we decided to wait for another day to discover them. It was a silly, but fun afternoon!

Today we spent the afternoon at our monthly Science Sleuths class. The younger two were there for the class, and the rest of us were volunteers to help at each “recycled toy” station.

Most of the class was missing, but we had a lot of fun with the children who came. Everyone’s favorite toy to make were the snowmen made out of socks.  They were easy but the children took a lot of time to make theirs just perfect. Since the class was so small, the older kids got to participate in the different stations also.

Some heavy paper, five colors of paint, some glue and googly eyes, and we now have a rafter of turkeys at our house.

On Monday, Adrian and Megan went to a class to learn how to make corn husk dolls.  Andrea and Audrey had volunteered to help, so they learned also while helping children between the ages of 6-9 learn to make their own.

Everyone enjoyed it so much that they wanted to create their own.  We had most everything we needed, so we spent Thursday afternoon designing more. It was a great way to spend a cooler fall day.

We thought it would be fun to make more, but we would like to get some raffia before we make them. We also would like to figure out how to make the boys a little differently.  They are not quite right.