Friday, January 8, 2010
Ice Ornaments
One of my New Years resolutions this year was to get back on track with making art with the Woog. It is freezing here and it snowed so we probably won't venture out for a few days. Yesterday morning we did a quick project and made ice ornaments. She used a collection of colored beads, paper and glitter while I mixed together some previous work illustrations.

making hers:



making mine:



setting them out to freeze:



on display:



By: Holli & Walker, age 5
a girl who creates

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Monday, October 26, 2009
Last week to Junk Your Pumpkin!
Grab your little pumpkins and get to junkin!



Pumpkin Junkin' 2009 has officially begun!


Shena made it a family affair!! Check it out here.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Serendipity Stencil

The Squirrel and I set out to make a stencil. I grabbed a file folder because of its thickness. She drew a cat on it and I cut it out.


The file folder worked out great for a stencil because of the way you can set the paper inside it-- the bottom edge helps with aligning and keeping it in one place.


And when we decided to do a second color (the cat's stripes), I could easily trace the shape onto the back of the folder when closed, then open it up and cut out the stripes...


...and if she aligned with the folder's bottom edge when painting the second color, it turned out pretty good.

By: ErinSherman & TheSquirrel, age 5.5
ErinSherman's blog

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Friday, August 7, 2009
Homemade sidewalk paint

I love it when an activity devised for Rylan (1) ends up being a crowd pleaser for the big kids too. Kenzie kept asking me to paint on this day, so I finally obliged her with this craft activity I'd "earmarked" as a Rylan-pleaser.


Homemade sidewalk chalk paint recipe:
2 tbs. water
2 tbs. cornstarch
4 drops food coloring


Mix different colors in a muffin tin. & Be on the ready with refill ingredients. This was a big hit.



By: Stacy, Kenzie (5) & Rylan (1)
Mama's Doodles

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Friday, July 24, 2009
Paintings that have a life of their own



Homemade body paint:
2 tsp Cornstarch
1 tsp cold cream
1 tsp. water
3-4 drops food coloring.
Mix together in an egg carton or muffin tin, apply with paintbrushes.
We used the garden hose for clean-up!!



By: Stacy, Kenzie (5), & Rylan (1)
Mama's Doodles

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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Snowflakes with Qtips


Holidays are over but it's still winter :) We made these fun snowflakes with Q-tips.
We cut a piece of white paper plate: hexagon or circle. We glued six Q-tips onto it, (low-temp hot-glue is easiest if you can). A button pressed into the center even helps finish it. TheSquirrel thought it was so cool she could use the Q-tips for something.



Her bedroom has a tree with removeable apples (via Velcro)... so we put Velcro on the backs of these snowflakes, to decorate her "tree" with them in the Winter. (For the Fall, we have autumn leaves to stick on there, and this Spring we'll stick blossoms on there.)

By: ErinSherman & TheSquirrel, age almost-5
WhiteShoes

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Monday, January 19, 2009
Snowmen



Just a little bit of snow today but we were still able to make our own snowman, just in a different way! Mine is on the right, her's is on the left.

By: Holli & Walker, age 4
agirlwhocreates

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Here's how it works!
Grab a child in your life and let them dictate what you all will do. Work how you work so they can see what you do and how you do it. If it's on the computer, give them the mouse to color something in or if your medium of choice is paint, have them paint. Just be creative!! You can see what I do with one of my styles here. Enjoy your time and just have fun! Participation is open to all.


Participants:
Holli Conger
Stacy D.
Shena Leonard
Laura Zarrin
Wendi Gratz
Erin Sherman
Elena D'Cruze
Crystal
Melanie

Previously:
Ice Ornaments
Last week to Junk Your Pumpkin!
Serendipity Stencil
Homemade sidewalk paint
Paintings that have a life of their own
Snowflakes with Qtips
Snowmen
Snow Paint
Dancing Pumpkins
Fun Weekend Art Projects

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