tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31207767597740734282024-03-14T00:52:52.337-05:00Holly's Arts and Crafts CornerEvery summer my kids and I work on one art project a week where they learn about an artist as well as various art techniques and concepts. Join us for our journey into art and art history! The rest of the year we spend crafting and seeing where our creativity takes us!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-91418021591796150392016-01-01T16:35:00.000-06:002016-01-01T20:28:04.262-06:00Folded Fabric Ornaments!Wow! It's been a year and a half since I lasted posted! Hard to believe! But, life takes over and well, priorities change! I am so impressed with how many of you continue to find my older posts useful. I created this blog to share our projects and it's so fun to see how others are still enjoying our creations!<br />
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In the last year, my girls and I have ventured into fabric and sewing! They are now 10 and 12 years old! And so self-sufficient! They search for projects on Pinterest and watch tutorials on You Tube. It's been truly amazing to see what they come up with and create.<br />
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Last year, I taught myself to quilt and made each of the girls a new quilt for their bed (I'll try to post about those before another year and a half goes by). I'm in the middle of one for my son that I hope to finish yet this winter.<br />
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More than a year ago, I came across a super fun blog called <a href="http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/?ap_id=hollysartcorner">The Ornament Girl</a> and loved her creations. With my newfound interest in quilting, I revisited her site last month to take another look at her ornaments. On a whim, I bought her December Ornament kit. With my purchase, I received an e-book tutorial for how to make the ornaments and I immediately went to work before I ever even received Staci Ann's kit in the mail!<br />
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Here is my first ornament attempt!<br />
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I just used scraps of fabric I had from quilted hot pads I made last Christmas. I couldn't stop there so I made two more. Here's all three of my first creations:<br />
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Then, my 12 year old wanted to learn to make them. So we dug out her jelly roll of fabric she received last year. Soooo easy! It was already cut into strips so we only had to cut it into rectangles to use.<br />
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Here is her first attempt!<br />
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And then my 10 year old got in on it and here is her first ornament (front and back):<br />
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When my kit arrived from The Ornament Girl, I created this in no time at all!<br />
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You can see all of our folded fabric ornaments in this facebook photo album....<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.796704297123265.1073741829.106952912765077&type=1&l=2121e102e2">click here</a>! <br />
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To learn how you can make these beautiful (and actually, super easy) ornaments, check out the Ornament Girl shop! Don't forget to click on "About" and learn how Staci Ann started her business. I love that I can help support her and her family.<br />
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<a href="http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/quilted-ornament-tutorial/?ap_id=hollysartcorner" target="_blank"><img alt="Make your own quilted ornaments." border="0" src="http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/how-to-make-a-quilted-ball-ornament-large.jpg?312bf1" /> </a><br />
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-69307572164040852082014-07-02T14:18:00.000-05:002014-07-02T14:18:19.712-05:00Alcohol Ink Stamped Candle HoldersWe created alcohol ink stamped candle holders for Mother's Day and end-of-the-year teacher gifts this year. These were SOOOO easy to make! And took no time at all!<br />
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Here's what you will need:<br />
--Adirondack Alcohol Inks<br />
--Alcohol Ink stamp handle<br />
--felt pads to stamp with<br />
--clear glass candle holder (I got ours at Dollar Tree and Target)<br />
--votive candle (or LED votive candle)<br />
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We first played around with alcohol inks a couple years ago when we made all kinds of coasters. Check out <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/craft-project-alcohol-ink-tiles-part-1.html">this post for more in-depth information</a> about playing around with alcohol inks.<br />
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For this project, I purchased a bunch of glass candle holders from Dollar Tree and Target (for $1.69 each). We used up to three colors of ink on the alcohol ink stamp pad (similar to this photo from our initial coaster project):<br />
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Then we simply stamped the ink around the glass. Let it dry and you have AMAZING results! It took maybe 10 minutes for the girls to each make 3 candle holders. This is definitely something you could make in bulk for party favors or gifts!<br />
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Here are the dramatic results! Forgive the multiple photos. You know how I LOVE LOVE LOVE to photograph glass art. Unfortunately, it was a really cloudy day when I took these or they could have been even more fabulous. Oh well. ;-)<br />
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Here are the smaller versions from Target that we also gave to people:<br />
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I also bought a clear glass plate from Kohl's (for $10) and used alcohol inks on the bottom of the plate and gave it to my mom for Mother's Day. I will have to make more of these because I think they are so pretty!<br />
