Gone Fishing

Martin wanted to go fishing so we decided to try it with our new felt fish first. We made three (so far). He helped me select the colors of the felt and the yarn (as well as the 1-3 buttons to go on it)... we added a little washer to the mouth of each fish... and voila... we got fish. Fun and easy.

ABCs

We have finally finished our never-ending alphabet project. So, here it is. Each letter is supposed to be one animal, starting with the same letter. We tried... but some letters were a bit tricky ;) We also tried different techniques for different letters. We got watercolors, tempera paint, finger painting, finger prints, bubble-wrap prints, collages, paper - cutting, tearing, crumbling... using sea shells, feathers, fabric, colorful sand, photo paper, foam, felt, etc.

Btw, the animals are supposed to be: Alligator, Bumblebee, Cat, Dog, Elephant, Flamingo, Giraffe, Hippo, Iguana, Jaguar, Kangaroo, Lion, Mouse, Newt, Octopus, Parrot, Quail, Rhino, Snake, Turkey, Unicorn, Vulture, Worm, X-ray (or any animal you want), Yak and Zebra.

Gnome Village

We spent our spring and summer working on the garden... and we thought that it isn't fair not to make something for the little gnomes that helped us so much... so we did. This is our new Gnome Village. It has 5 settlers so far - mom, dad, 2 kids and a friendly dragon (who lives in the cave by the magic shell tree). They have a house with a bed and restrooms (and a stash of pots and pans and tea kettles and cups), a swing on a pink daisy, a bathtub, pond with sparkling seashells, patio with sea-shell table and chairs, a fire pit where they like to cook their dinner... and much more. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy. Our gnomes certainly do.