Happy Holidays Everyone!!

I hope everyone is excited for the holidays!!! I hope everyone enjoys this special holiday fun!!! I know that many people celebrate different holidays so please comment and tell me what you celebrate and any special family traditions you have.

Here are is a fun holiday craft!!

Christmas Snowflake Ornaments

Materials

• Popsicle sticks (3 or more, more is better)
• Glitter
• Glue
• String or yarn
• Decorations optional

Step 1: Glue your Popsicle sticks together so they are like a snowflake

Step 2: Using your glue, put a dot of glue on the back of your snowflake, and using your string or yarn make a loop and press it down on the glue

Step 3: Add glue to the top of your snowflake completely and then add any color glitter you want

Step 4: (Optional) If you want instead of glitter add glue in places and stick your decorations to it, or you can add decorations and glitter

And now you have your snowflake!!!!

Some Other Christmas Crafts

Christmas Stocking
Materials

• Fabric (any color you want)
• Needle
• Thread
• Glue
• Decorations
• Scissors

Step 1: Using your scissors cut out two shapes from your fabric 

Step 2: Using your needle and thread, thread your needle

Step 3: Tie a knot at the end of your thread and start sewing, going up and down all around your stocking, leaving an opening at the top

Step 5: Tie a knot once you finish sewing all around, and cut off the extra stuff but make sure not to cut off your knot

Step 6: If you'd rather glue your stocking together instead of sew it glue the sides together leaving a space at the top

Step 7: Inside out your stocking and glue on any extra decorations you want

And now you have completed your Christmas Stocking!!!!

Christmas Animals

Materials
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• Fabric (any color)
• Eyes (Any kind googly eyes, bead eyes, or safety eyes)
• Glue or a needle and thread
• Scissors
• Ribbon

                                    Safety eyes

Step 1: Cut two shapes depending on what animal you want
Step 2: Glue on eyes if they are googly or bead eyes but if they are safety eyes then cut two holes where you want the eyes to be small enough so the eyes stay in place, but big enough for them to go into place and then put the safety eyes through the holes and put in the connectors at the back
Step 3: If your critter has a nose using black fabric glue, or sew the nose on
Step 4: Thread your needle with your thread, and then make a knot, and sew going up and down all the way, but leave an opening big enough to add stuffing or you can glue inside all around leaving an opening for stuffing
Step 5: Add in the stuffing and once your animal is fully stuffed, if you glued the animal, glue the rest closed, or if you are sewing, sew the opening and tie a knot at the end and cut off extra string
Step 6: Tie a bow around your animal's neck if you'd like

Congratulations you have finished your Christmas animal!!!

Christmas Paper Ornament
Materials

• Construction paper or white paper
• Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
• Glue


• String
• Scissors

Step 1: Cut out an shape like an ornament, or a Christmas tree, or a star
Step 2: Cut off a piece of string and make a loop and glue it on the back of your shape
Step 3: Using your colors decorate your shape and if you want cut out other shapes and glue them on your main shape

And now you have finished your Christmas paper ornament!!

I hope you liked the holiday fun!!!!
Please comment about what you celebrate and what your family holiday traditions are!!

 

French

I am learning how to speak in french in my school. Now I know English, Spanish, and French. It's kind of hard to remember how to pronounce the words but I'm getting the hang of it. I know how to say the alphabet in french and I can count to twelve. I also know other things, like how to say mom, boy, sister, starnge, ball, silly, brothers, weeds, I don't know, and more things. I think it's really fun learning a new language it's so cool!!!!

The Debate!

Hooray today's the debate!!!! Kate will be defending Virtual school, and Kel's defending public school. Kel is going to go first. I'll decide when it's done so we don't have this going on all night. Good luck!!!!!

Some people wonder is you could get a better education, overall in a public school or a virtual school.

Autumn

What's your favorite season? I love Autumn also known as fall. Autumn has a nice chilly breeze and leaves are falling. I was riding my bike today and I went pretty slow because I just loved how it looked. To me it was the most beautiful thing EVER! When I think of Autumn I think of soccer, not soccer practice though (which I do not like) soccer games. They are really fun and Autumn is just so spectacular I don't even know what to say. I love our decorations for Halloween to. My birthday is also in the Autumn which is cool. Most people would think that I only like the fall because of my birthday. But that's not true because I love evrything about it, the nice chilly breeze, the beautiful landscape, and the decorations.

Post a comment on your favorite season and why!

