HERE are the basic instructions to make one of these. HERE are directions to make a lined version. (Although we obviously used fabric for our strap and to decorate it!) Now I want to make ME one too!
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
Saturday, April 2, 2011
70's Jean Purse
More prepping to get ready to study Julie (1974) at American Girl Club! My daughter and I made her a jean purse!
HERE are the basic instructions to make one of these. HERE are directions to make a lined version. (Although we obviously used fabric for our strap and to decorate it!) Now I want to make ME one too!
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
HERE are the basic instructions to make one of these. HERE are directions to make a lined version. (Although we obviously used fabric for our strap and to decorate it!) Now I want to make ME one too!
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
Friday, April 1, 2011
April Fool's Day Prank 2011
:^) I love pulling April Fool's pranks on my kids! This is what they woke up to this year on April Fool's Day!
The littles doors...
All 3 of the kids doors...
My daughter peeking out...
Happy April Fool's Day!
Jamin
The littles doors...
All 3 of the kids doors...
My daughter peeking out...
Happy April Fool's Day!
Jamin
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Crocheted Peace Signs
Next week we start Julie (1974) at American Girl Club! As i have mentioned before, Julie and I are the same age! LOL Yes, it was quite shocking to me at first that there is a Historical Doll the same age as me! But, I it's also pretty FUN that I will be able to tell the girls first hand what I remember about this period of "History"! So, since Julie is special to me I want to make Julie special for the girls. One of the things I am doing is making these crocheted peace sign necklaces for all the girls to wear.
Pretty groovy, huh? LOL
HERE are the directions I used to crochet these.
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
CLICK HERE to read about MY American Girl Doll Julie!
HERE are the directions I used to crochet these.
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
CLICK HERE to read about MY American Girl Doll Julie!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Fabric Fortune Cookies
So here is another sewing project my daughter has been doing....
She made a bunch of these as valentines for her friends. Then she made more as little take home gifts for a baby shower. Now we have a friend who makes wedding cakes that is promoting them for her to make for weddings. Hopefully she will get a little business going and can start saving for College!
Here is the basics of how you make these:
First she cuts a 5" circle of fabric. Then she sews it to a piece of tan felt. Once the 2 are sewn together she cuts around the circle with pinking shears. The next step is to fold the circle in half with the fabric side together and sew it on the machine as in the picture above. Then you just have to fold up the sides! Print out a fortune and tuck it inside.
:^)
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
P.S. CLICK HERE to read the latest post on I Can Do It.
She made a bunch of these as valentines for her friends. Then she made more as little take home gifts for a baby shower. Now we have a friend who makes wedding cakes that is promoting them for her to make for weddings. Hopefully she will get a little business going and can start saving for College!
Here is the basics of how you make these:
:^)
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
P.S. CLICK HERE to read the latest post on I Can Do It.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
American Girl Club - Molly - Week 6
So here we are finishing up Molly! Only one more American Girl to go! (Julie)
For the study of WWII the book Welcome to Molly's World, 1944: Growing Up in World War Two America was really our guide book. I have used all the different "Welcome to" books as we have gone through the different time periods. But this one seemed like we really, really needed it the most. I think a lot of it had to do with WWII just being SO complicated. There were just so many Countries involved and so many things that happened. It was really helpful to have one book that pretty much covered it all.
So for week 6 we read the last section of the "Welcome to" book which was about how the war ended. I also read them the the "Peek into the Past" for book 6 to them. And I read a timeline of WWII to them from Don't Know Much About American History. (I have used this book a lot to fill in the blanks at American Girl Club.) It was a lot of listening for the girls for one week. But, I wanted to make sure they had a good idea about the events of WWII before we finished up our time with Molly. To keep them busy while I was reading we served snack which was Corn Dogs. The funny thing is I am not really sure why I decided to serve Corn Dogs this week! LOL I usually try to pull something from the book that week for snack. Before we start each of the time periods I take a day and go out to a coffee shop and read all 6 books and plan the whole 6 weeks out. (Craft, snack and activities. I even do the shopping that day if I can.) Some weeks it's harder than others to find a food that goes along with the story. Since I read the books so far in advance I can't always remember all the details from the books the day of club. So on the way to club every week my daughter always goes through the story she just read and brings me up to speed. So this week she goes through the whole story and then I ask her. So did they have corn dogs? She says "no." hummmmm...Why are we having corn dogs? LOL So when we get to club I look up corn dogs on Wikipedia. I am glad to see that they fit into the time period. I am STILL not sure why I thought we should eat them this week! But, the girls liked them! I read them the Wikipedia page, told them I was not sure why I chose them and we all got a good laugh!
At the very end of the "Welcome to" book they include the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
So for craft this week we made origami cranes.
Here is the super simple version I taught the girls.
The instructions for this is HERE.
Of course the girls found the instructions for a more complicated version in the package of origami paper and made these:
We also did our geography worksheets for Molly this week:
England Coloring Sheet CLICK HERE.
Illinois Coloring Sheet CLICK HERE.
Map of the USA CLICK HERE.
I can't believe we have traveled it from 1764 to 1944 now! It's been a BLAST!
