Egyptian Paddle Dolls

This year we are using a core curriculum entitled Tapestry of Grace.  We started with God's 7 days of Creation and now we are off to Ancient Egypt in the books of Moses.  Can you imagine sleeping with a doll made of wood? 

      The girls worked on this project with us.  Reace loved painting the white dress and her favorite part was threading the beads!  She was a great help in getting Aryee's beads threaded as well.  [While she continued threading beads, I used her doll as an example of how to paint the necklace and head dress for the boys to see.]  Aryee loved painting too and enjoyed throwing the beads mostly or grabbing them by the handfuls and letting them slip through her fingers back into the bowl (or at least she attempted at holding her hand over the bowl : )!
      Quint did a great job of painting his.  Both of the boys got tired of threading the beads and kept asking "why are we doing this?"  But they persevered, and actually had fun making patterns with their beads.  I love JD's because he didn't want "crazy hair."  He liked his with no hair, and said, "I want him to have a headband and arms!"  All his idea! So much fun!