First Homework Assignment

We were told to work with our child to create a picture that looks like them. We could use any medium we wanted. We were given a cut-out person to cover up. The assignment was sent home on Thursday - due on Tuesday. Quinn wanted to work on it Thursday - I wouldn't let him. We'd have to gather materials and I wanted a chance to really think about what we could use. Then the weekend came and went and we didn't do anything about this little project yet.

So tonight Quinn and I stood in the kitchen. Then we went in the basement, got some construction paper, stickers, markers, and crayons. Then we went back into the kitchen. How about rice for your hair, Quinn? "No.... how about spaghetti?" Okay that works.

And so... we created this masterpiece with spaghetti, corn flakes, construction paper, crayons, markers, stickers, and glue. Lots of glue.

Man, I hope that glue dries before the morning.

My favorite parts: the spaghetti fingers. I didn't want to do it, but Quinn noticed we needed fingers. AND he had the idea to use 5 pieces of spaghetti for the fingers. The corn flake ears - totally my idea, but come on, corn flakes for ears - perfect, right? And check out the shoes. Quinn added some blue stripes for the velcro things on his shoes. And the shirt? Spiderman stickers, because, "I like spiderman and love my spiderman shirt."

Awesome, right?

I hope all future homework assignments are this much fun.