Sir Henry

We got home from school @ 3:45. Henry & I made the sword & shield out of matt board. He painted the shield, I did the sword. My daughter found the ‘&’ dragon on the internet & cut it out from photo paper. Outlined everything in jumbo sharpie. My silver shirt on backwards, my brown…

halloween art projects

These are two originals done by two year olds.  The ghost is a child’s foot painted with washable white paint.  This is great fun, to make your student giggle by painting his/her foot white.  I placed the black paper on the ground & i held the child’s ankle as he stepped on the black paper….

the story about how the spider caught a rainbow

not really a story. i made her (spider) mad. I took the water spritzer for my plants…& i washed her web for her. doesn’t it look grand? the droplets caught light & shattered it into a rainbow. i’m so lucky that she, my halloween spider decorator, decided to build her web above my front door….

hire spiders to decorate for Halloween

it is a lot cheaper & it looks really, real. all you have to remember is not to do any yard work & remember where the webs have been set up. you don’t to walk through them~THAT IS SCARY~because you have to wonder where the spider is…

Mad hatter’s hat decoration

Halloween’s coming. 1. White card stock painted black, while paint is wet, sprinkle black glitter (I know?! can you believe there is black glitter?) 2. When dry, cut a circle a little larger then a half dollar. 3. Cut a strip of the black painted paper about 2″ high, tape inside to hold together as…

One more day til Halloween

But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a storm as scary as Hurricane Sandy. My Brother is in Brooklyn & I called him crying, begging him to leave.  He said he’d be fine.  We always believe that.