optical illusions

We are all familiar with Rubin's Vase, one of the most popular optical illusions since 1915. Today, I decided that would be my optical illusion highlight. I had each kid sit with me and let me trace their profile. I originally tried to flashlight and profile tracing against the wall EXCEPT, the children kept moving, making major impossibility to trace.
I figured my free hand could do better and each kid was traced and cut out in less than a minute.
Voila! Personalized Rubin's Vase to take home!

treasure stones

It's "Believe It or Not" week with my kiddos, so we made rocks that only LOOK real!

coffee grounds + sand + flour + water+ salt + time in the oven = treasure stones!
we put treasures inside (like pennies) and now the kids are so excited that they know a secret about a seemingly ordinary looking object.

Little Guy was so excited that he actually came back after his mom picked him up and stayed with me until the rocks were ready to come out of the oven!

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