Afternoon Craft- the richmond gold rush

The kids have been so good, i thought i'd reward them with a little craft after school! Will and I were at Ben Franklin last week and saw these cute wooden treasure chests... and i thought it would be fun for them to paint... we even found rocks out side and painted them GOLD! They all had a fun afternoon...
Sydney
Claire
Will
Caitlin




painting gold!!


While the kids painted, I told them a funny story from when I was little: We just learned about the California Gold Rush in school, and my friend and I decided to write a play about it! We needed props: my mom helped us paint rocks with gold paint. We set our stage by hanging large blankets on the laundry line out side... set up chairs... wrote our script... practiced, practiced and practiced.

Finally it was time to set the props and perform the play for my family. The play was about two sisters who rode in a boat (wheal barrow in our case) to an island where we find a treasure map and strike it rich by finding the lost treasure!! The last line of the play is supposed to be us yelling "Eureka!" Only thing.. when it came time in the play to FIND the lost treasure... we could find it. it was ...LOST. The audience still clapped, but to our disappointment opening night was also closing night for our play...

Caitlin, Sydney and Claire thought that was pretty funny... I told them i moved from that house not long after that...and the fake treasure is still in the back yard somewhere... they giggled at the thought of the new owner digging up and finding what they 'think' is real gold!!!