You ARE an Artist!
Like many of you, one of our favorite books for this time of year is Cranberry Thanksgiving. We first discovered this gem in our wonderful Five in Row days. And for art, we were particularly drawn to the illustration by the fire. The contrast of the black and white against the fireplace just made us want to paint! If you happen to have a copy
While we were enjoying our first Cranberry Thanksgiving Chalk Art Tutorial, we talked about what fun it would be to paint Mr. Whiskers’ – whiskers! All that bushy black beard is such fun to make go this way and that. And this Cranberry Thanksgiving Mr. Whiskers Chalk Art tutorial is a very quick, finish-in-under-five minutes art lesson. Cranberry Thanksgiving Mr. Whiskers Chalk Art Tutorial For
It’s a tradition at our house to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving each year. You too? And in anticipation of doing just that we decided to search some images of Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for artistic inspiration. There are many images to choose from – check it out for yourself. YOU are the artist – so you choose which Charlie Brown you’d like to paint! We
Oh I am such the rule follower. However, today I’m going to share about holidays and breaking the rules. Also known as doing those to dos early. December is such a busy time, why not move a few of those ‘to-dos’ to November? I did all of the following early the last several years. What a blessing it was to really enjoy the process as
We have been going full force over here before the upcoming blessed holidays. That’s because we have a goal. See, at Thanksgiving we share some of our best work with grandparents. They are a captive audience, bless them. I wrote about our Thanksgiving Homeschool Celebration at Heart of the Matter a several years ago. And I am so glad we’ve maintained this helpful habit. Because
This is my maternal grandmother’s recipe for Thanksgiving dressing. Nana has the recipe that Mamaw wrote down herself. The recipe begins with “bake a pone of cornbread.” I never wondered about the definition of a pone until I began typing this recipe. I think of a pone as just a nice, round hunk of cornbread that comes out of that black, iron skillet you cook
We switch things up for holidays. You do too, right? Well, real quick I thought I’d share about the Thanksgiving Homeschool. Because we are headed into that glorious week of family. Aren’t you ready to take a break too? And we have a birthday party for two of our children with November birthdays. It’s busy. It’s memory-making. But there’s always some learning. Because we’re homeschoolers,
The Bible tells us that the Lord provides for the flowers of the fields and the birds of the air without a moment of worry from them and that we can feel confident He will provide for us, as well. But how often do we worry still? How often do we fret about tomorrow and feel like there’s no answer to our problems? With the
