craft - Teacups in the Garden

I told the story of the need to restore and redecorate the White House in a historical manner, and rescue nearby Lafayette Square from destruction.

For the first quarter of the 20th century we portrayed the playful Teddy Roosevelt family, through vaudeville they portrayed their favorite personas.

Since the name is derived from the use of a quill to wrap the paper, we found a fancy quill for my daughter to use for her demonstration.

After creating his own 18th century project, for Mother’s Day my son surprised me with a decoupaged memory box of my own!

We had basketmaking kits with all the parts! We had my son, the engineering-artist who problem solves everything! What could go wrong?

Using IEW my kids wrote a 10-page research paper on the settling of the Thirteen Colonies, which they used to create a power point presentation.

The art projects included in this book taught us the art of keeping nature journals, like Leonado da Vinci, for our Renaissance unit.

My son, who wanted to be Robin Hood for the Medieval Feast, made his own bow and arrow…and his own boots.
Meanwhile I made the rest of his costume.

Dating back to the Middle Ages, Coat of Arms were important to distinguish identity in battle.
Also they are quite unique to the individual.

For our upcoming Medieval Feast, I helped my daugher create stained glass out of tissue paper to decorate our Grand Hall aka our living room.

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