A Dozen Carrots: A play by Me!

Here is my first play it's called A Dozen Carrots!

Characters:

Princess Ava

King

Princess Sandra

Knights (2)

Scene 1

(Setting a beautiful garden with lots of flowers)

(Princess Ava walks in with Princess Sandra)

Ava: Oh Sandra what am I to do?

Sandra: What do you mean fair sister?

Ava: Our father the king told me to go to town and get a dozen carrots.

Sandra: And what is wrong with that?

Ava: Well Sandra my dear sister, he asked me to go, and I do not know why. He could have sent a servant to go but he asked me instead.

Sandra: Well maybe it was something between you and him.

Ava: But what if it was? Then I have told you and I have ruined his plan.

Sandra: Well not completely.

Ava: But it was have been something important or he would have sent one of our servants to do so.

Sandra: Well I won't say a word.

Ava: Thank you.

(Princess Ava and Princess Sandra leave)

Scene 2

(Princess Ava enters with a dozen carrots to the king)

(Two knights are standing silently by him)

Ava: Father I have brought you your carrots. But would it be all right to ask why?

King: Fair daughter I have my secrets and they should be kept that way.

Ava: Oh just give me a clue, father.

Knight 1: The king has important things to take care of.

King: It's all right, all right then, it is a special stew that will be prepared and it needs a dozen carrots.

Ava: But what kind of clue is that? It doesn't explain anything.

King: Maybe not. But that means that my secret remains secret.

Knight 2: That will be all, Princess Ava.

(Princess Ava leaves grumbling with the two knights shooing her away)

Scene 3

(Ava is siting in her room, on her bed when Sandra comes in)

Ava: The hint didn't change anything!

(Ava angrily throws stuffed animals off the bed and at Sandra)

Sandra: What hint?

Ava: Father told me a hint about the dozen carrots.

Sandra: Well what was it?

Ava: he said: "it is a special stew that will be prepared, and it needs a dozen carrots" but that doesn't change anything.

Sandra: That explains everything! Here come with me.

(Sandra and Ava leave)

Scene 4

(Ava and Sandra are in the garden)

Ava: What are we doing here?

Sandra: You'll see.

(Sandra walks around until she finds what she's looking for, then she gets up and goes to Ava)

Sandra: Come right over here.......

(Ava follows Sandra to a little patch of seeds)

Ava: Why is this important?

Sandra: It's important because the seeds are not growing, but when father pours the stew of a dozen carrots in it will be taller than him.

Ava: Why does it matter?

Sandra: Because these seeds are the seeds of growth.

Scene 5

(Ava is following Sandra back inside)

Ava: I don't get it, what are the seeds of growth?

(Sandra stops and turns around)

Sandra: The seeds of growth make the kingdom grow the people are alive because of them. We have food because of those tiny seeds, but don't breathe a word o anyone even father. It is because only father knew about them and he kept his kingdom alive because of them.

Ava: Why didn't he tell anyone else? And how do you know?

Sandra: If he told someone, word would get out and then people from all over the world would be begging for them. But the problem is he only got a small amount and if he has to he'll journey back to where they got them. But I know because I learned about them and I didn't know that it was real until now.

Ava: I'll keep the secret.

Sandra: Good now how about some tea?

Ava: I'd be delighted.

(Ava and Sandra hook arms and leave)

The End!!

By the Way..................

I have a new idea to. I enjoy writing plays as well, so now I'm going to write that as well. If any of you have any ideas just post a comment here!

My First Story!

Here is my first story I hope you guys like it!! This story is called The Bird and the Pie:

Once there was a bird named Chocolate. Chocolate lived in a huge house, with walls the size of a mansion. Chocolate loved bird food but she was getting bored of it, so one day when she saw a piece of pie lying on a plate untouched she made a grab for it. Then she opened hr mouth and stuck it in her mouth. Then since she put the whole piece in her mouth she started choking until she had gotten the pie out of her mouth. Chocolate decided to stick to bird food but, decided to get different kinds of bird food, once she even had purple. But never again did she make the mistake of eating pie.

The End!



New Idea

I am now going to start writing stories on my blog as well. I thought of this idea because Crystal has a blog where she writes stories.

Check it out:

http://makingwritersbelieve.blogspot.com/

And anyway since this is a blog about writing shouldn't have stories?

