Are you organizing? Both July and late December seem to be THE organizational times for us. Both being before back-to-school times. I recently had a question from my friend Pamela on our IKEA for homeschool organization. And I asked if I could share her question here since it was about time for an organizational update. […]
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Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall
There’s just something enchanting about the floating candles in the Hogwarts Great Hall! The Christmas trees…We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book with chalk pastel art! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel […]
Harry Potter Quidditch Snitch
This will be a fun challenge! Capture the Quidditch snitch in chalk pastels. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first book, Nana shares a Harry Potter Quidditch snitch art tutorial! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel because […]
Harry Potter Firebolt Broom Art Tutorial
The wizard’s broom is a fun subject to paint with chalk pastels. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book with Nana sharing a Firebolt broom art tutorial! Now we decided on the Firebolt simply because it was a bit more substantial to paint. So this is breaking […]
Harry Potter Sorting Hat
Now the Harry Potter sorting hat is quite the character! This is going to be so much fun for you artists to paint. Just imagine placing the hat on your head and what it might say. This art tutorial is very colorful and fun, so let’s get started… *This post contains affiliate links to frugal […]
Harry Potter Wizard’s Wand Art Tutorial
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book, Nana shares a wizard’s wand art tutorial! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel because we will release a new video art tutorial every day of this series! […]
Harry Potter Illustrated: Lightning Scar
Starting now and with five more video art tutorials we will be having fun with the art of Harry Potter! Are you ready? June 2017, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. With this series, we will create chalk pastel art of the familiar favorites. We […]
Star Wars Art Marathon
We are such big Star Wars fans that we are always up for a movie marathon. How about a Star Wars art marathon? Grab your black construction paper, a starter set of chalk pastels and pick your favorite Star Wars character or scene to start with. Then move to another and then another for an […]
How We Came to Love Teaching Textbooks in Our Homeschool
Balancing the needs of an age range of children is always something I am faced with. Back in the days of toddlers to pre-teens, we hit a bump in our homeschool math journey. Well, not just a bump but a puddle of tears and a pile of frustration most mornings. So here is the story […]
5 Fun Ways to Learn With Tapestry of Grace
In all my years of homeschooling with Tapestry of Grace, it seems moms can be so serious about learning how to ‘do’ Tapestry. I know I can get caught up in being all serious. But can we set the ‘how to’ aside and focus on the fun? I promise that through the fun you truly […]
Homeschool Year Home Stretch
Can you feel it too? We are definitely in the homeschool year home stretch. I think it dawned on me when the younger children all moved to the last Teaching Textbooks disc. That means we are almost done! Another homeschool year has flown by. It also means we have a chance to finish strong over these […]
Live Chalk Pastel Art Tutorials
One of the fun things that Nana, the children and I have been doing is Facebook Live Art Tutorials. Most every Wednesday at noon eastern time, we been sharing live chalk pastel art tutorials on the ChalkPastel.com Facebook page. We’ve also visited a few Facebook pages of some friends. Because it can sometimes be hard […]
Aunt Dot’s Banana Bread Recipe
I’m sure you have some wonderful favorite recipes you circle back around to. My Aunt Dot’s banana bread recipe is one of those for me. A classic family recipe from that red and white checked cookbook my mama gave me when I was a new bride. Her aunt Dot’s recipe. Lately we’ve been enjoying this […]