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I did seal the bottom of the plate with a coat of polyurethane spray so that she could wash the plate if she used it for serving desserts or anything like that. I did not seal the candles. We just let the recipients know that they shouldn't leave them outside or get them wet.<br />
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Such an amazingly easy project!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-44225362495229131312014-07-02T12:43:00.001-05:002014-07-02T12:43:30.839-05:00Our Garden Art 2014Our house is located on the corner of our subdivision. It's actually a really busy corner and one of just a few access points for our neighborhood, so MANY people turn in and drive by our front yard everyday (sometimes multiple times a day). I feel a certain amount of responsibility to represent our neighborhood well and always like our front landscape bed to look nice. Plus, I just enjoy making our yard look pretty! Here is this year's version of our garden art!<br />
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I feel I have finally discovered how to make a DURABLE painted flower pot! One of <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/06/craft-project-beautifying-our-yard-in.html">our pour-paint pots from last year </a>did survive and I have that by our front door this year:<br />
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I didn't seal the inside or the outside of our flower pots last year with pottery sealer. And I didn't seal the outside right away with polyurethane spray so by the end of the summer the paint was bubbling up and peeling off. I learned from this and have improved our technique this year.<br />
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The paint we used this year would not be good for pour-paint unless thinned because it is too thick to run down the sides of the pot. You would also have to buy quite a bit of paint to achieve the pour paint look. HOWEVER, this paint is EXCELLENT for painting designs on the pot!<br />
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Both of these brands of paint worked great! And have withstood over 5 inches of rain in the month of June alone. The only difference is that the Folk Art covers more quickly and the Patio Paint requires multiple coats to cover completely.<br />
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Before we did anything this year, I sealed the inside and the outside of our pots with Pottery Sealer like this from Michaels:<br />
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Here are our painted masterpieces for this year:<br />
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My 10 year old working on her pot. She came up with this absolutely AMAZING impressionist-type paint style that turned out just GORGEOUS! I cannot begin to tell you how much I love love love this pot! And how impressed I was with it!<br />
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After we painted the pots and they dried, I sealed them with the pottery sealer again and then one last protective coat of polyurethane spray. That seemed to do the trick as this paint has lasted amazingly well so far this summer!<br />
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I also used the paint above to paint this garden lantern:<br />
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It was white when I purchased it from Michael's. I used alcohol ink on the glass. You can see it partially done in the photo below:<br />
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I painted the lantern and then sealed the whole thing with polyurethane spray. The alcohol ink has stood up to the weather elements, but it has faded a bit from the sun. Overall, I'm pleased with how well it's standing up to nature.<br />
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We also created a couple pots to gift to people. I think these turned out really fun!<br />
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Happy Fourth of July! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday this week!!</div>
Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-77339884907748762342014-02-12T12:47:00.000-06:002014-02-12T12:47:12.607-06:00DIY Craft Project: Yes! You CAN make your own Valentines!Okay, I get it. There are some people in the world who just aren't crafty (or <b>THINK</b> they aren't crafty). So they go to the store and buy character Valentines and send them to school with their kids. No problem! Not everyone has extra time to spend traipsing around buying craft supplies for Valentines. Some people would rather pull their hair out than supervise their children making handmade Valentines. I don't blame you sometimes! BUT. I am here to tell you, you really CAN make handmade Valentines! With minimal supplies too! And minimal cost! And if you have grade school age children, minimal help! Now, how does that sound?? Are you sold yet? Well, let me know show you what we did this year for our Valentines!<br />
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First of all, Pinterest is your friend! You can find a million <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/hisaacson/holidays-seasons-valentines/">EASY Valentines on Pinterest</a> and most of them are just free printables, add the "treasure" (either candy or a pencil or whatever) and you're done! But I have crafty kids who wanted to take matters into their own hands! So off they went to search on the iPad.<br />
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My 10 year old Minion-obsessed fourth grader found these!<br />
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Isn't that cute! But, of course, she didn't want to just print these out. She wanted to draw it herself! So she drew her picture, we shrunk them down and printed four to a page. <b>You can do this with ANY DRAWING!</b> Even a toddler/preschooler can make a Valentine picture and you can turn it into a Valentine, just like that!<br />
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Here's how she finished them:<br />
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All you need is your small printed drawings, some paper cut slightly bigger than the drawings (we used scrapbook paper, but you can use construction paper or anything really!), glue dots (or a glue stick, school glue, etc), and a paper cutter or scissors.<br />
