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All Year Round Carnival September Round-Up

Here is the round-up
of some of our favorite links

for September on the

All Year Round Carnival...

 

Autumn Mini-Discovery Boxes from Creative Playhouse     Resist Leaf Watercolors at PlayDrMom   

Autumn Leaf Bowl from lightly enchanted

Melted Crayon Pumpkin at Life with Moore Babies

Spray Painting Leaves at Creative Playhouse

Coffee Filter Leaves at PlayDrMom

Leaf Man-Leaf Art at 3 Dinosaurs

Collaged Autumn Leaves at Creative Playhouse

Autumn Tea Lights from lightly enchanted

 Elf House at Growing Green Fingered Kids

Beach Discovery Box from Tea for Monkeys

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Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Autumn Windows

Presenting...

Our Autumn Windows

We found this great idea spark here: Maureclaire

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Joyful Moments: The Hike with Friends

Join us for Joyful Moments

at Little Homeschool Blessings.

This week we've found joy here...

 

 What brings joy to you and yours? We’d be honored to share in it.

Joyful Moments are at the heart of our homeschool.

We'd love to see the Joyful Moments in your home. Whether you homeschool or not, feel free to join in every Thursday! Then visit the other links and see Joyful Moments from other places! Just add our button and link up in the comments

Layered Liquids and Unexpected Results

We tried an experiment with layers of liquids.

We filled a glass mostly with water

and added about 1/4 cup oil.

The oil floats.

We added a couple of drops

of food coloring gel.

Interestingly, the oil formed a type of bubble

around the food coloring as the dye

pushed its way through the oil.

Eventually, the oil separated and rose to the surface.

Then the dye started mixing with the water.

We let our project sit overnight.

The gel only mixed with part of the water,

then there was the clear level of water,

and on top there was the oil.

It's interesting that the colored water is more

dense and that it didn't mix with all of the water.

I wonder if that's because of the oil bubbles that formed

or because we used food color gel?

Did I mention that I learn something new everyday?

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Corn Husk Dolls

Last week, we took a trip to a local museum.

One of the rooms is a Native American room.

There was so much to see.

This week I thought it would be fun

to dig out the corn husks that we dried

(about 3 days in the sun)

a couple of months ago.

To make your own corn husk dolls,

soak your dried husks

in warm water about 10 minutes.

You'll need about 15 pieces for every doll.

Then wipe off  the excess water

with a towel.

The husks will still be damp,

but not dripping.

Trim off the edges so they are all

about 8 inches long.

Cut some yarn to help bind

your doll in various places.

Holding most of your husks,

fold about 2 inches backward,

tie with a piece of yarn,

and use a 1/2 inch wide piece of husk

to tie over the yarn.

To make the arms,

use two pieces of husk and fold together.

Slip those pieces up to the doll's head.

Be sure to slide it in the middle

of the open end of the husk to hide.

Secure at the bottom with a piece of yarn.

And cover it with husk again.

You can add a shawl by wrapping a husk around the shoulders

or braid hair and affix to the head.

Cut off the uneven pieces at the bottom of your doll.

Paddle-to-the-Sea of our own

Jo-Jo and I are reading Paddle-to-the-Sea.

So we decided to make our own Paddle.

We used a cardboard tube, a stapler,

and tempra paints.

This great idea was from: The Crafty Crow

Wishing you homeschool blessing,

Bethany