Today has brought us a small ice storm with a little snow. It has also brought out the birds to the feeders. They have been so fun to watch! I'm going to have to invest in a good bird identification book so we can learn the names of our local birds. I only know a few of them, but if you recognize one of these leave me a comment! Oh~and notice the bird *couples* here, so pretty!
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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Blessings,
Shana
Can you tell we bird? :) My husband and a couple of my kids identify much better than me though, especially in the field. If you want book suggestions, just let me know.
I am so impressed!! Thanks so much for sharing your bird knowledge:) The only ones I was sure of were the cardinals and the chickadee. I knew which ones were woodpeckers, but had no idea what kinds of woodpeckers. And I've been wondering so much about the titmouse because that's the one we have the most of. And they're so cute and fluffy:) I do think that yellow one is a finch, but not sure which kind either.
Feel free to recommend a good (beginner) bird book for us:)