BTW, you can see ALL my American Girl posts HERE.
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
For the study of WWII the book Welcome to Molly's World, 1944: Growing Up in World War Two America was really our guide book. I have used all the different "Welcome to" books as we have gone through the different time periods. But this one seemed like we really, really needed it the most. I think a lot of it had to do with WWII just being SO complicated. There were just so many Countries involved and so many things that happened. It was really helpful to have one book that pretty much covered it all.
So for week 6 we read the last section of the "Welcome to" book which was about how the war ended. I also read them the the "Peek into the Past" for book 6 to them. And I read a timeline of WWII to them from Don't Know Much About American History. (I have used this book a lot to fill in the blanks at American Girl Club.) It was a lot of listening for the girls for one week. But, I wanted to make sure they had a good idea about the events of WWII before we finished up our time with Molly. To keep them busy while I was reading we served snack which was Corn Dogs. The funny thing is I am not really sure why I decided to serve Corn Dogs this week! LOL I usually try to pull something from the book that week for snack. Before we start each of the time periods I take a day and go out to a coffee shop and read all 6 books and plan the whole 6 weeks out. (Craft, snack and activities. I even do the shopping that day if I can.) Some weeks it's harder than others to find a food that goes along with the story. Since I read the books so far in advance I can't always remember all the details from the books the day of club. So on the way to club every week my daughter always goes through the story she just read and brings me up to speed. So this week she goes through the whole story and then I ask her. So did they have corn dogs? She says "no." hummmmm...Why are we having corn dogs? LOL So when we get to club I look up corn dogs on Wikipedia. I am glad to see that they fit into the time period. I am STILL not sure why I thought we should eat them this week! But, the girls liked them! I read them the Wikipedia page, told them I was not sure why I chose them and we all got a good laugh!
At the very end of the "Welcome to" book they include the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
So for craft this week we made origami cranes.
Here is the super simple version I taught the girls.
Of course the girls found the instructions for a more complicated version in the package of origami paper and made these:
We also did our geography worksheets for Molly this week:
England Coloring Sheet CLICK HERE.
Illinois Coloring Sheet CLICK HERE.
Map of the USA CLICK HERE.
I can't believe we have traveled it from 1764 to 1944 now! It's been a BLAST!
BTW, you can see ALL my American Girl posts HERE.
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
Monday, March 28, 2011
Old Typewriter!
How awesome it was that right when we got to KIT in American Girl Club I was able to borrow a 1920's typewriter from a friend? The kids had a BLAST with it! Even my teenager thought the typewriter was quite cool! It seemed that there was a line for a turn on the typewriter much of the time!
My daughter wrote this little report about the typewriters of Kit's day as opposed to the laptops of today:
Happy Homeschooling,
I am telling you EVERYONE loved it!
My daughter wrote this little report about the typewriters of Kit's day as opposed to the laptops of today:
THEN:
The typewriter was invented in 1714. The first one was invented for a blind woman.
In 1925 a typewriter weighed about 50 pounds.
In 1925 a typewriter cost about $100.00.
What a typewriter did? It put words on paper.
NOW:
The first laptop was invented in 1981. It weighed 24 pounds and had a 5 inch screen.
Laptops today weigh about 7 pounds.
Laptops today cost about $500.00 to $1000.00.
What Laptops do? Connects to the internet, plays movies and video games, sends emails, calculates numbers, lets us listen to music.
A BIG THANK YOU to my sweet friend who loaned this little gem to us!
The typewriter was invented in 1714. The first one was invented for a blind woman.
In 1925 a typewriter weighed about 50 pounds.
In 1925 a typewriter cost about $100.00.
What a typewriter did? It put words on paper.
NOW:
The first laptop was invented in 1981. It weighed 24 pounds and had a 5 inch screen.
Laptops today weigh about 7 pounds.
Laptops today cost about $500.00 to $1000.00.
What Laptops do? Connects to the internet, plays movies and video games, sends emails, calculates numbers, lets us listen to music.
A BIG THANK YOU to my sweet friend who loaned this little gem to us!
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
Sunday, March 27, 2011
American Girl Club - Rebecca - Week 6
This week of American Girl Club was fun for me because I got to reminicse! The final Rebecca book is about Rebecca's Aunt and Uncle going off to Hollywood! Since I worked for ABC-TV in Hollywood for 7 years I had a lot I could share with them! I talked to them about the many different jobs in the entertainment industry including:
Production, Operations and Accounting
Broadcast, Engineering and Operations
Payroll /Accounting
Personnel/Casting
I also talked to them about the different areas on a television or movie backlot such as the:
Sound Stage
Sound Recording Studios
Video Editing Suites
Master Control
Commercial Integration
Lumber Yard/Construction
Costuming /Decorators
Make up/Hair
Prop Storage
Travel Dept.
I also found pictures online of many of the above departments to show the girls.
I also found pictures online of many of the above departments to show the girls.
For craft we made a calico bag with wooden embroidery hoops for handles. (Sorry, I can't find the pictures!) We also made a Hollywood Mobile using THIS coloring sheet.
For snack we let the girls squeeze their own lemonade! MESSY but FUN! LOL
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
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