Wordwall is great for making (and finding) quizzes and activities for content courses! It is super user-friendly, and it has some cool themes too! Here's the what the wild west "theme" looks like, for example: So far, I have used a few already-created activities with students (there’s tons to choose from and they're easily… Continue reading Wordwall
Category: Creative Corner
How Do Humans Impact the Environment? Mackenzie’s Grade 6 SS Project
*and a plug for iMotion, the iPhone and iPad app How Do Humans Impact the Environment? This is a BIG QUESTION for students in upper elementary and middle years. In our home, this question started with a simple conversation or brainstorm … my grade 6 daughter and I were outside, and I prompted her with… Continue reading How Do Humans Impact the Environment? Mackenzie’s Grade 6 SS Project
Animated Drawings
In my recent search for "new" and "fresh" and "fun," I came across Animated Drawings. While my 12-year-old wasn't too impressed with the animations, my youngest daughter (age 5) thought it was pretty cool that something she created "came to life." First, I prompted her to draw a picture of a person. Here's her drawing:… Continue reading Animated Drawings
Watercolour Word Art
We’ve also been busy creating these simple watercolour word art projects in the last couple of days ... This is Cambri’s future dog ❤️ I’m in love ❤️ When watercolours blend, the outcome is always unique and beautiful! Just like anything else, these can be totally customized with a name, a birthday, a favourite quote,… Continue reading Watercolour Word Art
Burlap Banners!!!
Mackenzie and I have been dabbling with some banners in the last week or so! Though I was thinking of creating something winter-ish, she thought it might be better to do “Love Y’all.” There’s been a lot “y’all” talk around here lately for some reason (much to my husband’s dismay), so I went with it!… Continue reading Burlap Banners!!!
Clay Leaf Bowls
A couple of weekends ago, we collected some leaves from our yard and created these beautiful clay leaf bowls. You can find and follow the instructions provided here. We were really impressed with how easily the texture from the leaves transferred to the clay! The final product is definitely a bit delicate, so be careful!… Continue reading Clay Leaf Bowls
Watercolour Pencil Colouring
My first fun, rest and relax project of the summer was colouring this page from my Psalm colouring book! I did the letters with markers, but for the rest I used Crayola’s Watercolour Pencils ... watercolour pencils are AMAZING! You may remember my Watercolour Poppies from last fall! These pencils can be used wet or… Continue reading Watercolour Pencil Colouring
Bee Art
This fun process art activity involved finding a nice bee to colour on supercoloring.com, colouring it with some oil and chalk pastels, then cutting it out. The background “beehive” is created using paint on bubble wrap and stamping your paper! Original inspiration from Pinterest, but there was only a photo to go by (no link… Continue reading Bee Art
Hummingbird Art
Yesterday, the girls and I hosted a couple of friends for our first "Art on the Patio" session of the summer. I always WANT to make time for these special projects, but, truthfully, they don't always happen! Thus, I "booked" our sessions in this year and invited friends over for some extra accountability! We had… Continue reading Hummingbird Art
Watercolour Butterfly
This is a super simple and satisfying art project to do with kids ... the result is AMAZING! All you need is a black oil pastel for the outline of the butterfly and some cheap watercolour paints (I just used Crayola)! Here’s the link for complete instructions. I took a few minutes to make this… Continue reading Watercolour Butterfly
Our Life Well Lived - Leanne Hintz 