In the Jones house we are spending a portion of this winter authoring and illustrating books. Well, mostly Ashton is. I have helped by stapling paper together into several simple books and typing/printing the dictated stories. Below is…
Matt and I recently created, for our daily advent calendar, a family activity around drawing. We thought it would be neat to draw our stories and experiences about Christmas. The picture we made was of decorated Christmas trees,…
The Christmas spirit is rolling right along over here. I sewed some simple felt stockings, which I am going to send off to my mom after Christmas to be embellished with her masterful handwork. Ashton’s been doing some…
I read about making borax crystal ornaments and thought they seemed so simple, interesting, and pretty that we should make some ourselves. It was a Christmas craft and science experiment in one. We bent pipe cleaners into shapes…
The Nutcracker has been a big story theme in our home for several years, so I enjoy taking them to see the ballet when it comes around this time of year. Ashton has not held continuous performances of…
I am telling myself that everyone already knows about shrink film, but I only recently found out about it here and I think it is the neatest thing ever. So amazing to watch a big flimsy sheet of…
Inspired by this fairy queen, Ashton and I made a couple of fairies. Starting with a wooden clothespin, I hot-glued (by the way, I think the glue gun is just so cool) felt, ribbon, hair, and buttons to…
Our advent calendar told us today was the day to bake, so bake we did. We made gingerbread cookies, (made from a recipe that uses almond flour and maple syrup rather than flour and sugar, yeehaw), decorated with…
These are the parts of my days I love: The moments when all is quiet. A rest, a pause, before the next phase of learning, creating, understanding, feeling, and partnering begins. …
I love making things with clay. The things we’ve made have lasted for years, and not only are they durable, but they are interesting, creative and unique. Some of our clay creations have been play food, animals, beads,…
