We have sand all over our dining room and have been hard at pyramid building for about 3 weeks now (and we're so glad that it's out of the house now and we can clean everything up)...
...it started with a lot of math...
...figuring squares and right angles and acute angles...
...and triangles that would be the perfect height...
...to come together...
...and form a perfect pyramid...
...then Scout spread glue over the pyramid...
...and wrapped it with yarn...
...because yarn should be part of every project - right...
...er...um...right...
...then he made some smaller polyhedrons for the 'wive's pyramids' - which he promptly covered with papier-mâché...
...now you can see what the yarn was for - yarn covered with papier-mâché looks just like rows of bricks - now you know...
...next, he painted everything the colour of sand...
...then he cut open one side of the pyramid - of course the inside of the pyramid has to be furnished...
...while waiting for Confirmation class at the Church to start - he gathered some grass and made some little Egyptian boats - you see every spare moment has been consumed by this project...
...next he painted all the pyramids with glue...
...that's a sticky job...
...and took them out to the garage where they got a sand shower - now we have sand all over the house...
...the mortuary temple needed a little more artwork before he was ready for his sand bath - columns had to be drawn on the interior...
...then we mixed up some salt dough and Scout carved out the interior of the pyramid - galleries, false tombs, true tombs, air shafts, escape shafts - it's all in there...
...he painted the Nile River on the base with some glue tinted with food colouring - this dries to a clearish watery looking river...
...he formed a salt dough sarcophagus and painted it gold...
...he painted the interior salt dough slab...
...added a box for the true burial chamber complete with heiroglyphics (they're visible in the grand gallery as well) - and hot glued in some supporting slabs...
...he labeled everything on the interior and popped it into place inside the pyramid...
...Scout labeled everything outside - and put the capstone in place...
...he is so proud of his finished project...
...he added several extra labels - things that weren't on the required list...
...and typed (have I mentioned how awesome it is that he can type!) a little note explaining how to open the pyramid - a super neat little trick - you lift the capstone and pull down the side...
...an aerial view...
...I somehow neglected to snap a photo of blanket # 2 - but trust me it was just like this one only pink and lavender...
Sweet Patricia from Knitsburgh sent me these sweet cards - I absolutely love them and I'll be able to put them in my Giveaway Day packages. That was really a sweet and thoughtful thing to do - Thanks so much Patricia!
...Scout picked the most perfect tree of all...
...three trees in a truck - one for us and two for the Church...
...we hung our lovely cross on the door - purchased from the Boy Scouts instead of a wreath this year...
...the tree's inside and all the needles are vacuumed up...
...Scout checks all the lights - the spares are in the little golden drum...
...and arranges them on the tree...
...all done for tonight - we'll do the ornaments tomorrow...
You can barely see Nanny's Russian Tea in the soup tureen...
This year for my Advent Giveaway I'll be participating in the big Giveaway Day over at Sew Mama Sew. I'm so excited about it - so be sure to check back on December 2nd!
The Christmas Wreaths that the Boy Scouts sold are in - so we'll be delivering those - just in time for everyone who wants to decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving like I do. They're huge - the boxes wouldn't fit in my car and I had to come home and get the Man's truck. And they smell amazing - our garage smells just like a pine forest. Ours is not a wreath but a cross - I'll show it to you Friday after we get our tree...
...so they mixed and shaped and decorated (and ate a bunch of cookie dough)...
...and had a whole lot of fun - they ate so many of the chocolate kisses that they're weren't enough to top the peanut butter cookies - so we just pressed the fork imprint into those and they were just peanut butter cookies with no kiss...
...we packed them all up prettily in cellophane and labeled them -and popped them into the freezer - we'll deliver them with Christmas Carols in Advent...
...it started with a lot of math...
...figuring squares and right angles and acute angles...
...and triangles that would be the perfect height...
...to come together...
...and form a perfect pyramid...
...then Scout spread glue over the pyramid...
...and wrapped it with yarn...
...because yarn should be part of every project - right...
...er...um...right...
...then he made some smaller polyhedrons for the 'wive's pyramids' - which he promptly covered with papier-mâché...
...now you can see what the yarn was for - yarn covered with papier-mâché looks just like rows of bricks - now you know...
...next, he painted everything the colour of sand...
...then he cut open one side of the pyramid - of course the inside of the pyramid has to be furnished...
...while waiting for Confirmation class at the Church to start - he gathered some grass and made some little Egyptian boats - you see every spare moment has been consumed by this project...
...next he painted all the pyramids with glue...
...and took them out to the garage where they got a sand shower - now we have sand all over the house...
...the mortuary temple needed a little more artwork before he was ready for his sand bath - columns had to be drawn on the interior...
...then we mixed up some salt dough and Scout carved out the interior of the pyramid - galleries, false tombs, true tombs, air shafts, escape shafts - it's all in there...
...he painted the Nile River on the base with some glue tinted with food colouring - this dries to a clearish watery looking river...
...he formed a salt dough sarcophagus and painted it gold...
...he painted the interior salt dough slab...
...added a box for the true burial chamber complete with heiroglyphics (they're visible in the grand gallery as well) - and hot glued in some supporting slabs...
...he labeled everything on the interior and popped it into place inside the pyramid...
...Scout labeled everything outside - and put the capstone in place...
...he is so proud of his finished project...
...he added several extra labels - things that weren't on the required list...
...and typed (have I mentioned how awesome it is that he can type!) a little note explaining how to open the pyramid - a super neat little trick - you lift the capstone and pull down the side...
...an aerial view...
They continue to haul in dirt - it's kind of sporadic - they'll haul dirt all day and then none for a week and then they'll be back...
...I'm amazed at how much dirt there is out there...
