Starry Night

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation. ~Lois Wyse

Mia made a horse with rider.

K made a D for daddy!

Today, at camp, we were thinking about stars and constellations.  Each grand created his/her own constellation using dark blue paper, chalk and toothpicks.  After the dots and lines were drawn, the grands used the toothpicks to punch holes into the dots.  When the papers were held up to the light, you could envision the way the stars might look in the night sky to form the constellations.

Ty's Tee-Pee


PJ Made a Constellation Viewer using a tin can, nail and small mallet. After he drew his constellation design on the circular yellow paper...

 Make sure you use a can-opener that leaves smooth edges.  

he used the nail and mallet to punch the design into the bottom of the tin can.  

After placing a flashlight into the can, we tested the image on the wall of a dark room. We were so pleased with the result.   

During game time, we had a relay race using a bowl of jello and about 40 marbles.  The grands had to take one marble at a time out of the jello and run to the wagon where they plopped the marbles into their own cups.  At the end, each grand counted how many marbles he/she collected during the relay.  It was messy fun!

Pops planned a Christmas Mad Relay for the grands.  Each grand took a turn pulling a piece of paper out of a paper bag and after reading what was on the paper, they had to do the activity. 

I think this was their favorite.  They had to decorate a tree with something from the yard.

I just loved the imagination that went into the decorating!

They used a frisbee...

jump ropes, a bucket...

and a straw for a candy cane! 

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.

Mom-Mom made her famous sugar cookies and the grands had fun decorating and eating them.

Pops lead the grands in a review of the Bible story about Mary and Joseph finding no room in the inn as they traveled to Bethlehem. 

After we read these books...

the grands took a look at this picture...

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night...

                                                                                          found in this book!

And then they...

painted their own Starry Night pictures using lines to make the waves of the wind

and circles to make stars.

The grands had fun shooting silly string (shooting stars) ...

all over the yard!


At lunchtime we made bread with cheese stars.

Flatten a tube of refrigerated pizza dough and cut stars with a cookie cutter, bake! 


Remember our toad in the flowerpot toad house? 

We now have babies! I guess she liked the house!!

So sweet!

'til next week - it's grand to be a Grand!