Saturday, March 18, 2017

Photos from Fables Camp

Grocery shopping today for some new dinner recipes:


Photos from our week-long Animal Fables Camp:


getting ready for felting


our favorite felting soap is Kiss My Face Olive Oil Soap


a raw egg!


finished felted eggs


getting ready to act out "The Fox and the Stork" with a pair of chopsticks as the stork's beak


potato printing for "Foolish Words: A Jataka Tale"


using Live Education's Drawing Simple Animal Forms


wool felt finger puppets (including the red fox for "The Fox and the Grapes") from the patterns in Around the World with Finger Puppet Animals


dyeing silks for "The North Wind and the Sun"


100% silk scarves from Dharma Trading Company
+ iDye for Natural Fibers + white vinegar


watercolor painting of "The Lion and the Mouse" from Teaching with the Fables: A Holistic Approach


quilling for "The Peacock and Juno"
(this is a more advanced project and would NOT be suitable for 2nd grade)


partially complete


Leah's (age 13) finished work is gorgeous


setting up the shadow puppetry for "The Crow and the Pitcher"


the underside of the chalkboard as a set


supplies for the multimedia collage for "The Great and Little Fishes"


watercolor pencils


experimenting with salt on wet watercolor paint


drawing backgrounds for movable pictures of "The Tortoise and the Hare"


a midground and a foreground, allowing for two race tracks


the midground and foreground come from one piece of paper which was torn lengthwise into two pieces


layering the pieces on top of one another, decorating them, and glueing them together (down the sides ONLY and not across the bottom), then making the animals and adding long strips of paper for handles


the finished picture, ready for the race to begin


mouse puppets from wooden spoons


a simple "Country Mouse and Town Mouse" set drawn on the chalkboard


weighing dry sponges for "The Salt Pedder and the Donkey"


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