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I recently read the Eric Carle book, “From Head to Toe” with the girls.
They really enjoyed it…I think we actually read it everyday for a few weeks.
As we read the book, the girls and I (and even Will) acted out the motions of the animals.
And I was hit with a great idea for a craft project!!! I just love it when that happens!
I took pictures of the children doing the actions described in the book and found images of the animals in the book in similar positions that the book describes.
I extracted all of these images and placed them on a background paper.
Then I used these to create a paper bag album for their daddy and sent it to him downrange.
I love to surprise Keith with craft projects featuring myself of the kids. I was so excited about this one that I hinted around about the coming surprise the whole time I was working on it.
I couldn’t wait for him to receive his package in the mail.
And to share it with you.
So…here are each of the finished pages and a picture of the album as a whole. I’d love to hear what you think!!!
Oh, and here’s a great tutorial for making paper bag albums. You can use them for a lot of really neat projects! And, like with any other craft project, you can make them as simple or elaborate as you like. The one I did was pretty simple.
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Wow! What a great and beautiful idea!!! He’s going to love it!!!
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I have to comment on the last 3 posts at one time.
First – the worship service – You go! I would not have the courage to do what you did whether I knew the songs or not. And I agree with you that hymns and praise music can co-exist, but I do LOVE hymns.
Second – the menu looks good. I like the weeks when I realize that my grocery list is short.
Third – L LOVE the book. What a great idea. M has a birthday coming up and that might just be an idea for his gift (if I can get my act together). I’ll have to improvise on the pages though because paper bags don’t seem to exist here. Thank you for sharing your project.
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That is so cute! I bet Keith loves it!! What a perfect project that all 5 of you could enjoy! Thanks for sharing. I want to check out those paper bag albums…perhaps we can try one here at the circus!
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so cute – I love that book too. I wonder where my copy is. It will be something they will all cherish as they get older and you can make more copies so easily – what a great idea.
Great extractions BTW.
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I LOVE this and can’t wait to do something like this with Olivia Grace. She is so into crafts but I have done or adapted everyone I do at school for her. We are tired of the same old ones…this one will be great to do. Thanks!!!
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Cute album ~_0
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That has to be one of the CUTEST things I have ever seen.
Great job! Thank you for sharing it with us. 
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How cool is that idea! I’m sure your husband was really touched by the effort you put in and adore seeing his beautiful children in action! What a great project!
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