A Small Fox in a Big World

Third Annual Small Fox Ornament Swap!

It's that time of year again! Time to start thinking about making ornaments for the Third Annual Small Fox Ornament Swap! I haven't felt much in a Christmas mood, but the temps are finally cooling down and I'm beginning to feel the first whispers of ornament inspiration.

Here's how it will work. The first 24 people to email me at paperfoxling @ yahoo {dot} com with their name and address by Friday November 4th are in the swap. (this will round us out to an even 40 participants.) You will then be responsible for making either 5 or 10 ornaments and mailing them to me, along with $5 to cover postage, by November 25, 2010. I'm doing this a little differently than in year's past, to give people the option of making a smaller amount of ornaments, since I know how busy life can be. (Oh trust me, how I know!)

I will then distribute the ornaments, so everyone gets what they put in to the swap, without having to worry about participants who flake out. If you send 5 ornaments, you will receive 5 in return. If you send 10, then you will receive 10. You should receive your ornaments sometime the first or second week of December and then will have the rest of December to enjoy them!

For inspiration, here are some ornaments I've made in the past!

Hope to hear from you soon! I'm so excited to see what you are making!

Sleep well, my friend

Cleo, you were my best girl. I'll miss you for the rest of forever and always. I'm glad that we had that last weekend together and that I can remember you loving me best of all. Be well, baby kitty. Mama loves you.

One World, Many Stories :: Week 6 :: Away We Go! :: Dewey's Amazing Race :: FINALE!

We Read:

Olivia Goes to Venice, by Ian Falconer

 

We Played:

DEWEY'S AMAZING RACE!

000s: Find It or Beat It

Find It: Kids assemble a puzzle of a tourist site

Beat It: One of the coldest inhabited places is Resolute, Canada, with an average temperature of -16 C. Kids must get a toy from the bottom of a bucket of ice water, to see what it's like to live cold!

100s: Logic

Kids must complete one of several available logic puzzles.

200s: Hit or Myth

Hit: Kids have to hit a croquet ball through two arches to pass

Myth: Kids have to play Poseidon and blow a small boat across a tub, avoiding the rocky obstacles.

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300s: Suavities or Celebrate

Suavities: Kids have to practice their manners and deplorment and walk 10 steps with a book on their head.

Celebrate: N'cwala is a Zambian harvest celebration. Do their warrior dance! Hold a stick in your right hand and a shield in your left. Right knee and arm go up, then left knee and arm. Repeat five times.

400s: Verbal vs. Sign

Verbal: Kids must match the word "Hello" in many different languages to the language of origin.

Sign: As we learned in "Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything," the kids must perform Chinese vs. American signs to answer a series of questions.

 500s: To the Moon

Kids drop a clothespin rocket over their shoulder into a wide mouthed container. Two rockets must make it to the moon for the kids to pass.

600s: Eat It!

Kids make a modified Charlotte Russe from Russia. They spread chocolate pudding on a slice of pound cake. Then they top with whipped cream and a piece of fruit!

700s: Fold or Fly

Fold: Kids must create a simple peice of origami. We made samuri hats!

Fly: Kids must fold a paper airplane and fly it into a bucket labled with a travel destination.

800s: Recite or Write

Recite: Kids must recite a poem together. We used Shel Silverstein's "Me and You."

Write: The kids must fill out a mad lib and read it to the judges.

900s: Here or There

Here: Kids must answer a series of questions about their home state. (ie: state name, capitol, bird, tree, flower, rock, etc.)

There: Kids have to find a selection of countries on a world map.

We Were Rewarded!:

One World, Many Stories :: Week 5 :: Arts and Dance :: Aboriginal X-Ray Art

We Read:

Ready to Dream, by Donna Jo Napoli,

Koala Lou, by Mem Fox,

and

The Biggest Frog in Australia, by Susan L. Roth

 

We Made:

Aboriginal X-Ray Art!

AND...

Aboriginal chalk painting!

 

One World, Many Stories :: Week 4 :: Special Guest :: Martial Arts

We Read:

Jojo's Flying Side Kick, by Brian Pinkeny

 

We Watched:

A Tae Kwon Do demonstration!

We Learned:

First form! Special thanks to Shelia Long and her sons for their fantastic Tae Kwon Do demonstration! We all loved it!