Grandparent’s Day Idea

Posted by Cindy on September 5, 2007

Grandma, read no further!

Here’s an idea from the Holidays Around the Year book that we did as part of our seasonal Friday lesson last week.

We learned the science behind suminagashi art (marbling paints) and created beautiful card covers.  Inside the kids have written letters to both sets of grandparents for Grandparent’s Day.  We finished them off with some raffia decoration and, voila, a great keepsake for the grandparents (and a nice science and writing lesson for school!)

**Editing to add:  I bought a marbling ink set several years ago that has lasted me forever.  That’s what we used.  You can find something similar here.   I’m sure you can make your own inks, but I haven’t been successful finding a recipe on the internet.  If you find one, I’m sure others would appreciate you passing it along in the comments! 

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