, Maria Sangiolo:
Archive for December, 2007
Collage (Weekly Unplugged Project)
The good news (I hope you think it is): I am back. The bad news: We had an adventure-filled trip home from Mexico, came home a day later than planned, I spent all day today unpacking and doing mountains of laundry while attempting to mentally and physically recover from a week away in [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Activity Ideas, Unplugged Project, arts and crafts.
Comments: 13
Feliz Navidad!
Well, I have spent a lot of time trying to publicly gather my thoughts about the Holidays over the past two months with my Christmas/Holidays Unplugged posts. I hope they have been helpful to you. I know they have been helpful to me.
I think I have made some progress this year (fewer gifts, [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under Christmas/Holidays Unplugged, Everything Else!.
Comments: 5
The Ornament Stand
Several weeks ago for an Unplugged Project, we made Christmas ornaments that my 7 year-old daughter intended to sell as part of a class project to raise money for Heifer International. Her plan was to set up an “Ornament Stand” by the side of the road (instead of the classic lemonade stand) and sell [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2007 under Everything Else!, good causes, involved kids.
Comments: 9
Knitting My Brows Over Knitting
This week’s Unplugged Project (Yarn / String) has inspired me to try a little knitting! As I child I used to knit, but my mother did the casting on and off, and I never got as far as learning how to purl. Unfortunately any small amount of knitting knowledge that [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Crafty Mom?, Everything Else!.
Comments: 11