I am really excited to finally have my newest kit available to share with you all. Thank you for your patience. There are a lot of fun projects in this kit that I am sure you and your children will enjoy. Each kit includes the instructions and materials to complete easy and fun handicraft, art and nature study projects with a minimum of effort. (Please note that you will need to provide common art supplies such as paper, markers, watercolors, etc.)
The sewing project for this kit is a fall leaf bunting. Your child will design and sew a banner to hang up as a fall decoration. Six muslin triangles and six squares of fall colored fabric, as well as the needle, thread and pins needed are all included in the kit. With this project your child will have the option to use leaves on each of the six triangles or to spell out the word "FALL" on four of the triangles and just use leaves on two of the triangles. All the templates are provided.
The featured artist in this kit is Jan Van Kessel. An art print focusing on insects is part of this kit. There is a notebooking page focusing on Van Kessel and insects as well.
A nature study color wheel finishes up the nature study part of this kit. Your child will fill in their own color wheel and then take it outside and look for things to match each slice of the color wheel. This is a fun project to get you outside and focused on fall color.
I have set up a separate email account for Hearts and Trees. It is: heartsandtrees@yahoo.com. Please use this email address for any questions you may have about my kits or blog. Thanks!
Over the years I have complied some list of links of fun fall handicraft projects. I just wanted to share them with anyone who hasn't seen them. Enjoy! 
Introducing the Hearts and Trees 
Another handicraft project included in this kit, is a set of plastic canvas coasters. Using two colors of yarn and learning two different stitches, your child will complete their very own set of coasters. This would be a nice introduction to plastic canvas. The yarn, plastic canvas, plastic needle and instructions are all included in this kit. 
Once again I am including a lapbook in my kit. This one was put together by my mom. It is all about salt. You and your child will complete four different salt experiments. The four experiments are entitled: Making Salt Crystals, Salt and Ice, Will an Egg Float?, and Freezing Salt Water. This is bound to be a lot of fun. I have included all the instructions and lapbook elements, you will need to provide the file folder, salt and some basic household items to complete the experiments.These kits were gathered with children ages 6-12 in mind. Parents may need to help their students, especially younger children, with some aspects of this kit.
To purchase a kit you will just need to make a PayPal payment to my account. You can do that using the "Pay Now" buttons in my sidebar. Just be sure to use the button for the right number of kits you would like to purchase
The cost per kit is $11.95 plus shipping. Shipping for one kit will be $3.25 First Class. Shipping for two kits will be $5.75 Priority and shipping for three kits will be $8.25 Priority. For information about purchasing more than three kits, please email me for shipping information. Shipping prices are for the US and Canada. (For information about shipping outside of the US and Canada, please email me.)
***Right now I am accepting PRE-ORDERS for this kit. I will ship all kits purchased before March 1st on March 2nd.***
After March 2nd all kits will ship within 4 business days after I receive payment. If you are interested in purchasing any of the PDFs I am currently selling (they are in my sidebar) and you wish to make a combined payment for multiple items, feel free to email me for a total. I have decided to limit how many of the Winter/Spring 2010 kits I am going to be putting together, so that I can better order supplies, so if you are interested, be sure to purchase your kit soon.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at amandachristina@yahoo.com. Please note, I currently DO NOT have email at my house, so it may take me a day to get back to you. Sorry for any inconvenience.
This is sure to be a lot of fun. The PDF includes all the lapbooking elements and instructions. You will of course need to provide the salt and other common household items to complete these experiments.
If you would like to purchase the 6 page set of Salt Experiments Lapbooking Pages as a PDF, I am offering it for $3.95. To purchase the PDF you can use the Pay Now PayPal button on my blog sidebar.
***Please note, this is not automated, so I will have to email the lapbooking pages to you once I receive your PayPal payment. I currently DO NOT have internet at my house. So you can expect the PDF to be emailed to you within 72 hours, but usually sooner. (I currently do not have Internet access at my house.) The PDF will be emailed to the email account associated with the PayPal payment I receive.***
Be sure to check out the other PDFs I have for sale. Links are in the sidebar of my blog. Right now you can also purchase a Winter/Spring 2010 Kit which includes the salt experiment lapbook pages along with a number of great handicraft and art projects. This is perfect if you are looking to add art, handicrafts and nature study to your homeschool.
If you have any questions about the Salt Experiments Lapbook PDF feel free to email me at heartsandtrees@yahoo.com.
