Rainy Day Bubble Paintings!

   

     What better way to spend a rainy day but in the throes of carefree creativity?  While I was napping away in the next room, my husband and daughter were creating a lovely collection of bubble paintings! 

     To create these beautiful masterpieces, all you need is some paint (acrylic works well), bubble solution, bubble blowers, and lots of paper.  Simply mix a dab of paint in with your bubble solution, stir, and you are ready to go!  I do however, recommend wearing a smock.  Painted bubbles can land anywhere.  Although, these pretty bubble pictures were made inside, outside is really the best place to create your masterpieces.  

     Sometimes, we make our bubble pictures on good quality paper, and cut them into note cards or gift tags.  They are always a big hit!  

Give it a try! 

Each piece is a very unique piece of work.  No two are ever the same!

It's A New School Year!

Well, today kicked off our 2012-2013 school year!  Time to buckle down and get things done.  I tried to sweeten the fact that summer vacation is over by beginning their day with some yummy chocolate chip pancakes.... displaying their new school grade of course!!

Happy 2012 - 2013 school year everyone!

The Cutest Easter Eggs Ever!!

My daughter and I found these super cute printables to make excellent Easter eggs!!

Check out Mr. Printables website. Great stuff!!

Easter Crafts for Kids | Egg People | Mr Printables

Crazy, Sticky Condensed Milk Painting

So lately, I have become pretty addicted to Pinterest. I love that I can find loads of great ideas all in one place. Recently, I ran across this very creative idea for homemade paint. The recipe is quite simple - sweetened condensed milk and food coloring. I quickly picked up the ingredients from the grocery store and the experiment began. Now, I have a daughter who is up for anything creatively, so I knew this would be right up her alley.

Upon opening the condensed milk, I became somewhat skeptical. The milk was beige in color and extremely sticky. I wondered if I would be able to make pretty colors with this sticky, mess. I scooped out a bit of the condensed milk into a small bowl, added a bit of food coloring, and WOW! the color was bright and ready to go. We immediately mixed a variety of colors and prepared to create!

Painting with the milk paint proved to be a great time. My daughter & I loved the way the thick, sticky paint felt dragging across the paper. The colors were vibrant and very glossy.

I highly recommend giving this unusual paint recipe a try. It was a fun experiment that created some beautiful pictures! The only downside? The pictures are quite sticky and take a few days to dry.

Check out these fab Condensed Milk Paintings! I love the way they shine. Thanks for the great idea Pinterest!

Our World as Pizza!

Only in homeschooling would you make a pizza to help you learn about the different layers of the Earth! That's exactly where our science lesson led us today. We used our dough to represent the crust of the earth, shredded mozzarella to represent the mantle, shredded cheddar stood in for the outer core, and a small circle of ham was our hot inner core. It was so much fun and very yummy as well!
Thanks to R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Earth & Science Curriculum for this great idea.