we’ve been graced with gourds in our classroom.  thank you, families.

they’ve been bought and sold and cooked and carted around and hidden and found…

we even humanized them and took care of gourd babies.

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crayon coloring on a gourd line paper is perfect for a wash of liquid watercolor.

it was discovered that cutting out damp paper is a lot harder than dry paper.  i think that was the first time some children made that realization…not something i’d thought of.

g-g-g-g-gourd!