Last week Sam read the chapter in SOTW 2 about Genghis Khan. We decided to do the "make a ger" activity from the Activity Book, but first had to buy the right felt. I have every kind of felt except for brown. Buying the felt alone took three days and then I had to locate all of the other supplies (paper, markers, glue). It was a little ridiculous and I felt bad every time I saw the felt sitting there. But finally yesterday the stars aligned and we undertook our building project.
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| Drawing the lattice work onto the cardstock. |
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| Trying to make the ger wider than it was tall. |
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| Covering the ger with brown felt. . |
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| Creating the doorway. |
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| Finished! Ready for Genghis Khan to move into. |
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After he finished the ger, Sam realized that he had to make a Genghis Khan. So we grabbed some sticks, some clay, a coke bottle lid and the rest of the felt. Sam came up with this:
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| The sign in front of the ger says, "Genghis Khan lives here." |
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I love doing projects with Sam. He really gets into them.
Oh, and of course, please excuse the messy kitchen. If we had waited for everything to be all perfect, we never would have had a chance to create. Not that I'm making excuses or anything...Of course not.
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