Fall Acorn Necklaces From Start to Finish

Today we made beautiful Fall Acorn Necklaces!

We got the idea from Rhythms of Play and thought they were so pretty that we wanted to give it a try!

So yesterday we went on a nature hike and gathered acorn caps.

 We brought along some marbles to make sure they would fit inside the acorn caps since acorn caps come in a variety of sizes!

The next step was to drill two holes in each acorn cap.  

Then we measured the hemp cord (about 32") and threaded it through the two holes.

We tied granny knots with the cord inside the caps.

After that we went to the hot glue and filled the caps with glue.  

Then we shoved the marbled into the plop of glue.

Ta-da!  The beautiful necklaces were completed!

Pizza From Start to Finish

This week we decided to make pizza from scratch for lunch.  We do a lot of baking around here!  You can learn so much from following a recipe - reading and following directions; measuring ingredients; life skills of cooking; chemical reactions (in this case yeast); making something look appetizing and appealing!

So we started with making the dough - measuring and kneading.

Then we rolled out the dough onto the cookie sheets.

After we baked the crust for a few minutes, we pulled it back out and put on the toppings.  Some of us are allergic to cheese so I didn't even think to look if we had any before we started making our pizza!  So we made our pizza cheeseless!

But we had wonderful toppings such as mushrooms, bell peppers, olives, zucchini, and sauce.  

After baking it was time to enjoy our pizza lunch!

Welcome!

Hello!

We are excited that you have joined us!

We have decided to share our everyday lives in our new blog:  Life at Finch Cottage!

It will be full of baking, crafting, science, and everyday fun!  

Our family is a whole life learning family! We learn something new everyday and would like to share it with you while keeping track of it for ourselves!

Let us introduce ourselves:

Mommy, Shelli and Angel

(Other family members are Daddy, big sister Amanda, oldest sister Rachel and her husband Garrett.)

Enjoy!!