Paper Hat O’ Comics

Around here we have a tendency to take simple projects and make them “more” – which sometimes works, and other times…not so much.

This time we didn’t go overboard; we simply joined Kenny in his weekly “Developmental Activity” assignment found in his Sonlight curriculum. The girls aren’t always hip on joining-in on these activities because many of them are, in their words, “booooooooring”; for example, “fold clothes” or “tie shoes”.

I remind them that these activities aren’t joy rides through Disney, they are just meant to be developmental mile-markers so Kenny doesn’t end up in college still wearing velcro sneakers. Other activities are more fun, like “jump up and down and cluck like a chicken while reciting your vowels” (wait…that’s one I made up) and then today’s activity…make paper hats.

Everyone loves making and wearing paper hats, am I right?

You know I’m right.

For this activity we only needed newspaper, but because we have bowling balls for heads, Emelie suggested we add string, scissors (to cut the string), and a hole punch to the list so we could affix the “too small” hats to our “too big” heads.

Folding paper is fun! Don’t let anyone tell you different; they’d be leading you astray.

Emelie and Kenny begin the hats after lunch. Of course black and white newsprint would not do; THAT would be TOO boring – “Give us COLOR!” they cried.

They ARE my children after all.

Emelie pulled the comics from the recycle bin and all was ready to go.

A little fold here…

and a little fold there…the Paper Hat O’ Comics was almost done!

A hole was punched into the brim on each side…

and a string was threaded through…

and knotted.

And this was how a hat was born…

to an ogre.

This is the back. (In case you’re curious.)

For some of us it was a thinking hat.

(As a side note, I love all the educational iPhone apps. The kids do too.)

Meredith is practicing her times tables with “Flash Tables” – very simple, yet cool.

Obviously the hat is doing its magic because she scored 30 out of 30! Whoop!

Kenny wears his while doing Math; a regular Nathaniel Bowditch, that one.

He’s Captain-Math-a-matic-al.

Oh Captain, My Captain!

I even took a part.

As you can see I’m “…the SMARTEST of the SMART”.