Archive for November, 2008
Thankful - Wine Cork Necklaces (Weekly Unplugged Project)
We did a fun thankful project last Thanksgiving for our Unplugged Project, but I felt we needed to find something different for this year’s thankful theme.
For a while now I have also been collecting wine corks to use for a craft. I thought about this all week, and a miraculous inspiration came to me (for [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Unplugged Project, arts and crafts, holidays/celebrations.
Comments: 8
Sort, Junk, Donate - (Weekly Unplugged Project)
This week’s Unplugged Project was a little different. After mentioning my massive sorting project, by popular demand the theme became Sort-Junk-Donate. Hopefully this theme inspired many out there to tackle those piles around the house. Whether it be toys, clothes, or just plain junk, we all need to purge from time to time.
Or maybe you [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Everything Else!, Unplugged Project, good causes, organizing.
Comments: 19
Kitchen - Non-Newtonian Fluid; aka “Oobleck!! - (Weekly Unplugged Project)
Today, along with a visiting friend, we finally got to do this week’s kitchen Unplugged Project. We used cornstarch, a common kitchen ingredient, to create a non-Newtonian fluid. The other name for such a mixture is Oobleck, from the Dr. Seuss book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
It was SO COOL!! The kids and I found it [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Toy Recommendations, Unplugged Project, educational/homeschool, nature, science projects, sensorial, toddlers.
Comments: 14
Kitchen - Weekly Unplugged Project
Anyone who read my last post will know that I have been sorting and cleaning like a crazy person this week. Today I tackled the dreaded playroom. The kids played at a friend’s house.
What does the playroom and a friend’s house have to so with this week’s Unplugged Project theme of kitchen you ask? Well, [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2008 under Everything Else!.
Comments: 8
My Week
Yes, I am still alive. The blog has been silent this week, which means that my life has not.
There has been Brownies, Cub Scouts, Music Together, a field trip to the Waste Water Treatment Plant, and various volunteering activities at school … plus don’t forget the never-ending laundry, cooking, grocery shopping, and tidying. [...]
Posted: November 8th, 2008 under Everything Else!, mess, parenting ponderings.
Comments: 6
Flag - Personal Flags (Weekly Unplugged Project)
The theme for this week’s Unplugged Project was flag. I had a few ideas of my own, but left this one totally up to the kids.
They chose to make their own personal flags.
My 8 year-old daughter made a flag that represented herself (and hung it on her bedroom door). Each item and color represented [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Unplugged Project, arts and crafts.
Comments: 10