Phew...it's done!
Chloe completed her heritage project last night...just in time to share it with her class today.
Let me start off by saying this all would not have happened without my Dad. He has a golden memory and LOVES to share things about his past...our heritage!
The project consisted of decorating a box and filling it with 5 things about your heritage. Chloe chose to decorate the outside of the box with the flags of where her ancestors are from (what she is made up of I guess you could say). On the inside we printed out several photos of her family members, furry family members, family traditions, and photos of her. And we used the kit "The Story of Me" by Valorie Wibbens and Lauren Grier and put a map of the world marked with the locations her ancestors are from in the bottom of the box. That was the easy part. The hard part was thinking of 5 things to put in it.
After searching....we came up with:
1. kraslice egg (hand decorated hollow egg)
2. matryoshka doll (hand decorated dolls that fit inside each other)
3. czech republic flag
4. italian spice (real original, right?)
5. fletchki recipe (a family favorite)
We tagged each item, created a little pamphlet with information on each item, and it all came together very nicely. Here is a preview of the scrapping stuff we used:
Click here for creditsAnd here are photos of Chloe working on the project:
But really...this was fun to put together...however, the most rewarding part was the time my Dad and Chloe had together during the interview questions. I hope she enjoyed it as much as he did...and I think she really did. He was so happy to have time to share his past, his memories with her. One time after one of their interview sessions he called me just to tell me how nice of a time he had with her, talking to her.
Thanks Dad!
xoxo,
Courtney
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