Thursday

stART: Red, Red, Red by Valeri Gorbachev (or Mommy is seeing red today...)

Have you ever had a "bright" idea that fizzled?

I certainly did today...

Since we have been doing school gradually,
but full-time this week,
I thought that including stART would be fun
for the kiddos...

AND it would have-
if I had thought things through a bit more...

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Since the color of the week at our house is red,
I read...
Red, Red, Red,
by
Valeri Gorbachev
to the kiddos at the end of our lessons today.

In the story, a turtle leads a group of animals
on a hike to see the
"Red, red, red!"

It turns out to be a beautiful red sunset.

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A while back,
I saw Filth Wizardry's post
on a fun way to get kiddos starting on embroidery
using shelf liner from the Dollar Tree.

I thought,
"Today is the day we will try this."

We will embroider our own red sunsets.

This did NOT go over well.

Probably not the smartest idea
to embroider without
EMBROIDERY NEEDLES.
I *thought* I could wrap some tape around
the end of one of the ends of the yarn
to create a needle like effect,
since I had no embroidery needles.

It didn't fly.

The younger two colored their suns red
and my eldest just wants to wait for the needle.

I don't blame her.

*sigh*

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For much more successful art and story activities,
head on over to stART...



7 comments:

  1. Oh, I've had this happen to me with plastic canvas!! Believe it or not I fashioned something of a needle from a bent paperclip.... or maybe a twist tie..?? Can't remember now, but it worked okay. Of course by now you probably have some needles already!

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  2. Oh no girl. Yeah, embroidery needles are a must to do this.

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  3. I've had quite a few failed projects lately too. That's why we're being lazy . . .and I agree with your other post about lunch being hard when you stay home or homeschool. What a beating every day!!
    Yes, I do think you can do those burger foil packets in the oven. Maybe 350 for 20 minutes or so and see if that hamburgers are cooked? I tried to Google it and couldn't find the right answer. Let me know if you try it!

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  4. Sometimes you just have to give it a whirl - you never know when it may work out...or not. LOL! Still a good try!

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  5. Goota hand it to you - you were resourceful! Valerie beat me to it, I was also thinking that a paper clip might just do the job.

    I enjoyed going on tour of your "school room". I love your secreatery desk and that hub for homeschooling is around your kitchen table.

    I hope your toe is feeling better. That guy at the amusement park must have been rough to cause so much damage - ouch.

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