Hello! Hope everyone is having a great week. Ours is going great, just very busy. Vince's sister and her husband are here visiting for a few days and we are having a great time with them. So we're off to do some shopping, sightseeing and swimming...I'll be back soon. Oh--and it looks like my big 100th post is coming up and I've been working on the *big list* for you.
We are learning all about the ancient world this year with Story of the World I and loving it! We've been learning a lot about Egypt, of course, which is completely fascinating. Most recently we have studied the New Kingdom of Egypt, which includes the story of King Tut. So we decided making an Egyptian death mask in the style of King Tut's would be a fun project. First since it was too cold at the time to paper mache in the garage (it probably would have frozen instead of dried-ha) and it was too messy to do it in the house, we decided to pick up a couple of cheap craft masks at Hobby Lobby. Next we cut out cardboard shapes to complete the shape of the death mask, attaching them with hot glue. Vince even put a little detail on the *beard* with the hot glue per The Princess' request. Then the kiddos started to paint them with this metallic gold tempera paint. It worked okay for the cardboard, but would not coat the plastic of the mask. We thought maybe a second coat
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Have fun with Vince's sister and husband!
(Heather and I quietly passed our 200th post a bit ago- no 200 ANYTHING lists for us- and the numbers just keep getting higher! Hm... think, think... 300 ways to scrub a toilet... 300 Things I Love About The Universe...)
~Reese