Art Time – Pretty Painted Suncatcher

Since M seems willing to do more planned art and craft activities of late, I’ve had fun thinking up new things to do.  I recently re-organized my craft stash - all 2 carts, 6 drawers worth - and found an embroidery hoop that hasn’t seen the light of day for the past 5 years at least.

I remember seeing something about dot painters and fabric somewhere about a year ago, and that’s what I thought of when I started brainstorming ways to use this hoop.


I found some muslin that I was going to use for goodness-knows-what and put a large square of it in the hoop.  I gave M the choice between markers, watercolors, or his roller paints to decorate this.  He chose the roller paints.  He enjoyed this and I love how it turned out.  I trimmed the extra fabric off and for now it’s still in the hoop, sitting in front of the window over my kitchen sink. 
It did not take him long to make, but I love looking at it.  It just makes me happy. :)
Have a beautiful day! :)

The Art Box – April 26, 2010

 

In the Art Box last week: stickers, stamps, stencils… plus all the usual paper, glue, paint, etc.

 

I knew the stencils and stamps would appeal to M since they are some of his favorite art supplies.  We did some planned art projects during the week too, so there wasn’t a ton of child-directed art done this week.  But here’s what he did…

Stenciling with his roller paints and some regular tempera too:

 

A collage with stamps, buttons, a pom pom and some hole punched circles.  And some random drawing thrown in too. :)   

A sticker collage with some stamps, stickers, and a craft stick glued on for good measure:

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Have a beautiful day! :)