Thanksgiving

Napkin Rings! I cut a paper towel holder into 1 inch rings and wrapped them in brown ribbon (hot-glue the ends). The girls painted leaves that I drew on watercolor paper. They wrote names on the leaves and finished with a gold-leaf touch. I hot-glued the leaves on the rings, and ta-da... we have place-card napkin rings!

Boo!

Yesterday, the girls had the day off for Fall Break, and we had lots of fun. We went to the Brick Pond Park & saw one mama duck with 14 babies. Then, we came home and made some scary ghosts for all the trick-or-treaters we're expecting. The girls used garbage bags, paper from the shredder, black yarn, and a black marker. Hanging in the Japanese maple, these ghosts blow eerily in the wind. When Grandpa came home from school, his little foot was scared right out of his little shoe! Booooooooooo!

Something's Fishy

We finally finished our paper mosaic. We were each creating one, but it got a little bit tedious for young artists. So, we worked on this one together. Grams used her paper cutter to cut the construction paper in 1/2" squares. Marcella & Cameron picked out the colors. We drew the fish and some vertical pencil lines to help us keep the columns sorta straight. Marcella added the big fishy lips. Cameron created the eye. The girls added glitter, of course, to complete the underwater effect.

Watercolors

We've been on vacation, but the girls got right back into their artistic mode! They had a lot of fun with watercolors. Marcella painted my orchid, and Cameron created this underwater scene from her imagination. Of course, the glitter had to go on both paintings! I love having little bits of glitter throughout my house... it's like fairy dust!

Painting on Glass

The girls were excited about painting on glass. We bought small glasses (votive holders) from Goodwill for $.50 each. Then we got out the acrylics. First, the girls practiced painting fish on small pieces of watercolor paper. C enjoyed adding air bubbles with 3-D Scribbles paint. M loved painting big fishy lips. They wanted glitter to make the water area sparkle, of course. After adding votive candles and some glass pebbles, the girls had beautiful gifts for Mommy & Daddy.

Garden Art

What to do with a box of popsicle sticks? We decided to make "garden art." Hot-glue several sticks together using two sticks along the back for support. Then paint the front. (UPDATE: DON'T USE HOT GLUE ....Use Gorilla glue!)

C planned her painting first; then she painted her beautiful flower with acrylics and added glitter. M decided to paint lots of small flowers, add sequins, glitter, and a feather. We hot-glued dowels to the back of the popsicle stick paintings and stuck them in the ground. Don't they look great among the daylilies?

The Cat's Meow

First, we had to decorate the girls' room. I drew cats on 10" x 10" wrapped canvases. M and C enjoyed painting with acrylics. They added the butterflies and flowers! How cute!

A New Beginning

Now that we have moved to SC, only 5 miles from our granddaughters, there will be a lot more art projects.

I wanted to keep a record of our creative endeavors, and what better way than a blog?