October 2009

Halloween 2009

26 October 2009
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This year, Miss Chief wanted to be Ariel (ar-ee-elle, not air-ee-elle). I sketched up a few ideas for her and we decided to go with this one: The mermaid tail instructions came from Burnouthappy on YouTube. Mr. B wanted to be a Water Dragon. I sketched this up for him: And here’s a collage that [...]

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Make Some Paper Pumpkins

11 October 2009
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Look at these beautiful Mod Pumpkins from Vicki! On Friday, the children and I were at the playroom on the Oncology Floor at our local hospital. We created some kits of with one piece of brown, green and orange construction paper. Then, we did a quick demo for the volunteers and one inpatient child. We [...]

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Time for a Little Sewing

5 October 2009
Miss Chief's New Pants

The weather has been asserting its influence over our daily habits. We still spend a lot of time outside but it is time to swap out the summer clothes for the winter-y ones. As I was going through the kids’ closets, I realized they don’t have much in the way of long sleeves and pants [...]

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