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Louisiana: Jean Laffitte

March 20, 2012 By Ticia 8 Comments

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Jean Laffite is a real historical figure.  He was a pirate and probably a few other things that sailed mainly out of New Orleans until he got kicked out of there and then he moved to Galveston, where he founded the town.

Jean Laffite and the Big Ol’ Whale {affiliate link} is a cute tall tale about how he saved New Orleans when a whale got stuck in the Mississippi River.

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Well after reading it I decided we’re going to make our own whales.

Here’s what you need: googly eyes, milk cartons, blue paper, glue, paint, and paint brush

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Princess opted to paint hers, so she had the relatively simple job of just putting lots of blue paint all over it.

She really enjoyed doing it this way because we haven’t painted for a while, at least not with tempera paint.

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The boys went with the “decoupage” option and glued and tore to their hearts content.

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We all really enjoyed making our whales, and it was quite the project.  Now I need to scrounge up more milk cartons for any future projects I come up with.

I’m linking up to: A Mommy’s Adventures

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Filed Under: arts and crafts, history Tagged With: hands on learning, kid crafts, Louisiana, United States history

Comments

  1. Phyllis says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Great project!! I love it.

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  2. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

    I really like those! The whopper eggs we used yesterday, came in milk type cartons, too – I'm glad I saved them.

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  3. MaryAnne says

    March 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    Your whales are so cute!

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    March 20, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    Great idea. I love how unique their whales turned out.

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  5. Kim says

    March 22, 2012 at 12:57 am

    That is so stinking cute!! I am going to have to do this for a Jonah and the giant fish activity.

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  6. JDaniel4's Mom says

    March 23, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    I love your project! What a wonderful whale!

    Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.

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  7. Frank G Fox says

    July 9, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    I am glad you like the book and found it useful. I am the author.

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    • Ticia says

      July 10, 2019 at 8:27 am

      It’s a fun book.

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