This fall it was Ts turn to do a diorama for her big first grade project. She was assigned a beaver. As it turns out, a beaver was a pretty good option! She had LOTS of ideas of what to do with her shoebox. We had to rein her in a bit, but she did include a waterfall. She wanted to put treasure behind the waterfall, but we told her that she was supposed to make a home for a beaver, not a leprechaun.
I helped make the play-doh and make and paint the beaver. I also helped gather the moss. Brandon helped with the actual diorama. T did the work, but he aided her and encouraged her as she worked.
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| T: First you have to paint the box. |
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| T: It takes a long time to paint and dry. |
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| I added some rocks that would become a waterfall eventually. |
T was sure she needed moss in her diorama so we drove to various places in town to collect moss. I was scouting for it on walks. We found a pretty good harvest.
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| T: Look at this great moss! |
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| T: The project is coming along. Daddy added a light to see better. |
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| T: Painting the up and down part was hard. |
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| T: Do you love it??? |
Can you spot the waterfall, the dam, the lodge, the beaver, the moss, and the trees in the background? Just like M's T had some unique painting twists. Did you know that the brown above the waterfall is a squirrel?
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| T: I love my diorama. |
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