See?? Coloring on yourself can be educational!

Recently, we studied a little bit about the people in ancient Africa.  There isn't much known about the people of this place and time, but that didn't stop us from really diving in to the little lesson we had.  I actually can't really remember what we learned about, but I do remember the activity we had.

We did learn that ancient Africans would paint geometric shapes on their hands, probably for important rituals and ceremonies.

Eli thought these red creeper things from mine craft would definitely be the kind of design ancient Africans would go for.

Noah was the only one to get it right.  His shapes are actually geometric.

Leah's more of a party person and she went for the traditional ice cream and party hat designs.

Have you noticed that I like to participate in the activities as well?  That's permanent marker and it took a few days for it to come off.  That didn't stop me!


To go along with our hand art, we had an African feast.  I made chicken legs baked with lemons and figs, papaya fried rice, and fried plantains.  It was very different from what we normally eat.  Noah loved the chicken.  Leah loved the plantains.  Eli didn't love anything.  It's fun to make ethnic food once in a while, but this won't be included as part of our meal rotation any time soon.