Project Day at our House!

We had project day at our house today. It was one of those days that makes you feel like a good homeschool mom. Of course it's not uncommon for me to totally skip the project and just do the book work but I'm trying to reform myself and dive into those projects. I am going to attempt to have pictures and then captions but in case it doesn't work--here are the projects that we did today: made a wigwam out of construction paper, made a suncatcher out of wax paper and crayon pieces (no picture yet), I taught Hannah how to make pie crust and we used it to make a baked apple dessert, helped my mom make a baby quilt for my nephew that is due in February. Thankfully tomorrow should just be boring book work and reading--my favorite! Actually I just remembered that tomorrow we make teepees. They don't look terribly complicated so it should be fun. I'm loving using My Father's World. The projects are so doable that even someone like me is willing to give them a go. Here are the pictures:



This is the quilt top we made. We are going tomorrow for batting and backing. It has been so fun to see it come together. It is made of flannels and chenille and is so soft. I'm sure Baby Tobin will love it.



Here is Hannah getting ready to bake. We are doing "Home Economics for Homeschoolers" and I absolutely love it. We are still in the cooking section and at the top of the page there is a checklist--apron on? hair tied back? etc. Today we were learning to make pastry dough. The recipe was for cinnamon crusties and we made that (pie crust strips with cinnamon and sugar) and used the dough for our baked apples. So far she has learned to chop, peel, make a beef stew, and many other things. We have a few more cooking projects--biscuits, mexican pie, etc. and then we get to cleaning! Woohoo! It also includes some sewing and hospitality.



The finished apples were wonderful! We topped them with vanilla frozen yogurt and had quite a treat!





And last but not least, the wigwam! This went along with our history for the week. Tomorrow it's teepees.