I have been meaning for weeks now to get involved with the Unplug Your Kids challenge. But there has always been some reason or another that we’ve missed out. Epsilon was sick for a good week and the only thing that brought peace to the household was Thomas the Tank Engine, that kind of thing. And it seemed kind of dishonest to do an unplugged project with one while the other was lying on the couch watching television.
This week, however, Gamma and I finally got our acts together. While Epsilon was napping today (three hour naps, how I love thee, never leave me!), we decided to make a bean mosaic. I prepared a simple salt dough while Gamma decided on his mosaic picture. A spider, naturally, thanks to yesterday’s Lego project, which he painstakingly pieced together all by himself.
So, with this image in mind, we drew a simple spider shape onto the salt dough, then selected beans of different colors to complete the mosaic. If we’d thought of making colored rice the mosaic would have turned out even better! Still Gamma’s quite pleased with the outcome. I only wish we’d had a paper plate to make it on. So we’ve sacrificed a cheap plastic kiddy plate. We had a great time and are looking forward already to next week’s challenge!
Gamma’s second creepy crawly creation in two days. What can tomorrow possibly hold?
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You have a talented artist there. That spider looks great! I think those Lego kits are pretty complicated, so he may be an engineer, as well.
His daddy is an engineer, and that’s just what Gamma has planned for himself! That, and to be a scientist, and an astronaut, and an inventor. I’ve got my work cut out for me. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, I love that! Never thought of doing the mosaic in salt dough. Brilliant!
What a great mosaic! I’ll have to keep this in mind for a project in the future.
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