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Marcella and Cameron made these "balls" from yarn glued over a balloon.  Fun!

Paper Flower in 3-D

Marcella made this 3-D paper flower from card stock. 
It took a lot of time & hot glue!  :-)  Gorgeous!

Ribbon Topiary

Marcella had fun creating this ribbon tree.  She cut 120 4" pieces of ribbon and pinned them to a 6" floral foam ball.

Putting air-dry clay in pot to secure the dowel.

A ribbon tree!

Basketry

The girls have been very busy this summer!  With swimming at the pool, visiting relatives, taking beach trips, and playing with friends ... well, they've still managed to do a ton of art.  Their jewelry work is going well, and they've sold product at their "shop" at the end of the driveway to relatives and neighbors. 

Here are the results of a basketry class that they took at Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. 

In a small class at GHIA

Each girl made a hip basket and a key basket.

Beach Sunset

Sunset at the Beach

 Marcella used a gel medium to create fluffy clouds and real sand and shells on the beach! 

Notice the 3-D clouds & real shells!

Wooden Jewel Boxes

Looking for the perfect gems

Unfinished, round wooden boxes with brass-hinged lids from Michaels were a perfect rainy day diversion. 

Beautifully decorated with paint, gems and wooden initials. 

Felt bottom lining makes the boxes perfect for special jewelry. 

Yikes! More fairies!

It's a whole family of fairies --- including the first boy fairy seen in this area, Spencer. 

Cameron says the fairies feel right at home on the 3-D flower wall-design (see July 3, 2012 post).




However, these fairies might just get tired of hanging on the wall,  ... so ...













the girls work in the art room to create a perfect fairy house, complete with furniture and balcony!

Here's a bunk-bed with sparkly ladder and a red chair that Marcella made.

The red-painted main room, fabric-covered room, and swing-set were designed by Cameron.

The top room with French doors and balcony were created by Marcella.

And, here's the final project -- 4 and 1/2 hours later!!! --
set up on the back porch  ...

A fantastic fairy mansion... complete with playground!

Fairies!

Fairies are showing up all over my house! Give the girls some pipe-cleaners, yarn, wooden beads, and ribbon, and look what happens! 

Painting Wall Art

These wooden peace signs came from Big Lots.  The girls used acrylics and puff paint to make them pop!

COOL PEACE!

Wall Sculpture

Believe it or not... these oblong pieces are made up of 1" cuts of paper towel rolls.  The girls and I painted them with acrylics; then we laid out our design on a table top.  The last step was to hot glue all these pieces together.

We used a few nails to hang it on the wall in the girls' room.  Lovely!

Plastic Bottle Fish

Marcella is a whiz at being able to figure out how to make things.  She saw these fish made by 5th graders at her school and knew exactly what to do.  So, Grandpa saved her two plastic 2-liter bottles.

We cut off the bottoms (which make great water holders when painting with watercolors).

We flattened the "tail" and stapled. Marcella is drawing the back fin.

After using Sharpies to color, Marcella adds a fishy smile.

Cameron & Marcella show their fishy lips below the bottle fish.

Great job, girls!

Fun with Pipe Cleaners!

When the girls wake up early, they often get creative with pipe cleaners....

Cool Down!

It's been soooo hot here in SC! To cool down, the girls & I decided to make snowpeople!


What are we going to do with this bottle and this styrofoam??
And don't forget the tube sock!


First, we put rocks in the bottle to anchor it.
Next, we put the bottle in a tube sock and stuffed in some fiber filling to "round out" the snowpeople.




We cut off the top of the socks to use for hats - don't forget to dye the hats. Felt pieces make great eyes, mouths and mittens. We used embroidery floss to add a smile.

Pipe cleaners were used for arms. Add ribbon, frayed fabric and other embellishments.






Love 'em!








Add some blush to make your snow person look chilled!


We feel cooler just looking at these cuties!