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What Can Happen in a Year…
Today I wanted to share a couple of slide shows that I made recently. The first slideshow is of one of our Castle Keeper girls that became engaged recently. When viewing it, it makes me realize what a brief time we have with these girls. Our first Castle Keeper to get married and to graduate out of the club. Haha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgpKRwqMI0 And the second one is an overview of our Castle Keeper year showcasing our monthly meetings and challenges. Hope you enjoy!
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Painted Rocks by the Castle Keeper Girls
We’re wrapping up the year for our Castle Keeper girls. They’ve just finished up their last monthly challenge which was to paint a rock. “A rock”, you say? Oh yes, and cute they are! ~~~~~ These owls and ladybugs were even named! “May I introduce you to Jethro, Francis, Kyle and Oliver?” Does that inspire you to make your own? But, wait! Before you run off to paint yours, I have a few more I would like to share. 🙂 This lovely butterfly is from the hand of an artist in Brazil. I wonder what type butterfly it is? The following rocks were collected while on special outings. One carried…
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Castle Keeper Girls Make Their Own Gift Wrap
Most of the time I haven’t any problem thinking of new challenges for the Castle Keeper girls. It’s actually kind of fun looking for ideas for the girls. This past month they did gift wrapping and bow toppers. They were to wrap a book or some other item (it did not have to be a real gift) and make their own wrapping paper as well as a bow topper. The girls 13 and up had to do 4 different packages and 12 and under only had to do one. Here’s a sampling of their work. Audrey (age 9) took a potato and dipped it in red paint to make…
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Tell Me One More Story, Please
Thank you to those who took my short survey. It was very enlightening and interesting to see the results! Who doesn’t love a good story? At our last Castle Keepers meeting, one of our girls’ mother gave us pointers on how to tell a good story. It’s an interest of hers and she has several books on that topic alone. Who knew there were books just on that subject? Our teacher keeping our attention upon her story by using hands and plenty of voice inflections. As you can see the kids were quite engrossed. Each girl was to bring some type of story… even a personal family story worked. We…
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Fairies Live Here – Making Fairy Gardens with the Castle Keeper Girls
I’ve always loved miniature things. When I was a little girl I had a dollhouse and it was more fun to see the small pieces of furniture than it was to actually play with. Then there are the American Girl dolls and all their accessories. So, so cute. I love miniature versions of their larger counterparts and that’s probably why I was so drawn to the idea of our Castle Keeper girls putting together a fairy garden for one of their monthly challenges. To put together their fairy garden they would need some type of container, soil, and small plants such as mosses, grass, alyssum or succulents… but they were…
