Thursday, May 9, 2013

Idaho Shoshone Indian Diorama

by Adeline :)
3rd Grade Project
Our family all took a piece of the project and made this with Adeline. That was the assignment from the teacher. I was so happy to see it was a family effort because knowing our family... it would be anyway. :) 
Addy told everyone what she needed and we all went to work. I am sure if you know Addy, you know she LOVED being in charge. :) We looked around our yard to see what we could gather to make look like real things. It was really fun. Then, we needed to build it in my sewing room, so we gathered some paper and fabrics to complete the project. I will walk us through what we made so it can be completely documented before I throw it away. :) hahah. 

You have to look really close, but we drew on the slate rocks just like the Indians did with the petroglyphs.

A fire with gold fabric and some sticks glued together. :)
 A reed boat made of old flower vines next to the blue fabric waterfall and river. All with a silver fish and spear. :) 
 Gabe drew a few Indians in authentic clothing and we propped them up. 

 This would not be complete with out a TP and fabric cover that shows they drew on their homes and with clay pots the Shoshone specialized in. 

Adeline's beautiful handwriting in 3rd grade. :) All the descriptions are here explaining her project.

I think it was really funny when she came home after turning her project in. She was so animated as she said that her project was the best because everyone else used store bought things in their dioramas. She was kinda mad so many other kids did not use their imagination as she did. Not really humble, but we are working on that. But, at least she knew she did a good job. Oh my sweet Adeline. :)

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