Artists-in-Residence
Easy Shadow Craft & Poem
May 21, 2008
Found an easy & fun craft for the 5ish and under crowd today in Brienne's June edition of Your Big Backyard. Instructions Cut animal shapes out of thick paper, we used file folders and cardstock. Punch holes for decoration or to define features, like eyes. Hot-glue a popsicle stick to ...
Treehuggers and proud of it
May 14, 2008
My children don't even know they are environmentalists but they do know they are (gasp) tree huggers. They don't know this could be a shameful admission in some crowds. Don't tell them, I'm proud of who they are and so are they apparently. Out of the blue Celine had this ...
Mother's Day gifts
May 11, 2008
I know you're all dying to know exactly what kind of card Laurent was making me this week. This morning it was unveiled. A picture made by pounding flowers onto paper and outlining with ink. My kids are amazing. The sun and its rays from dandelion The ground made from, ...
Jan Brett website
May 5, 2008
The kids and I love the work of author and illustrator Jan Brett. This past week we read The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting (another fav author), illustrated by Brett. Such a sweet read about finding the perfect gift for mother's day. Anyway, this weekend we discovered Jan Brett's ...
Creativity Part II
April 26, 2008
My first post on this subject was about accepting myself as a creative individual. Now I'd like to turn the attention to my kids, which as you know are the most creative, brilliant and darn good looking kids around! Seriously though they are very creative and I believe all kids ...
Spring yarn activities
April 3, 2008
Spring was a tempest yesterday. Blustery and despite the sunshine, downright cold. A good day to be indoors. Near a sunny window. Playing, learning and creating with yarn. Laurent and Brienne are crocheting, Celine is weaving. I found some inspiration for children's weaving at Easy Weaving for Kids: Make Textile ...
