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 10 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Week 10 - Thinking Tree Art & Nature Program

Weather: grey cold day with beautiful light snow falling in the afternoon

Soup made by the kids: Carrot Coconut Curry


Art lessons today:

• sketching faces and features (from puppets and other shapes)
• making "postage stamp" sized art, coloured pastels on black paper
• needle-felting small animals with wool
  

Herbal project today:

• sewing dream pillows
• garden mint tea made outdoors for lunch

Other highlights:

• introducing the Thinking Tree mailbox, choosing a name and sending each other a small gratitude/appreciation card or drawing
• light beautiful snow falling in the afternoon
• the completion of many lovely dolls after many weeks of work on them