The Lion, The Mouse & Loose Parts
When I taught Grade 3 we did a unit on Folktales, Fables & Fairytales, exploring narratives from around the world and those that authors had fractured, telling from the perspective of another character...
Solar Print Fairies
Has anyone ever seen an image of a real fairy? Well now you can create one! We used a solar kit to make a fairy, but you could do a mermaid, a dragon, a city, vehicles, animals or whatever lies in your...
Popsicle Gift Tags
Popsicles are synonymous with summer. We show you a simple painting technique to create gift tags for summer birthday parties, host/hostess gifts, party invites etc. Materials Popsicle printable...
Sew a Softie: Felt Butterfly
Sew a Softie (http://www.sewasoftie.com/) is an initiative developed by Australian Trixi Symonds (https://www.colouredbuttons.com/) that encourages children and youth to discover the joy of hand sewing. ...
Embroider a Drawing
I loved embroidery as a girl and it is seeing a comeback with my son learning at school this year. We decided to take the non-fiction book How to Survive as a Firefly (informative and very funny) for...
Weaving with Jeans
We received this beautiful loom from Zina of Let's Lasso the Moon and wanted to try weaving with a different material- jeans! Our youngest made this piece he called "The Wave" for his beloved teacher for...