Today we did a little Astronomy. After we finished our reading & written work it was time for some hands-on learning. Somehow that flowed into a Christmas craft. The kids were very happy with both. =)
Enjoying some hands-on fun.
Making craters to simulate how they are made on Mercury's surface.
Craters
Next I made some salt dough & the boys made their own models of Mercury.
Here he is making the craters on the surface. After they were finished we put them aside to dry.
Since we had already made a mess making the dough for the models I thought it would be a good time to make our salt dough ornaments. I found our recipe and got to work.
They made a snowman together.
Getting down to work on their ornaments.
After he made his cut-out ornaments he started making a snowman for his shelf.
My big girl does it all by herself.
Ready for the oven!
We filled up 2 cookie sheets.
All finished!
Now they are baking in the oven. We'll paint them either tomorrow or maybe Saturday.
Putting together the ingredients for the salt dough.
Camera shy? Not one bit! Lol.
Putting the ingredients in the bowl.
Recipes
While they worked in the kitchen Elvis worked on his math. He is very eager to finish up his last first grade math book!
Mixing the dough......
Placing his hand print in the dough
The dough was too gooey so Sweet Pea added more flour & they started over.
He did a good job at rolling out the dough.
After they made his hand print again they had fun making animals.
Snakes!
Being silly.
Sweet Pea concentrating on making a turtle for Bugs.
Homemade playdough is fun!
While the clay baked Bugsy joined Elvis.
Elvis read his Explode the Code lesson aloud to Bugs.
Smiles for Mommy!
After taking pictures for me while I nursed Princess, Boo Bear worked on her math. I was proud of how hard she studied her geometry. Even more so because I never did understand the subject! =)