Salt Dough Maps

Wednesdays are so relaxed for us! No papers to deliver, no cub scouts meetings or other appointments. We really enjoyed taking it easy and staying home today.

The kids finished their 3-D maps of China. Painting is always a favorite at our house. Sadie did one too, but hers just looks like an ink blot. She had a good time, but the picture didn't turn out very well. The boys look great and Nathan was very careful to make his desert yellow, lower elevations green and mountains brown.

It turned out to be pretty difficult to label anything or even do rivers, so we ended up doing another map of China, just a plain old flat map that will fit in their lapbooks when we're done with the unit. It really helped us to be able to label all the bordering countries and a couple cities. I only scanned Nathan's in, because Brandon decided to color almost every country red and it's just a bit difficult to see some things. :o)

I love seeing their personalities in their project and this is one we will probably repeat when we study other places. I'm not sure what we'll do with them all, but they're fun to make!

We also worked a bit on Cub Scout requirements. Nathan's a Bear now, and Brandon was just dying, waiting until he turns eight. We took pity and got him a Tiger Cub book for Christmas. He's not official, but at least he has some goals to meet and things he can work on, just like Nathan.