Week 12 - Final week of Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Week 12 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Weather: cold with some snow on the ground, and beautiful sunshine & frost

Lunch made today: Homemade pizzas in the outdoor wood-fired cob oven

Art lessons today:

• final charcoal sketching activity
• folding paper window stars with origami paper
• botanical lantern making with our dried leaves/flowers (from plant presses we made 

Other highlights today:

• outdoor cooperative games
• opening our Thinking Tree "mailbox" filled with wonderful letters and drawings
• personalized veggie pizzas for lunch 
• final good-byes, it's been a great 12 weeks together

 

Week 11 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Week 11 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Weather: cold with some snow on the ground, and a few glimpses of sunshine

Soup made today: Carrot Coconut Curry (a group favourite!)


Art lessons today:

• sketching self-portraits using mirrors 
• salt art prints
• Waldorf-inspired wintery candle drawings

Other projects today:

• beeswax candle-dipping done outdoors around a big table
• doll making continued
• needle-felting continued
• letter-writing for our group "mailbox", on handmade paper

Other highlights today:

• warming up with cooperative and running games in the community garden
• learning a few new songs during our opening and closing circles
• singing in time to the beeswax candle-dipping to keep our rhythm going!
• shared mint tea by the fire

Week 9 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Week 9 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Weather: snow is here!  a light layer, but still enough for a snowball fight

Soup made by the kids: Sweet potato leek


Art lessons today:

• sketching pinecones (not as easy as it sounds!)
• trying out white charcoal on black paper, for sketching our outdoor wintery scene

Herbal project today:

• pine needle-rosehip tea brewed over the fire
• wood block postcard holders (sanded and coated with beeswax polish)
  

Other highlights:

• a snowball fight during free time (for those who wishes to participate!)
• back by popular demand, honey-baked apples for lunchtime dessert
•  doll making continued (and some completed!)
• fire-building with the kids