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When Maria came home from school I had a craft project up and running for us to play with together, thanks to
No Time For Flashcard's Thanksgiving Spelling Stones inspiration. Spelling Stones
rock!
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Around our house we happen to have a lot of smooth stones. I collected smaller, flat ones, and gave one face of them a coat of green craft paint (acrylic, satin). The surface paint went on quick with our small sponge brushes.
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Twelve stones were painted with the letters to spell
t-h-a-n-k-s-g-i-v-i-n-g and now we have a fun word search game, something like
Boggle. Maria and I love to play spelling games. How many words can you find in the word
Thanksgiving?
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The letters are fun... but we couldn't stop there! Maria painted a turkey, a pumpkin pie, and certain kitty we know.
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I love a project that I can jump into as soon as the inspiration kicks in, which means I happen to have the supplies on hand...
lucky me! BUT... if I should happen to be at a craft store, I would love to get more
satin and
gloss paints, because they look much better than the flat paints. Tiny, pointy tipped brushes are a bonus, too.
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Maria is developing a board game to play with the animals.
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You may find us beach combing soon. We are having such a good time, and I don't know how much more raiding we can do from our yard!
8 comments:
They're great, what a wonderful idea.
Love them all, but especially Maria's kitty. You really captured his personality!
It's so simple, and fun. Give it a try?
You should have seen Maria's expression when I told her about your comment, Sylvia!
She beamed... she's very happy to be appreciated for her Foo painting.
She is such a sweetie! Thanks for sharing that.
Oh this is so neat! And the painted animals are very well done.
These are so lovely! Charming, fun and sweet!
You guys!
I am bitten by the paint bug!!
I have two goats, an owl, two hens, a tree, the fox, a bunny, and I am working on a barn. What I lack in skill, I make up for in stubborn giddy eagerness! Maria loves it, too. We have a lot of rocks, so woo-hoo!!
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