Rr is for Rainbow

Today might be a really good day to create a rainbow in your
doodle book . . . with either colored scraps of paper or
colorful paint, markers or crayons.

Or . . . you could cut out a picture or draw something for
each color in the rainbow . . .

Or . . . you could make a collage of your favorite color.

Happy rainbow coloring!
Love, Grandma

Tt is for Trees

Try Wade's idea and draw a tree for each of the four seasons in
your doodle book . . . or go outside and sit under a tree and draw
anything you can see . . . or try reading this "tree"ific book called

"Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl
Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest"
by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw.

. . . or click the letter "Tt" over in the labels box
and look for more titles of "tree"ific books.

Happy today!
Love, Grandma

Ii is for "I Spy"

Here is another possible project for your doodle book:

Cut out or draw little pictures and glue them
on a page or two of your notebook. Then
 fill in all the gaps with stickers and call it 
an "I spy with my itty bitty eye" page!

Can you "I spy with your itty bitty eye" the following
things from my page:

an apple
a bicycle
two kisses
three fishes
a baby girl
the letter "i"
four smiley faces
eight stars and . . .
something cold and tasty to eat on a hot summer's day

Happy National Ice Cream Month!
Love, Grandma

Nn is for Nicknames

Besides their official name, every state in the
 U.S.A. has a nickname, too.  For example,
Utah is called the Beehive State because
the early settlers of Utah were hard-working and
industrious like "busy bees".  So the beehive seemed
 like the perfect symbol of these pioneer virtues.

Here are a few more nicknames:

The Aloha State

The Constitution State

The Empire State

The Pelican State

The Sunflower State

The Sunshine State

Find and color each state on the map inside your
doodle book.

Oh yeah, and here are some clues to help you
match the nicknames to the correct state.

Happy coloring!
Love, Grandma

Nn is for Names

The name of your newest cousin is
Lilly Jayne!
Look for her doodle face on this blog while
you also look at this list of colorful, creative names.

Practice writing your own name in your doodle book
in as many colorful, creative and clever ways as you can . . .
with patterns, magazine letters, dots, computer fonts,
rubber stamps, stickers, bits of paper, crayons, colored
pencils, paint, rainbow markers, your left-hand or
with words that describe you for every letter in your name.

Have a nice name creating day!
Love, Grandma

Pp is for Poem

Perhaps you would like to write a favorite poem
in your doodle book. . . or if you want,
you can borrow this one and copy it.

Happy July!
Love, Grandma