Last year I received some art prints from The National endowment for the Humanities called Picturing America. Eva and I have started an Art class once a week based on these prints. So far we have looked at Pottery, quilting, and collage. In this lesson we were studing the president Abraham Lincoln. We began by looking at the new 2009 pennies. They show a progression of his life from his humble beginnings in a log cabin to his term as president.
The kids built a log cabin out of graham crackers and pretzels. We started out using tools to put the glue ( icing) on but about half way through the project we started using our fingers because it was easier to smear it that way. Hard to tell it in this pic but Kathryn has it on her face and in her hair. Thank goodness for soap and water.
It was interesting how each of us were given the same materials and each came up with different designs. Kathryn and Eva went for the traditional roof and Grace and I went for the easy flat roof.
The kids built a log cabin out of graham crackers and pretzels. We started out using tools to put the glue ( icing) on but about half way through the project we started using our fingers because it was easier to smear it that way. Hard to tell it in this pic but Kathryn has it on her face and in her hair. Thank goodness for soap and water.
It was interesting how each of us were given the same materials and each came up with different designs. Kathryn and Eva went for the traditional roof and Grace and I went for the easy flat roof.
This week we are studying Capitals and Norman Rockwell. We are taking a trip to our own capital and the girls will be giveng a speech about freedoms. If I know Kathryn it will be a speech on her lack of freedom as a child. Ha ha.
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