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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I've been so blessed by how many other lovely Christian women I've met in blogland!
Your fam is adorable! What cuties.
Blessings,
Spencer
Earlier in the week they were calling for snow here on for Sunday.. though I don't think it has got that cold yet this weekend.. guess we will see tomorrow if we get snow.
That top picture is of our blueberry bushes! Those little buds eventually will close all the way up (after much polenation!) and form the berries. It's a really interesting process to watch!
Roberta Anne
Happy weekend! Oh, and we are making your Taco Braid this week. I will post back to you!
wooo!lovlies.