Crafts

Overall for the last two weeks, I'd say we did pretty good. Last week, thanks to some friends we managed one craft before I got sick. A loved making her pumpkin and stuffing it with seeds. M even joined in a painted a little. The week we made monster rocks thanks to a post by Little Birdie Secrets on Crafty Crow and we painted pumpkins. We also, just played with paints, and helped Mimi carve her pumpkin and make pumpkin empanadas.

Too many crafts???

Yeah so even though I slacked off when I had the stomach bug, I have to say that I've very proud of all three of us for being more artistic this month? I've learned to appreciate how thoughtful and creative my children are and I really loved the calmness that came with creativity. Yay for us! Buuuuuuuuut, and you know that has to be one, A is now demanding that we paint or create everyday. I love it and hate it all at the same time. On this day, Mommy said we were not going to be able to paint until our friends came over and A had a different opinion on the order of our activities.

So guess what pops up when you google,

Q:"How to get fabric paint out of fabric?"

Anyone????

A: "You can't!!! It's FABRIC!!!"

Seriously.

They're done!

Ok just a few short posts to catch up. The Halloween costumes are done and ready to party! A and I are going to be Indians ( I know it's Native American, but it sounds better to say cowboys and Indians) and M is going to be a cowboy. Hubby was supposed to dress up too, but true to his nature, he chickened out changed his mind. So here is all my hard work.

A's costume- I made the dress, A made her necklace and headband and the moccasins are second hand.

M's costume - I made the chaps, the boots and pants are vintage, thanks to Uncle Jorge and Uncle Renzo (one from each), the belt is second hand and the hat and shirt are from Target.

My costume is too wide to look cute on camera, although I do think it looks cute on me. You'll just have to wait until tomorrow to see it.

urgh....

The big, bad stomach bug hit us this past week. No gym, no crafts with the kids... heck I'm amazed we somehow managed to get out of the house.

The challenge review

Last week was great! We did some crafty stuff, but A was also able to let loose and be artistic.
Here are some of my favorites.


Craft stick shape book - I placed a bunch of different size sticks and glue in front of her and she decorated it how she wanted. Then we talked about what she did and she told me they were shapes, so we labeled them.


Pocahontas head band - I asked her to paint things that Pocahontas likes and the results were birds, water and a racoon.


Bird feeder - This was an activity we did in playgroup and M and A LOVED it.


Scarecrow - This was more crafty, but we talked about hay and what it's for, what pretend means, and the parts of the body. Doesn't A look thrilled??? After all the "itchies" and Momma's sneezing fit, they were done with the scarecrow.



So we've one more week to go. I know we're going to paint pumpkins and make monster pet rocks, but I want to go out with a bang, so does anyone have any great ideas??

Yay HUMMUS

Can we cheer for hummus? I found this simple recipe for hummus by Jonah on her blog The Toby Show. Now I've never made hummus before, so I can't tell you if this recipe is easier than others, but it was super easy for me. It's creamy, fresh and CHEAP!

Nature Table

I saw this wonderfully simple idea on Salt and Chocolate to have a nature table in your home. I thought it would be a perfect way to display our renewed connection with nature. The kids spend tons more time playing out side and the fruits of their labor are little scraps of nature that I usually don't know what to do with. Well now they have a home. We have a nature "table" or in our case bar. A nature bar, where you can kick back, chat with old friends and load up on the good stuff.

The kids love climbing up on the stools and looking at all their treasures. We also keep our library books that M tries to eat special seasonal books on our nature bar too. Do you see Allie's spiders from craft time?

The kids are really into smooth rocks, pine cones and acorns. I love it!! Oh, do you see the dead grasshopper???? Niiiiiiiiice.