Cave Paintings

I don't know what got into me today, but I went overboard with learning activities! We began with grammar and writing, then we colored pictures and maps to go with Story of the World. Next, we made cave paintings--by far, one of the most fun activities we've done! I took a paperbag from Whole Foods, cut it in half and then cut out the bottom to use as a paint pallet. Don't forget to crumple the bag to make more realistic walls! We used red, brown, orange-ish, and I threw in some blue (maybe there were blueberries near these caves :/). First, I had the girls draw pictures with charcoal, then they painted them, and then they told me their stories:

The Mad Happy Ending by Lovely (Top)

The deer got bigger and the man tried to kill the deer. The man started bleeding because it was a moose, not a deer, and the moose got the idea to fight and see who is the winner. The moose was the winner. The man bled so much that he went back to the village because he could not win. A big pumpkin came out of the water and saw what was happening and got a sad face. Then the sun lighted up and the water came flashing out. The fish made bubbles. And then it became bedtime.

Someone is Shooting by Snugglebug (Bottom)

Someone is shooting at the big deer. Someone's shooting the bear, too. Someone's shooting the big fish, too. Someone's going to hammer the rainbow. Someone's going to shoot the sun--it's going to fall down like, "Ahhhhhh!" into the dirt. The dog is going to eat the man who is shooting. The wild bubbles are going to eat the sun. The deer is eating chips. The man is going to eat the deer. And the bubbles are popping. And all the water is melting.

Believe it or not, I have very happy children. However, they just learned about nomads, etc., and of course their father is a deer hunting fanatic (we eat everything he harvests), so this made for some interesting pictures!