Yes I am still here!

Did you all think I disappeared for good? You can't get rid of me that easily! For those of you who don't know me, I am a college student and the past week has been filled with quizes, midterms, papers and presentations. I think things have finally died down a little, thank goodness.

I have a few more photos that have been sent in of completed Hearts and Trees fall projects to share. These are from Ellie and her two sons ages 6 and 4.

~Ellie's 6 year old son did the middle painting, her 4 year old son did the left one and she even got in on the action and did the one on the right. Great work you guys!~

I love the way she mounted them so they can see and enjoy them everyday.

~She also mounted the art print and hung it on their board so they could keep looking at it. Smart idea!~

Fall Themed Kits SOLD OUT!!!

So, as of today, October 13th, I am officially sold out of fall kits!! I just wanted to thank everyone that purchased a Hearts and Trees fall themed art, nature and handicraft kit. We have had such a wonderful response to this initial offering. Thanks for all the feedback and the shared photos of completed projects. We are already hard at work on our winter themed kit and hope to have it up for sale around January. Meanwhile I will be posting recipes, art ideas, nature study ideas, book suggestion, and other related items on this blog.

I am also toying with the idea of putting together smaller, more specialized kits. I welcome any feedback or suggestions or comments anyone might have. What do you think of a crochet or knitting kit? Would you like to have a specific sewing kit with a larger project? Any other ideas of what you would like to see? Feel free to leave me or comment or email me at amandachristina@yahoo.com.

Introducing Our Fall Themed Kit

Announcing a Fall Themed Art Kit!

Fall Art, Handicraft, and Nature Study

8 great projects to complete and all materials are provided.

Each kit includes the instructions and materials to complete eight great projects with a minimum of effort. (Please note that you will need to provide common art supplies such as glue, tape, watercolors, washable markers, colored pencils, etc.)

These kits were gathered with children ages 6-12 in mind. The parent will need to be involved in some of the more complex projects such as the hand-sewing activity.

Contents of this kit:

1. A color art print of Van Gogh's Mulberry Tree and a short biography for Van Gogh
2. A worksheet to learn about this kit's art element which is "warm colors"
3. A 12 page nature journal ready to decorate and complete with the activities provided on each page
4. All the materials to complete this kit's sewing project which is a quilted potholder using fall colors (fall print fabric will vary)
5. An origami project with the paper provided
6. Materials to make a fall colored Sculpy leaf pendant necklace (Sculpy color will vary)
7. A watercolor project that demonstrates warm colors (you will need to provide the watercolors)
8. Materials for a fall leaf banner- including the fabric, dowel, yarn, and other items

We are offering this Fall Art, Handicraft, and Nature Study Kit for the low price of $9.95 plus $4.60 Priority rate postage. (If shipping outside of US or Canada, email us for shipping costs.)

Each kit is enough for one student but we will be offering additional student kits for $8.00.

We have a limited number of kits for this initial offering just to see how great the interest is in this sort of thing so please email us ASAP so you won't miss out. Please email us to make sure we still have kits available. For your convenience we will be accepting Paypal payments. Email us at: amandachristina@yahoo.com

***To order a kit, first email me at amandachristina@yahoo.com. I will email you back and let you know if I still have kits available. I will also then give you my paypal account address so you can make a payment. Once I have received your payment I will ship it within the next few days**

**EDIT 10-13 as of today we are SOLD OUT**

Check back often for information about our upcoming winter themed kit. Thanks!

Some completed fall themed projects

So I am just about out of our fall themed kits. As of right now I just have two left! So if you are interested feel free to email me. I am getting a lot of good feedback. It seems like the kit is really meeting a need homeschooling parents have. Everyone wants to do arts and crafts and nature study it is just hard sometimes to get started.

Jennifer H. emailed me this photo of her four year old son's completed warm color worksheet. He drew a pumpkin patch in the box at the bottom of the page. The drawing next to it is fireworks. He used all the warm colors he could fine in his crayon box. Too cute!

Here are Rhonda's two children Robert and Ruth with their completed fall banners. Don't they look pleased with the results? I love how they are both so different. Great work guys!

If anyone else has purchased a kit and would like to share some photos on this blog feel free to email me. And be sure to check out my free downloads on the sidebar. I will be adding more soon. I have a whole list of ideas I want to share.

See the Fall Art Kit in Action!

~I absolutely *love* the results of this fall banner! Beautiful!~

Hope over at The Sinister Scribe has posted some photos of her and her children's projects from the fall art kit and has invited me to share them on this blog. Check the posts out here and here and here and here. Keep up the great work!

~Hope really embraced the whole idea of our kits- to introduce new and easy ideas parents can take and use in their home schooling and nature study even after they've completed the kit's projects. She took our idea of a Nature Journal book and made one for her younger daughter as well.~

~Hope's son Sam completed the warm color watercolor project and was inspired to try his hand at another painting. I love the wet on wet effect!~