Today, we will be putting together some gifts for the teachers. We thought we’d package up some gift cards, bottles of wine, tins of tea, or bags of coffee beans with something homemade. Of course, we know what everyone really wants…. Well, first, there’s your Christmas list…and then…and then… Luckily, there is no more perfect cookie on […]
It’s that time of year, sweeties! Time to start wrapping all of the gifts! So, today, I thought I’d get the kids involved in the process of making our packages ever so special. The images above and below are from some sweet little tags that I made for Christmas last year. I simply scoured the web […]
September Unplugged You probably thought that this was going to be a post about limiting the kids’ screen-time for the start of school, right? Or, maybe, you figured I was going to go all Puritan on you and suggest that parents turn off their cell phones and “lose” the wifi password just at the time when everybody is […]
It’s Toby’s first year at an all-boy’s school, and so we wanted to start off on the right foot with some super-friendly homemade valentines. Last year’s Toy Heart Photo Valentines with Skylanders, Lego, Stuffies and Monster High Dolls were such a hit that we decided to do something similar with photographs of out favourite toys. This […]
Floor Scramble!The kids had so much fun making and playing their own Christmas Clue Game last year, that we knew it was time for another Christmas re-do of a family favourite! This year, we’ll be creating larger sized “Scramble” tiles and playing a Christmas “Scramble” on the living room floor. Here’s how we’ll make it and […]
Bea’s Catching Fire birthday party is coming up, so we thought we’d get working on the Party Favours. A few years ago, Blaise and I made the kids some beautiful bookplates for Christmas. They’re still well-used and well-loved! So, we decided that we’d whip up a fresh batch of bookplates for Bea’s party guests. We […]
For years, the kids’ teachers have been suggesting that they keep track of their after-school and weekend reading in little notebooks. This year, however, we seem to be at a crossroads. Now that Bea’s a little older, her teacher expects his students to be independent in terms of their reading habits. Still, Bea likes to […]
Today, we’re lucky to have papa at home. He and the kids are having a look at drum faces created by Tsishmian artists. A simple Google Image search for “Tsishmian drums” will serve their purpose well. I’m particularly taken with David Boxley’s work [pictured to the left]. The four Tsishmian Clans are represented by a […]
Today, we created two types of Spirit Bear Silhouettes: The Spirit of the Bear Silhouettes and Kermode Collage Bear Silhouettes The Spirit of the Bear Silhouettes The is a riff on an activity from our Advent Calendar, our Silhouette Self-Portraits. After we read about Spirit Bears online and in books, the kids fill in the […]
