It's time to send Easter cards, or in this case, spring cards. The roll of Happy Easter washi tape in the stash will add a festive touch to the insides and/or envelopes. Perhaps my next goal should be to use up at least one of the approximately 100 rolls of washi tape?
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Two of these used up the last of the "love" paper (see other cards here and here). The background is from the Lawn Fawn Knit Picky 6x6 pad, a possible future target of the Use It Up campaign. The birds, having been glued together with an excessive amount of scrapbooker's glue (having forgotten, as usual, to use a double-sided adhesive sheet before die cutting), are mounted on the card with foam squares for a little extra depth and interest, as is the little heart.
The Lawn Fawn Little Music Notes dies and I are definitely brand new best friends! Next time, it would be advisable to die cut the notes and the staves in different colors, to make each more distinct, but it was fun to do a neutral palette, too.
It was Bird Day in CTR 5! The children loved their tiny egg cupcakes, especially the yummy chocolate frosting. We reviewed what CTR means: Choose the Right! We learned that Jesus wants us to follow Him, and we do that by obeying his commandments and making wise choices. We learned about a boy named Warren who lived near a bird refuge. Warren found some children who had killed a bird and wanted to destroy some eggs. He chose the right by preventing the destruction of the eggs and telling his father what had happened, despite the threats from the other children of what they would do to him if he told the truth. Warren's father taught him to be kind to the others, even though they had been mean to him. Our feathered friends helped us with the next part of the lesson. Each bird had a scenario attached to its wing or leg, and the children explained how they would choose the right in each situation. The children loved the birds and wanted to keep the especially interesting ones! We concluded class by coloring pictures of birds and playing with our lesson helpers until our parents arrived.
All four children in class today enjoyed their gingersnaps, thoughtfully provided by the other Sister Combs. We enjoyed sharing what we had received for Christmas, and then played a boisterous game of Concentration. Byron made his first match later than anyone else but still ended up with the most cards at the end. We looked at the pairs of animals that we had found and remembered a Bible story about someone else who had pairs of animals: Noah. Ian gave us a great summary of why the ark was built and what happened after Noah and all the animals were aboard. We learned that animals are important to Heavenly Father and we should take care of them as he does. We learned about what happened when a bird flew into the Tabernacle in Salt Lake and was too frightened to find its way out. Some men tried and failed to catch it with big nets, and then someone suggested shooting it with a pellet gun. The caretaker of the Tabernacle prayed to find a way to extricate the bird without harming it, and was inspired to close all doors except one and turn off all the lights. The bird saw the light in the open doorway and flew out immediately. We learned that we should not kill animals unless we need to for food or to protect ourselves.
We enjoyed coloring pictures of birds. One child asked to see photographs of the birds so that she could color them accurately, while another colored rainbow stripes and yet another colored the cardinal orange because "blue jays are orange". Six-year-olds have wonderful imaginations! |
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