Sun + Rainbows Paper Blocks

I made this block printable activity this week using my doodles of clouds and rainbows and the sun. Adding the faces and expressions is your job and can be an invitation to think about how you are feeling. Happy that spring is coming? Excited to start your Spring garden? Draw your feelings.

Norway

We traveled to Norway for vacation this past summer. Starting in the southern part of the country, we flew to Oslo then traveled to Trondheim by cruise, then to Bergen by train and through the Fjords by boat. It was exhausting, chaotic and utterly wonderful. The most stunning landscape I have ever seen where fairies and mythical creatures must call home. I am for sure of it.

I made this cardboard toy while dreaming of fjords, cloudy skies and a sun that stayed up until 9pm every night.

“Almost” Snickers Bites

I love simple recipes like this one that take no time at all. Stuff dates with peanut butter and coat with chocolate and freeze. What you get is a quick salty sweet bite that resembles the chewy, sweet earthiness of a Snickers bar but with a shorter ingredient list.

Clementine Hunter

Clementine Hunter’s folk art is vibrant and evocative of her life on Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. She was self-taught and started painting in her 50’s. In the evenings, while everyone was sleeping, she would paint. Clementine was the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her work is stunning and her life, fascinating, learn more about her! The book, “Art from her Heart” (above) is an open door for kids to learn more about her art and life.

Wash Day @Clementine Hunter, 1950s, source