Graham And Brown Bedroom Makeover

Graham & Brown took pity on my bleak bedroom and sent me out some wallpaper to use and review. It’s one of the last rooms in my house to get attention. I didn’t realize how boring and bland it looked until I started taking photo’s YIKES!

I actually vowed never to wallpaper again after a previous incident using what we shall now refer to as “The Cheap Paper” . It was more of a combination of Cheap Paper, husband helper and 2 toddlers)

My mother and I (My new sidekick) challenged ourselves to complete this makeover before School pickup. It wasn’t really a challenge as much as it was a necessity. It took us 2 1/2 hours – with a visit from an ugly spider (We had a selfie together), running out of glue (twice) a cup of tea break, and about 3 trips to the toilet (we are mums after all).

I think that’s pretty impressive.

Here is the paper we used its called Mystical (I am hoping it’s a dreamy name for a dreamy sleep tonight)

How was it?

The Paper was thick and easy to work with. We were able to put it on

then pull it off again

and put it on again

and pull it off again

without it ripping or creasing. (My lining-up lady is apparently blind). This is something I was never able to do with “The Cheap Paper”. I am not an expert on wallpaper (clearly) but I think it all comes down to the quality. I barely had to press it and smooth it down it was like it was naturally wanting to get stuck. (It sticks well to butts too so don’t sit on glued-off cuts).

The only thing that could have made the whole process better was a glass of wine and some chocolate.

I Love you Graham & Brown thanks for the memories…

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August is National Peach Month, and it’s the perfect time to learn about, learn with and eat peaches!

According the Utah State University’s Extension Service, peaches originated in China more than 8,000 years ago. There are more than 2,000 species, and they are good sources of vitamins A, C and E. Their fuzzy hair is known as trichomes, which helps protect the peaches against insects and retains moisture. Pretty sweet!

Learn about the life cycle of a peach with this printable pack from Every Star is Different. (Free to subscribers)

Twisty Noodle has a lot of great peach-themed worksheets including a tracing and coloring page, a dot to dot coloring page, do a dot page and practice writing the word peach. You can also learn to draw a peach from Hello Artsy and find more fruit coloring pages, including peaches, at Little Bee Family.

Kids of a certain age will want to read James and the Giant Peach (and/or watch the movie) and you can do activities related to the book for your peach unit study as well.

Simple Living Creative Learning has a James and the Giant Peach printable pack that includes 153 pages of math, literacy, pattern recognition, sorting and tons more (this isn’t free but it’s a great resource for a kid who loves this book).

Where the Magic Happens Teaching has another paid printable set of activities for doing James and the Giant Peach in the classroom, including a banner, quotes, poetry sheets, a STEM activity, lapbook and more.

Peanut Butter Fish Lessons has a good post about reading James and the Giant Peach with kids and using it to make predictions, track descriptive and figurative language and fun ideas for activities related to different chapters of the book. I love how it pulls in a lot of different kinds of synthesizing what you’ve read, from writing a news report to making a poster or acting out a scene.

And if you need a little sensory activity after all that, make some peach-scented playdough with this recipe from Laughing Kids Learn.

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