I have been feeling crafty lately so yesterday I took Eve to JoAnn Fabrics (the only craft store around, that I know of!) to buy some more supplies. We are well stocked on crayons and coloring books, but I thought it was about time to venture out a bit. We got paints, a big pack of funny paint brushes, a few Thanksgiving projects, pipe cleaners, mini pompom balls, and… that’s all I can remember at the moment. This morning we got out the paints to make egg-carton caterpillars and turtles. The kids LOVED it! Lex kept saying over and over how happy he is that we bought paints (and not finger paints because he doesn’t like finger paints). This afternoon we will get out the googly eyes and pipe cleaners to finish the animals. I’ll post pics of the finished products because I know you all are dying to see them!
Painting
Soon we will do a popsicle stick project too. Any suggestions? We’ve had a bunch of them in the art drawer for awhile and Lex keeps asking if we can do something with them. My next project is going to be to organize the art drawer!! It’s horribly messy. Oh, also, any good suggestions for a piggy bank project? The paper-maché ones we made awhile ago are getting soft and not going to last much longer. The kids love them though, so I thought it would be fun to make new piggy banks.
Uuuhhhmmmm! Grampy needs a wall painting for the Johnson-Collier New Age Family Art Gallery, opening soon in a location near you. This is just too COOL! LOL :-)
on my desk at work i still have a holder for notepaper made from popsicle sticks, by you-know-who, Tessa! I cut up used paper into fourths, and keep it for quick notes and reminders- you know, like primitive sticky notes! When we were kids we also made jewelry and trinket boxes from popsicle sticks, with lids- we glued beads or shells onto the lids for handles….lex could maybe figure out a train tunnel too. have fun! love ya, mema