Chinampa

What is a chinampa? Thanks to first grade history, I now know. And thanks to first grade history, Brooke can make a model of one. She chose this project from a list of many options (most of them much simpler crafts.. gotta love her ambition).

Chinampas are an ancient Aztec method of farming. Brooke made hers with with a cardboard box, popcicle sticks, lots of dirt, some tissue paper "water", and Polly Pockets dressed in Aztec garb. A few days before it was due, Aunt Jenny Lou was visiting and helped Brooke make origami canoes for her project too.