Category: Fine Arts

Princess School: Design a Castle

In a favorite episode of Sofia the First, Sofia and a friend design a castle of their dreams. Using If I Built a House for additional inspiration, I also made up my own plans for my own castle of my dreams!

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We made a list and then I drew a picture.

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Here were some highlights:

  • mermaid hippos in the moat
  • a dance room
  • a “treats room” with cookies, cupcakes, and candy
  • a water bed
  • a dressing room with pretty clothes and lots of dresses
  • a tower for Cedric (the sorcerer on Sofia the First)
  • slides down the sides of the towers
  • a dungeon for bad people to stay in

Mixing Colors with the Color Kittens

The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown is a simple Little Golden Book about two cats, Brush and Hush, who love to paint with colors. There is a hint of fairy tale in their story (as it is the explanation of how the world has so many colors) and the text has a pleasant but irregular rhyme that makes it a delight to read aloud. Brush and Hush’s adventures in making “all the colors in the world” are childlike and loveable. OF course we had to practice color mixing and making our own paintings after reading it together!
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Mom and I used our watercolors to do our own color mixing activity. Mom helped me find just the red, yellow, and blue paints on the tray. Then, Mom put three circles on the page, one in each of those colors. Finally, we used the brush to mix the colors together and see what they created!
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Of course, since the color kittens got to paint everything they saw, then it was time for me to do the same (on paper, however!). Mom loved finding little familiar things in my abstract and colorful painting. She found shapes in my painting, and, as it dried, the wet and less wet spots dried in different colors. I loved oooh and ahh-ing over it, and I loved making it.
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I love this painting so much Mom had it framed for my room!
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