Earth Day Festival

 Today Sydney's Montessori school had an Earth Day Festival and it ended up being a perfect day.

The threat of rain loomed all morning but luckily it held off until the late afternoon and all of the kids were able to enjoy the events.

 Sydney enjoyed her organic strawberry popsicle.

Also, she is very serious about frozen treats.

 The face painting station was a big hit (as usual) and we waited about 30 minutes to get this kitty cat face drawn on that somehow morphed into a purple, glittered covered mythical cat. (Cheshire cat maybe?) She loved it and insisted that I not wash it off tonight. Her request was denied.

 We then planted some daisy seeds.

 Syd made a lovely twine, macaroni and paper butterfly necklace. Such concentration.

 Then it was on to painting on the Earth Day canvas which ended looking like graffiti by the end of it all.  

 Sydney's pink 'smiley' faces that she contributed to the mural.

Mommy & Syd in our matching t-shirts after a fun day celebrating the Earth. As Syd always tells me, 'Mother Earth is good to us, she makes the flowers grow.' Indeed my little tree hugger. 

DIY: Montessori Pink Tower Ornament

The Montessori Method holds a special place in my heart and I truly believe it is the most amazing education that I can (thankfully) provide for my daughter. She currently attends Montessori school in the Toddler classroom and I also am lucky enough to work at the same school. I like to actually make something for her teachers that she can also have a hand in creating so this year we decided to construct little Pink Tower ornaments. To me, the Pink Tower is kind of like the Montessori mascot. 

The one I kept for myself. 

First, I picked up some pink craft paint, 3 different sizes of wooden blocks, and some twine. I got all of these supplies from Michaels. 

Sydney then painted each block pink. I think we put two coats on each block. 

The final blocks; I made 5 ornaments total. After all of the blocks were dry, I glued them together with tacky glue and then hot glued the piece of twine to the top. I wrote 'Made by Sydney 2011' on the bottom of each one. 

The finished product on our tree. This is an easy project if you have any 'Montessorians' in your life. Her teachers and my boss LOVED them. 

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