Gecko's

In Ethan's class they have been studying the Sonoran desert in preparation for a field trip to the Botanical Garden (which BTW, is gorgeous, if you've never been I highly recommend it, but only go when the Monarch butterflies are there!) So anyway one of the things he learned about were gecko's, and now he is gaga for gecko's? Why? Because they are chameleons, and super cool of course! So he has been begging to make a shirt with a gecko on it. Shawn said I should buy a gecko brand shirt, but that's no fun.
Now I am all about letting kids do a project however they want, its not the finished product that matters its the process, right? But when it comes to wearing that project out... in public, well that's a different story. So when I saw this project I thought it would be perfect. You use freezer paper as a stencil, so cool right? All you do is cut out your design with an exacto knife, then iron the paper, wax side down, on the shirt. Then let the kids go crazy. We just used puffy paint, and a brush. Then you just peel the paper off. That easy, and they were quite proud of their creations!