Friday is normally my day off.  It’s the day of the week when my teaching partner comes to the classroom, takes over, and gives me a little time with my own kids.  My kids’ school district does an early release every Friday, so it’s nice that I get to be home when my kids come home early.  I spent the morning sewing with my daughter’s second grade class.  Then, at dismissal, I picked up 9 eager Girlscouts to come to my house for some Friendship Fun!  Our theme this week was friendship, and since I’ve been sewing Friendship Stars, I decided that the girls should make their own Friendship Stars.  I had originally planned to help the girls sew their own pillows, but at 8:00 on the night before, I just ran out of steam.  Watercolor paints to the rescue!!!

We used a crayon resist method to paint our Friendship Stars on watercolor paper. I sketched the block onto the watercolor paper ahead of time.   The girls chose a crayon to do their outline.  I asked them to use a heavier line around the border and around the star.  Then we painted.

They turned out very pretty.

Each star was different, just like each of our friends are different.

If you don’t have time to sew Friendship Stars, painting them is the next best thing. 
I’ll show you what we turned them into on my Literacy Blog tomorrow..