Unplug Your Kids

In my never ending quest for good early readers, I recently stumbled upon this “treasure” for pirate-loving boys: Treasure Island - Easy Reader Classics Series. I bought the first two of the set of four for my 6 year-old son who was in need of some interesting reading material.
My son is currently at that [...]

The theme for this week’s Unplugged Project was clothing. We had a few ideas, but ultimately decided to experiment with weaving strips of fabric made from an old shirt.
First: the nasty shirt.

This is a shirt that had been a comfortable favorite of mine for quite some time. Too much time. It was [...]

I am SO SORRY! I have been having “issues” with my Word Press “admin panel” for being very, v-e-r-y, V-E-R-Y slow. The other day I lost a comment. I am so sorry! Somebody put a link to a project of mine that they had tried and wanted me to go see. [...]

I find so much good stuff by surfing Amazon! Having no “real” bookstore here and only a tiny library, it is one of my best ways for discovering great books.
One of our latest wonderful reads is Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace. I believe it is something of a classic although it was new to me. [...]

The theme for this week’s Unplugged Project is wrinkle. We decided to do a little batik and experiment with wrinkling the wax.
You will need a piece of fabric (a natural fiber works best, we used a piece cut off of an old cotton sheet), wax, and a dye. We almost used beet juice, but finally [...]

I guess I must have picked float as the theme for this week’s Unplugged Project because last week’s marbleizing project involved floating a piece of paper in a baking tray of water. Well, I won’t do that again, because all I could think of all week long were ideas very similar to our marbleizing project. [...]