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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Hubby mentioned last night that he's HAD to wear green for the last 20 years. I didn't point out that the year he was in Kuwait he was actually in Khaki, but I thought he might go all rebellious on me and not wear green today. He did though. His button-down shirt that is an Army green color, no less.
We also had the cavatini for dinner tonight. Very yummy! I only had one that was sort of unhappy with it, which is considered a success. I have one 7x 11 pan full and just under half of a 9 x 13...still!!! It's a lot. We will definitely have leftovers tomorrow, but I don't think I can pull off having them eat it for two nights as leftovers. Next time I'll have to freeze or do it in a giveaway pan.