Sea Week: Bubbly

 It's been a rough few weeks and months.  Lots of people in the hospital (my father in law's dad is in now), a few deaths (three in the past week), the strokes, and various sickness.

And the loss of our own little one.

One reason I did Sea Week last week (and into this week) was to give the kids something to focus on beyond all the heavy stuff.

Here are Klenda and Zorg making the shark.

Here is Mxyl putting up the squid's mantle.

It's amazing having kids big enough to reach the ceiling!

 Remember the bubble painting?

I finally got around to using those in a collage!

We cut out bean shapes, with a large hole on one end (Mary's face) and a smaller hole lower down (Baby Jesus' face).

The kids glued the bean shape to other paper, then drew the faces.

This was a simple, sweet craft that worked well for a wide spread of ages.  Mxyl (top) did a detailed face using proportions he learned in a portraiture video, Choclo did a smiley face (and made Baby Jess say, "Goo!").

We did it on the Feast of the Assumption.

I had providentially stumbled across these foam sea life stickers while excavating perusing the home school room.  We used the extra bubble paintings as a back ground for under sea scenes.

Klenda's was the most elaborate.  She cut orange bubbles for sand, blue for water, and an edge piece for the dolphins jumping out of the water!