Old McDonald Had A Farm

Ee-i-ee-i-oh!

one of my favorite paintings, by Kay Chorao

Today we are down on the farm,

checkin' out Mr. McDonald's farm animals.

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a ..............

lamb....

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

With a Baaaaa, Baaaa here,

and a Baaaaa, Baaaa there,

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a ..............

by Chinese painter, Mr. Ou Lang

rooster...

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

recycled bottlecap magnet by inkspired

With a Cockle-Doodle here,

and a Cockle-Doodle there,

'chicken scratchings' rubber stamp, vivalasvegastamps

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

 

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a ..............

horse...

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

with a neighhhh, neighhh here,

and a neighhhh, neighhhh there,

c.1920

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

'country weekend' paper doll set

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had an ..............

c.1911

owl...

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

c.1909

with a who-ooo, who-ooo here

and a who-ooo, who-ooo there,

bookplate

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a..............

free beading pattern

cat...

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

with a meoww, meoww here,

and a meoww, meoww there,

ee-i-ee-i-oh!



Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a..............

pig!



ee-i-ee-i-oh!

with an oink! oink! squeal,

and an oink! oink! squeal,

rubber stamp by Peddler's Pack

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

rubber stamp by Peddler's Pack

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Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!

And on that farm he had a ..............

Mary had a little lamb Nursery Rhyme fun

MAARRR-EEEEEE!

That's Mary's teacher calling for her....

to get rid of that lamb!

Today I'm having fun with

the well known nursery rhyme -

Mary Had A Little Lamb

So you can hum along with me,

Here is the sheet music to the familiar song:

Now here's the second verse,

sung just like the first one.

Don't forget those repeats!

Here's another coloring page for you:



Let's get out our snipping scissors,

and cut some scherensnitte rhyme!

Here is my cutting, using the above pattern:

I framed it using a vintage frame clipping.

Some dot to dot fun for you and a little one

(you have to be able to count to 35!):



clipart courtesy etc.usf.edu

Okay, is this an adorable costume or what?

http://www.disguiseme.com.au/

A scherensnitte clipping to purchase at

http://www.elsita.etsy.com/

One more coloring page:

I love all the different interpretations that artists have given Mary.

Charming costumes,

adorable lambs.....can't lose!

cover art from a Paul McCartney CD from the 1970's

That's it for today!

...you know you're going to be humming

Mary had a little lamb

all day long!

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Little Bo Peep Nursery Rhymes with Mother Goose

BAAAAHHH!

(that's sheep talk for Good Morning!)

Little Bo Peep Barbie, 1996

Let' have fun with Little Bo Peep

and her numerous, naughty sheep!

vintage illustration

Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,

            And can’t tell where to find them;

Leave them alone, and they’ll come home

            And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,

            And dreamt she heard them bleating;

But when she awoke, she found it a joke,

            For still they all were fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,

            Determined for to find them;

She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,

            For they’d left all their tails behind ‘em!

It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray

            Unto a meadow hard by –

There she espied their tails, side by side,

            All hung on a tree to dry.

She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,

            And over the hillocks she raced;

And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,

            That each tail should be properly placed.



I love this version of Little Bo Peep,

with all the verses!

It's a fun, rhyming ditty

on the life of a little shepherdess,

and a flock of rebellious, forgetful sheep!

 

by Scott Gustafson

Let's try out some scherensnitte with sheep:

from an out-of-print BackStreet Original

Scherensnitte Booklet

Cut this from a pretty blue paper, and then back it with linen white.

Cute!

Perfect for a nursery,

or a sheep farmer,

or shabby chic decorating

or....

another scherensnitte papercutting pattern

of Miss Peep, looking for her sheep....

handmade by gfelted on etsy.com

I always have to play

with my paper dolls -

These are paperdolls from Denmark.

I love her storybook costumes.

These are from a vintage McCall's magazine.

I can't quite read the date, but the note with it says 1925 - 1929.

unknown printing date, vintage song sheet

Of course, no day would be complete

without a little coloring:

Perhaps the little sheep weren't really naughty, they just wandered into a maze like this:

Actually, I think this is just a geometric sakura flower coloring page.

Did I get you to try it out as a maze?

:0)

vintage Little Golden Book of Rhymes & Fairy Tales

I will be out of town for a couple of days, so there won't be blogs for Wednesday

or

Thursday.

Why not have some fun, and browse through my past blogs?!

My husband reminds me I don't have to

write a book in every blog!

A fun little beaded safety pin

pin for you to make.

Look up directions on a previous blog.

You could also use this as a beading pattern -

Use large pony beads if you want.

Or use the little seed beads that I love so much!

You could make several in a row, and turn it into a beaded bracelet.

Next is an example of

Papel Picado

(or Mexican Papercutting):

Have a super-duper couple of days.

 

papel picado

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