We just finished a six week project we've been working on for school. The kids were in a history fair last weekend with our homeschool group. It was called a wax museum really. They were to choose who they would like to be, from any time period, and then research, memorize a brief monologue, dress the part, have props and a backdrop. It was a lot of fun and turned out to be a great evening for everyone there. It was fun for me to get to make their costumes! I haven't sewn in a while so it was rather interesting to do it without a pattern! We had a box of hotel sheets in the garage my mom used to make curtains so it was the perfect costume and backdrop material... free! Thank God John was home to help with the backdrops! He has a much better eye than I do for art work! They also wore a button on them and when someone came to them, they pushed the button to "bring them to life."
Each child also made a donation box for "visitors" to drop change or bills in to raise money for Haiti Relief through World Vision. We raised over $500 as a group! It was very exciting!!!
Here are a few pics!
Alex making his backdrop:
Can you guess???
It makes me want to sing the song... "D a v y, D a v y C r o c k e t t, king of the wild frontier!!"
He loved having his Dad's REAL powder rifle and big knife! We didn't tell the other mom's it was a real gun!
Micayla chose...
At her Missions of Charity...
She did a great job "coming to life" each time. She said the only thing missing for her was the wrinkles!
Can't wait for next year!!!
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