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A Shower of Ancestors

2/2/2015

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A Shower of Ancestors // GrowingLittleLeaves.com
A month or two ago, via Pinterest, I came across a fun post on the blog, This Simple Home. The blog owner and author, Annette, shows us how to make her Love Rainbow Craft. I just loved it so much that I decided to re-create it with my daughter, using photos of ancestors instead of names and an ancestor quote instead of the Bible verse. I thought it would be an especially fun activity with Valentine's Day rolling around.

For this activity you will need: a white poster board, scissors, a marker, a pencil, a ruler, yarn, tape, small photos of ancestors, and an assortment of scrapbook paper.

First, I drew a simple 'puffy' cloud on the poster board in pencil and then cut it out. Next, we chose six patterns of scrapbook paper. My daughter and I decided to do rainbow colors, so we chose patterns in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, but obviously you can do whatever patterns or color you like. 

I cut the scrapbook into 3-inch squares. Then, I folded each square, drew half of a heart on the fold and cut to get a nice symmetric heart. (I did let my daughter help with the cutting, since this is a skill they are working on in preschool, but she became bored with it after a few hearts, so I took over.)

Next, I printed out small photos of my daughter's ancestors. As we have done before, we talked about what an ancestor is and I named all of the people in the photos as we glued them on the hearts. If you do not have enough photos of direct ancestors (grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.), feel free to use photos of aunts and uncles as well. 

A Shower of Ancestors // GrowingLittleLeaves.com
A Shower of Ancestors
We used plain old Scotch tape to attach the yarn to the cloud and hearts, and I wrote an ancestor-related quote on the cloud. We used a hole punch to made a hole in the top so that we could hang it.
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    Emily Kowalski Schroeder

    Founder and Author of Growing Little Leaves

    Emily Kowalski Schroeder / Founder and Author of GrowingLittleLeaves.com

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