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My daughter just put a glue dot in each corner of the drawing page.<br />
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She taped a pencil to the back (bought at the dollar area at Target for 50 or 75% off in the off season--8 pencils in a pack) and wrote her greeting.<br />
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Done and Done. Now, that was wasn't too hard, was it?? ;-) I hear all the time from people when they see some of our projects that they just aren't crafty and could never do what we do. Honestly, sometimes it's not difficult at all to do something handmade! And it always has such a great WOW factor when you give someone something you made yourself, versus something store-bought.<br />
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Okay, this next project maybe is for the bit more advanced crafter. But I have to brag. Ella made this ALL BY HERSELF! It's her valentine box to house her valentines at school. She saw something like it on Pinterest and created her own version. Isn't this the most adorable thing ever!!<br />
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I love all the details she put into it! The buttons glued on. The teeth taped in the mouth. The pipe cleaner hair. The three-dimensional quality of this is AMAZING! The only thing she had help with was cutting out the mouth because we had to use an Exacto knife.<br />
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Now, onto my 8 year old! She also created her own Valentines this year. She came up with this all on her own! I think she was inspired by this pin:<br />
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But really her end product was all her own!<br />
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She used Fabri-tac to glue two foam hearts together (you can get these at Michael's or Target). Then she stuck the Smarties on with glue-dots.<br />
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Finished it off by making little heads out of puff balls, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. She attached the puff ball to the tip of the Smarties with Fabri-tac--trying not to get the glue near the candy. ;-)<br />
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She wrote her greeting on the back. Pretty awesome that she did this without any supervision at all!<br />
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And finally, my son's preschool class is exchanging Valentines. I wanted to do something I could make quickly without a lot of effort. He isn't into crafting (yet) so I made these on my own. But you certainly could have your kids help you! I did find this on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/209839663862067926/">Pinterest here</a>. <br />
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All you need is some paper, bouncy balls, and favor bags.<br />
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Cut out a heart shape, write, "You're out of this world" on it. I wrote my son's name on the back.<br />
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Because the bouncy balls are rubber, it is kind of difficult to actually attach them to the paper. So I put them in favor bags and it worked great. So easy! This took me maybe 30-45 minutes total to do.<br />
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Making your own Valentines definitely doesn't have to difficult! You just have to find an idea and run with it. Many of them aren't even time-consuming! Give it a try!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-15282373696075957172014-02-07T15:35:00.000-06:002014-02-07T17:10:41.808-06:00Sensory Play: Combating Cabin FeverWe are living amidst the Polar Vortex. I know I live in Minnesota where we almost expect this weather in winter, but there are so many places in the United States right now where families are having snow days and "cold" days. Places where the people aren't used to being stuck in the house most of the winter. Just this morning, a friend who lives in Iowa posted on Facebook: <br />
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This post got me thinking and inspired me to write this blog post! Just how can parents combat being stuck inside for days on end because it's too cold to go out and play, even for a few minutes? The answer can be summed up in two words: <b>Sensory Play</b>!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everyone has a sensory diet whether we realize it or not!</b></span><br />
Sensory diet is simply what we do during our day to help our bodies feel calm and happy. Some people need to exercise to keep their bodies feeling in balance. Some people do yoga. Some people need to just get away from everyone else and read a book for a bit. Others like to take a calming bath. As adults, we have just naturally discovered what it is that makes us feel "normal" and we do those things on a regular basis. Kids don't always have the benefit that comes with age and they don't understand that they need to get their energy out to keep their bodies feeling calm. The direct result of this is bouncing off the walls!<br />
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I have sensational kids. And although, they are fantastic in the literal definition of "sensational", what I really mean is that they are sensory-sensitive kids. My 10 year old daughter is very sensory-seeking and tactile and my son is VERY sensory-seeking. These two need regular sensory "input", as we refer to it, in order to feel calm and to regulate their bodies. Kids receive this input through vestibular (the sense of movement, centered in the inner ear) and proprioceptive (sensations from joints, muscles and connective tissues that lead to body awareness) activities<span class="ssens"></span>. This means they LOVE getting out and running around or doing obstacle courses through the house. But sometimes Mommy is just plain tired and wants things to be quiet. Though my kids are especially sensitive to pent up energy, all kids can get squirrelly in the winter months when they are stuck having indoor recess or never leaving the house. <a href="http://sensorysmarts.com/sensory_diet_activities.html">This website has a great, relatively succinct summary of the sensory diet</a>. Even though some kids have more sensory needs than others, ANYONE can benefit from this knowledge. (By the way, on a sidenote, I've read articles recently about how some schools--was it in the Netherlands?--take brain breaks more often during the school day so their kids can be active and studies show these kids learn better. There is definitely a connection here and I wish more schools would understand this! Instead, more and more kids' recess time is being diminished in favor of more desk work....anyway, I digress....)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What can you do INSIDE YOUR HOUSE to help your kids?</b></span><br />
