Alpha Beads: Learning to read in English or Japanese
My husband just started taking Japanese classes in the evenings after work, so everyone in the house now is learning to speak in one way or another. After stringing cardboard beads onto long strands to...
View ArticleStrings of Things
Although the leaves have not quite begun changing here in Tokyo, we got a jump start on leaf collecting when we made Electra’s big fat cardboard book booster seat / leaf press. The other day we opened...
View ArticleNature’s Opera Glasses (Leaf Peepers) & Fall Foliage Crowns
This week has been awash with what my mother-in-law calls Goldilocks days. Autumn days when you feel perfect in jeans and a sweatshirt and everything seems to sparkle. We made these “leaf peepers” to...
View ArticleFlower Pounding on Paper Egg Cartons
We’ve done another project for TinkerLab’s Flower Challenge this week. You have to try flower pounding! It’s really simple and we got great results! Electra also loved getting the chance to use a REAL...
View ArticlePaper Milkweed Costume
Milkweed Costume by Amber Made from recycled materials and recyclable Melon cartons, egg cartons, paper twine, cardboard, Japanese paper rice bags, newspaper, tempera, chalk, white glue, staples
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