This week American Heritage Girls (AHG) celebrates it 20th Birthday. Since I love AHG, and a large part of my blog is devoted to that topic, I wanted to devote this week’s posts to them.
If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know that Mondays are devoted to knitting. Today I opted to combine the two and assist anyone out there attempting the Needle Arts Badge, specifically the knitting portion of this badge. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Needle Arts”
Over the years, Lily has accumulated a rather large collection of SWAPS. She wanted to be able to store / display them. She created a simple banner and added the SWAPS to it.
We love living in Florida. While the rest of the country survived a record amount of snow this year, we have watched the azaleas bloom in January. My kids wear shorts 10 months a year and we enjoy the beach all year-long. Even if you do not live in Florida, odds are if you enjoy going to the beach. And you probably have a stash of shells the kids have collected that you do not know what to do with. Why not use them to make cute jewelry while working on the Creative Crafts merit badge.
We love American Heritage Girls. With our endless moves it has been a great way for us to meet people in a new community. It also has allowed us to try things we never would have done before. My daughter loves anything crafty. The Creative Crafts merit badge is a great way for her to try new types of skills – Bead Making.
This summer Lily is working on her P.R.A.Y Award with a group of her friend. She also wanted to work on her Cake Decorating Merit Badge.
Fortunately, I am able to do easy / basic cake decorating. I took my first Wilton cake class 16 years ago when I was a newly wed. Long story short, I am teaching the Cake Decorating Merit Badge to a group of Tenderhearts and Explorers.
We began with a little color theory. This was to complete requirement #2. However, I also able to cover Artasic #4. Using a handout I created, and a box of crayons we discussed primary and secondary colors, tints and shades, warm and cool colors, and complementary and triadic colors. After having the girls color the handout we worked on tinting icing.
I am making the handout available for you to download here (color wheel worksheet).
NOTE: Please be sure to read the AHG Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
