Just another great consignment sale score: An unopened butterfly house kit for $1.50. Despite the Little Dude’s reaction to his last butterfly experience, he was superbly excited to do this project. Prudence dictated that we use washable paints for this project, so once he and Daddy have decided that they are “finished” painting the house, we’ll spray it with a waterproof sealer and hang it outside someplace the butterflies will hopefully find it.

This made a great addition to morning art time.  And yes, it did eventually deteriorate into an experiment regarding what happens to the water when you add progressively more black paint by dipping and rinsing your brush over… and over… and over… but… it’s the process, not the product, right?

And yes, Morning Art Time is still a feature of our continuing run of (until now anyway) unusually peaceful mornings.  I’ll be keeping that going as long as humanly possible…