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Something wet fell from the sky and it mocked me

November 14, 2011 Ticia 6 Comments

No really it did.

 

See I’ve been waiting MONTHS to draw with watercolor pencils and leave the picture out in the rain.  I saw the idea somewhere (this is why I needed pinterest, because my Evernote had gotten way too full and loaded two months later), and knew I HAD to do it.

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Well………  It rained and after we’d been running around like madmen for a couple of minutes because we could feel drops of rain every minute or so.  Yes, it’s that bad.

 

I remembered this craft, and I got out my watercolor pencils and some supposedly water-soluble markers, and we got to it.

 

AND THEN IT STOPPED RAINING!  Even feeling raindrops once a minute.

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So, here’s what happens if you lay your pictures on the wet floor.  Not quite the cool droplet effect.

 

BIG SIGH, and the saddest part of all?  It didn’t even rain enough to make mud or really make any puddles.

 

IT MOCKED ME!

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Comments

  1. Christy says

    November 14, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Oh no. I can't even imagine that. I hope you get real rain soon.

    Maybe you could use spray bottles filled with water for the droplet effect – I know it's not the same though!

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  2. MaryAnne says

    November 14, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    How I wish we could share our rain with you!

    Nice save laying the papers down on the wet ground.

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  3. Raising a Happy Child says

    November 14, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    MaryAnne's comment cracked me up. Hopefully the rain comes to Texas soon!

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  4. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    November 14, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    So sad, but at least you tried! I suppose the thing to do, would be to have the children draw pictures now, and store them right next to your door, so if it should ever rain again, you'd be ready right away.

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  5. Debbie says

    November 15, 2011 at 2:37 am

    Boy wish I could have shared some of ours with you. I wouldn't have even attempted this the past few days, they would have floated off. I love Leah's suggestion!

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  6. Kim says

    November 15, 2011 at 5:44 am

    That stinks. Get out the eye dropper, lol.

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