Mummies in the Morning

Mummies in the Morning! 

We started learning about ancient Egypt with some Egyptian makeup that the kids thought was hilarious!

We made Mummy rolls for lunch- cocktail sausages and wrapped in Pillsbury biscuit. (Side note- love it when the kids are preparing/crafting lunch...two birds with one stone!) Everyone made these while I finished our Magic Tree House adventure. (Also notice that the window behind Estee's head is no longer cracked. Crafty Resourceful Husband replaced it himself!)

And then the moment we were all waiting for...the first time that all five children have been still and quiet! Toilet paper mummies! The kids loved this! Bella kept asking to do it again. The video of them breaking out of the toilet paper is great!

Peacefully quiet...

And then their scary mummy faces...Bella is scary!

Then we crafted some cool Egyptian bracelets from toilet paper rolls (yes, we use the whole buffalo. Toilet paper AND the roll.) and spray paint and gems. They turned out great! (Even though I was expecting more of a metallic gold instead of bright yellow...oh well, still turned out nicely.)

Jacob did not want to be left out. He even posed correctly.

As soon as Scotty took off his bracelets, Jacob was ready for a picture.

Scotty and Bella improved their toilet paper roll bracelets (a favorite) with a harder cardboard roll we had (a roll of fabric, actually) and gold wrapping paper. Scotty's bracelets are scarab beetles and Bella's are little Suns. They loved making their collars (not necklaces, Scotty insisted!) and if I let him, Scotty would dress up as an Egyptian every day. He thought it was hilarious when we discovered that Egyptian children didn't wear any clothes until the age of 6 or so. 

Of course we had to make a Rice Krispie Treat pyramid on Saturday! That also ended up being Graham's birthday cake. I thought it looked cooler after Steve put more "sand" all around the pyramid- more Krispies- and golden coins. 

Archery and shield painting!

I  think it is so fun for the cousins to play together! 

We started with reading the Knight at Dawn, and then about Castles and Knights! The kids all took notes after coloring a knight.

Then, after giving the kids some tips about heraldry, they all excitedly painted a shield of their own. They got really into it!

These two were so excited, they couldn't even tear their eyes away.

Then we went to the park for some archery! These boys kept shooting for a good twenty minutes!

Too cute.

Our Castles and Knights display!

Then some fun dress up time!

Oh the fierce faces...what is that lower tooth sticking out, Scotty? And Bella may fall asleep if I take one more picture...

Steve made a siege engine for the kids to catapult! We heard lots of shouting and screaming while we were putting together the dinner of chicken pot pie and fruit pies. We didn't get a picture of that one...just imagine it being very tasty, because it was devoured.

More medieval-mess

We learned a fun painting technique for our castles - sponge painting!

The Knight at Dawn

This week we are learning about the 

Medieval Time Period. 

So naturally we hiked down to the park and had an archery contest!

    

These two kiddoes...such good buddies!

ready....

JUMP!

Cheesing it up!

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Dinosaurs

are the theme of this week.

On Monday the kids took notes in their new adventure notebooks about Prehistoric Time and about various dinosaurs. Then we made some dino bones out of salt dough.

On Thursday, we played archeologists and dug for the bones!

Let the Learning Fun Begin!!

The Magic Tree House

series will be our guide. We've got our vests, our notebooks, and our learn on!