Skulls for All Hallows Eve or Dia de los Muertos

A recent foray into Michael's Craft Store yielded some wonderful paper mache skull masks. The kids and I had a wonderful time decorating them.

Arbor Day Craft from Momtastic.com - Upcycle your old magazines!

Talk about a fabulous craft idea for Arbor Day, which is, by the way, the last Friday of April.  I came across this idea on craftgawker which linked to Momtastic.com. The link to this craft is here. What a neat way to use up old magazines and make something new and beautiful. Make your crafts, take pictures, and post it on your website. Let me know when you did so I can make a post with links to your blogs and pictures!

Worms doing Yoga and Rainbow Birds

The children made mosaics yesterday. I cut construction paper into small squares and Missy and Bear used those to design their pictures. Bears' picture was meant to be the classic Greek 'Wave' Relief but he thought it rather looked like worms doing yoga.   Missy made a 'Rainbow Bird'  and was allowed to modify the  paper squares as needed since her fingers were better equipped to deal with the fine motor skills required to handle the small scraps of paper than her brother. Bear is almost 5 years old and Missy is 10½.