We got so busy I never posted our Abraham Lincoln stuff. We never did do the log cabin. I posted on Facebook that we were doing them and then something happened and we never got to it. These pics were just too cute not to share though. Better late than never, right?
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The "cherry tree story" was mentioned on one of the pages in The Story about George Washington book we read. I talked to the girls about it a bit more and we made our own cherry trees. (This could easily be an apple tree for a different unit.) Cherry Trees Supplies needed: Brown construction paper or brown paper lunch bag, crayon, scissors, construction paper, glue stick, green paint, a lid or plate (to put the paint in), cotton balls, red paint or red bingo/paint dabber What to do:
**All photos and text are property of Angela Pounders and can not be distributed without permission. If you share one of my posts, please include a link to my page. Thanks! I wanted to talk a bit more with the girls about what life was like during the period of George Washington. We bought this great book at the library a while back that is full of facts, crafts and games from colonial times. I thought it would be fun to make a toy like children did back then. We've made a lot of corn husk dolls so we decided to try one of these spoon dolls. From the book, Colonial Kids by Laurie Carlson: "Colonial girls loved dolls, but they had to make them from materials they could find. Adults made dolls for children, too. Colonial dolls were made from sticks, rags, bones, pinecones--even pieces of firewood with faces drawn in soot. Dried apples, prunes, and nuts were sometimes used for heads. Wooden dolls were the most popular. Someone would carve the wooden head, paint its eyes with charcoal and its lips and cheeks with red clay. Some doll makers were so good that they made dolls to barter or sell." We bought our spoon set at the Dollar Store. I thought the "spork" would make a cute boy (built in hair!) and the spoon would be the girl. The girls used washable markers, but since the spoons had been treated (not straight wood), their drawings were rubbing off. I plan on sealing the spoons with craft spray, but would use permanent markers next time. We used material from an old pair of paints and a white t-shirt. We had to turn the pants material inside out so when we flipped it over, it would be right-side out. Also, we used yarn instead of rubber bands because the colonial children would not have had rubber bands back then. :) Spoon Doll These directions are for using smaller spoons. I had to cut larger pieces of material for our spoons since we got larger ones, but I thought these would be easier for the girls to handle and play with. Supplies needed: small wood or plastic ice cream spoons (we used full-size spoons), markers (permanent markers would work best), scraps of fabric, rubber band or yarn, scissors, glue, moss/yarn/wool for the hair What to do:
My girls had a lot of fun making their spoon dolls. It seemed that Love Bug liked her dolls better without their clothes on. You could also wrap yarn around the handle of the spoon for pants for the boy. (If you look closely, Sweet Girl did this.) I've seen some instructions that glue on sticks for arms, but I really like the way our dolls turned out. As Sweet Girl said, "Now we have a whole family!" **All photos and text are property of Angela Pounders and can not be distributed without permission. If you share one of my posts, please include a link to my page. Thanks! Wow. There certainly is A LOT going on this month! I can't forget to post a few ideas to celebrate Presidents' Day. I have already talked to the girls a little about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and our current president, Barack Obama. My plan is to do a craft or two for Washington and Lincoln since we just did something on Obama on Inauguration Day. There should be more than enough here to help you celebrate two of our great presidents! George Washington
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