'Twas the Night Before Christmas Break was over.......
And this Mom decided to finally go through her children's backpacks! (YES...Epic Fail!)
Of course our youngest son had an optional extra credit assignment that was due Monday morning! Which left him 3 hours to complete before much needed bedtime would arrive.
Did I mention that "this" son is a go getter and an over achiever? Sooooo, there was no question the extra credit HAD to be done!!
Well, his teacher was gracious to give many extra credit options that all pertained to the class novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. "Easy" options like making a map, a missing persons poster or a critique of the book they had already read.
Any guesses on which extra credit my son "HAD" to do?
Good Lord Help Me!!!
So, what does this Momma do? Yes, first I googled trying to get some easy inspiration on Hatchet dioramas. But, if anyone who has ever helped with a diorama knows, there is no such thing!
On to the next plan. I talked to my son to see what he envisioned. Oh, the ideas just flowed....a plane crash, animal attacks, a tornado and more. What to do? What to do?
Before my son set his idea in stone, this Momma ransacked the bottom of two toy boxes looking for anything that would become "stars" in the diorama. I found many cast members that were not a fit. But there it was the holy grail....a bear, an action figure, a broken helicopter and some fake foliage. SUCCESS!!
Next we found an old shoe box (as a parent you know never throw a shoe box away - even if it means storing them for almost a year), construction paper, Elmer's glue, craft sticks and wood glue. My son was soo excited and started creating his vision.
By now I was getting into the diorama myself so I went out with a pair of scissors and trimmed small pine branches off our shrub in the back yard and collected a small branch. Let me tell you these additions fit in perfectly...BUT
Trying to make pine branches stand up in a shoe box to look like a "real" forest without poking holes in the bottom of the box...hum. Gorilla glue? Nope didn't work. Wood glue? No. Elmer's glue? Took too long to set up. Old Fashioned Super Glue? With much persistence, patience dwindling and canned air (Don't ask) it worked!
The Diorama is complete and my son is sooo proud and that is all the matters.
Now just to get it to school in the morning in one piece as the weather forecast is for winds gusting to 50 mph!
And this Mom decided to finally go through her children's backpacks! (YES...Epic Fail!)
Of course our youngest son had an optional extra credit assignment that was due Monday morning! Which left him 3 hours to complete before much needed bedtime would arrive.
Did I mention that "this" son is a go getter and an over achiever? Sooooo, there was no question the extra credit HAD to be done!!
Well, his teacher was gracious to give many extra credit options that all pertained to the class novel study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. "Easy" options like making a map, a missing persons poster or a critique of the book they had already read.
Any guesses on which extra credit my son "HAD" to do?
A DIORAMA!!!
Good Lord Help Me!!!
So, what does this Momma do? Yes, first I googled trying to get some easy inspiration on Hatchet dioramas. But, if anyone who has ever helped with a diorama knows, there is no such thing!
On to the next plan. I talked to my son to see what he envisioned. Oh, the ideas just flowed....a plane crash, animal attacks, a tornado and more. What to do? What to do?
Before my son set his idea in stone, this Momma ransacked the bottom of two toy boxes looking for anything that would become "stars" in the diorama. I found many cast members that were not a fit. But there it was the holy grail....a bear, an action figure, a broken helicopter and some fake foliage. SUCCESS!!
Next we found an old shoe box (as a parent you know never throw a shoe box away - even if it means storing them for almost a year), construction paper, Elmer's glue, craft sticks and wood glue. My son was soo excited and started creating his vision.
By now I was getting into the diorama myself so I went out with a pair of scissors and trimmed small pine branches off our shrub in the back yard and collected a small branch. Let me tell you these additions fit in perfectly...BUT
Trying to make pine branches stand up in a shoe box to look like a "real" forest without poking holes in the bottom of the box...hum. Gorilla glue? Nope didn't work. Wood glue? No. Elmer's glue? Took too long to set up. Old Fashioned Super Glue? With much persistence, patience dwindling and canned air (Don't ask) it worked!
The Diorama is complete and my son is sooo proud and that is all the matters.
Now just to get it to school in the morning in one piece as the weather forecast is for winds gusting to 50 mph!
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