Debate

We are going to have a debate and I'm going to announce the topic:

(These are my two topics that are my favorite of Kel's and Kate's)

Farm or City (Kel's)

Virtual School or Public School (Kate's)

I will post a comment on my decision at precisely 7:45 pm today (in 13 minutes)

What should I write about??

Ok I know this is a blog about everything but I'm not sure what to write about do you guys have any ideas? Because I want to hear them. Anything, anything at all it could be about something or like a co ntest or book review or something. Post a comment and I'll write about that:)

New Blog!

I made a new blog here it is:

http://ari-creatingthings.blogspot.com/

It's about things I've made and stuff like that, so if you're interested check it out!

A Trip All Around the World in One Post!

The world is very large there are seven continents as you all should know. North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and Australia. There are many different countries and one is USA which we live in. I want to one day go to Ireland, and I really like Japan. I like Japan because of these cute things called Re-ments. They are very popular in Japan like Hello Kitty. But anyway the world is very large and there are lots of countries, cities, towns, and all that.

There are a lot of different kinds of Re-ments

Movies!!!

I LOVE writing scripts for plays and movies, but I also love acting. So I make movies and edit them with my iPod touch with imovie. Well actually I made movies before but this is my first time with imovie and me actually making one. I like making movies more then just watching them. The most fun I think is editing when you're making the credits, one because that means you're almost done and two, because it's fun to show who did what. I just love making movies!!

Summer!

The school year has ended for most people in June so now it's summer vacation and we can have fun and sit back relax or go swimming or whatever.

Post a comment on what you like to do in the summer whether it's something you've done or your planning to do or what you'd like to do.

Have a great summer!

Pictures

Here are a few pictures that I like! (Just so you know I like bears)

These are all beautiful pieces of art

This guy is cute

These are teddy bears!

The one in the air looks like he is flying

~Kate

I love pictures and I love bears!

New Blog!

There is a new blog which is Crystal my sister, it is about stories and writers sharing their stories. If you mare interested in joining her blog this is the place:
http://makingwritersbelieve.blogspot.com/

Thanks! She would really appreciate if you join her blog.

Contest Winner

I am so sorry for not putting the contest winner so here is the contest winner: Kate!! She will be telling me what to write a review about. Kate will leave me a comment telling me what she wants me to write a book review about. Keep writing!!!

Winner

The winner will be announced soon. But I am going to announce it on April 20th. Sorry for the delay.

Contest Date

The winner for the contest will be announced on April the 12th. Crystal my sister will be choosing. So I gave a little extra time if any of you want to be in it and didn't get a chance to. Keep writing!

Goodbye Kate

Kate, as you know was a writer on this blog but then she decided she didn't want to do it anymore. But you can still have fun with me!!!!!!!!!!'

Signature!

Hi everyone I just thought I'd let you know that I finally got a signature because Kate got it for me. It's really cool. I don't have anything else to say so:

Contest Prize and More!

Ari left out a few things, though. There will be a prize for this, If you win you get to tell Ari to write a review for ANY THING!(If she has seen or read it) I suggest the Percy Jacksons or Harry Potter. Any way, there is no deadline, YET! I will tell you after there is enough entries, because at the momment, I am the only one. She will be asking a guest picker, Rhi, to choose a winner. SO...... Post your comment on this post or the one Ari wrote so we can get you a deadline and a WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S HAVE FUN!

Contest!!

I'm going to do a monthly contest so here is the first one.

Write a paragraph about something you like and why.

I will announce who the winner is soon.

Thanks,
Ari

PLEASE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what to put on my blog so please vote because I'm not sure what to put on it. Thanks!!

Here is Yours Truly: Kate!

Hello, I am also going to be a writer on this blog. First I would like a momment to look at a picture:

Cute right? Ok, I am so random! So I will also be posting as well as Ari, But you'll here more from her:) Thanks!!!!

Acting Tips!!!

If you ever want to become an actress her are some acting tips:

• Always look at the audience
• Always speak clearly (unless the script said not to)
• Don't talk backstage
• Don't kick anyone off the stage (even if you hate them)
• And most importantly HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Unless the script said not to look like your having fun)

I hope these help!!!!! If you want to become an actress

The Daughters of Neptune

What a great title! It's a movie (well not a movie yet) made by me and Kate with help from Kel and her sister Phia. It's about four girls who become mermaids and have powers and stuff like that. But we still have a lot of work to do. It's going to be a great movie.

Hi Y'all

Hi this is my blog it's about everything really. I hope y'all enjoy my blog!!!!!!!