And now for the next project......

It's book report time again for Nathan.  They have come up with some pretty creative "reports" for the kids to do,which is great - but it also means some pretty creative and time consuming tasks for mom and dad.  We have a very good system at my house.  I do the "day to day" homework - spelling, vocab, math, reading, piano, etc. ad Greg does the "projects". It is a beautiful thing!!!  I still help out on the projects if there is a "crafty" element to them.
So this time, Nathan had to read a mystery for his report.  Then find a container that represented something significant to the story.  He then has to fill this container with 5 items that tell the story.
He decide a "book" would be his container and he would fill it with relevant items.  The truly sad thing about it is that I don't even know the name of the book - but I know what it is about.
So the "book" falls in the crafty department.  We found a box that looks like a book and even opens like a book.  I should have taken a "before" picture, the "after" picture turned out pretty well.

Originally it was a big black book with white pictures of Rome on it.  Greg spray painted it brown and Nathan and I made the "cover".

He needed it to look like a very old worn book. I think we did a good job!

Now I get to let him and Greg worry about what to fill it with.

I get to work on the Kindergarten Halloween party I am in charge of Friday.