If you just can't summon up the energy to do one more crazy running game or obstacle course inside, try some of these other ideas to help the kids work out some of that pent-up energy in quieter, more subtle ways. Many of these will help do the same things that running around outside does. It will give your kids "input" and help make their bodies feel more relaxed and calm.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>For toddlers/preschool age (click the titles to go to links):</b></span></span><br />
<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Sensory%20bin">Sensory Bins</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/09/toddler-sensory-activity-diy-slime.html">DIY Slime</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/sensory-activity-playing-with-diy.html">Flubber</a></b><br />
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Here's <a href="http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/09/kool-aid-play-doh.html">a link to our FAVORITE homemade playdoh recipe</a>. You can use anything you find in your house to play with playdoh. We particularly love the potato masher tool, rolling pin, pizza cutter, kid-safe scissors and cookie cutters. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=playdough%20invitations">Here are some ideas for playdoh invitations</a>! There are so many great ideas for playdoh play out there!<br />
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<b>Bath-time fun</b><br />
I don't really have any posts on bath fun, but there are a million ideas on Pinterest for this. Here's one great blog written by Crystal, who writes <a href="http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/">Growing a Jeweled Rose</a> filled with water activities called: <a href="http://www.bathactivitiesforkids.com/2012/11/bath-paint-recipes-collection.html">Bath Activities for Kids</a>. Growing a Jeweled Rose is one of my favorite blogs. This mama really knows her sensory stuff! And comes up with A-MAZING recipes for anything and everything. CHECK.IT.OUT.NOW! Splashing around in the water will give your kids some of the same sensory input as running around outside!<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=water%20play">Water Play</a></b><br />
Again, I don't have specific posts for this. But throw some water in a bin on the kitchen table, grab some measuring cups, funnels, and more. Let them make a mess! It's just water! Or click on "water play" for more activity ideas. Adapt some of the outdoor play for inside!<br />
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<b>Fingerpainting</b><br />
You can even try a <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/01/toddler-art-activity-window-ziploc.html">mess-free version on a window</a>! They get sensory input and you don't have the mess! Win win for everyone!<br />
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<b>Shaving Cream</b><br />
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You can add any toys to shaving cream and it is a great sensory experience. You can color it with <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/06/art-science-collide-cloud-jars.html">liquid watercolors</a> or food coloring. You can play with it in the bathtub too. You can buy it at the dollar store. Just wipe up the mess when they are done!<br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/04/toddler-sensory-activity-play-foam-or.html">Play Foam (Floam)</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/sensory-activity-playing-with-diy.html">Flubber</a></b><br />
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Even big kids still love to play with playdoh! Check out <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=playdough%20invitations">this link for creative ideas with playdoh</a>. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=glue%20art%20projects">Any art projects that involve getting glue on your hands</a>!</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/07/art-science-collide-watercolor-salt.html">Watercolor Salt Paintings</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/09/toddler-sensory-activity-instant-snow.html">Instant Snow</a></b><br />
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Fun for all ages! Instant snow can be ordered online. I've even found it at the Dollar Store! Better yet, this time of year, grab a bucket or bin and get some snow from outside! <a href="http://greeningsamandavery.typepad.com/greening-sam-and-avery/2011/01/day-201-it-snowed-in-our-bathroom.html">You can even dump some in the bathtub to play with.</a> It's free and we have an over-abundance here. Bring the snow fun indoors where it's warm! You can even talk about how solids turn to liquids. Build in some learning with the sensory fun, since they've been missing out on school anyway. ;-)<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/hisaacson/glow-activities/">Glow activities</a></b><br />
<b>These are good for toddler/preschool as well as grade school age kids! </b><br />
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Do you have a blacklight? If not, you can find them at Walmart or Amazon for pretty cheap. There are so many fun glow activities!<br />
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<b>Thinking Putty</b><br />
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Even if your kids take a break to watch a tv show or a movie, <a href="http://www.puttyworld.com/">you can hand them some "thinking putty" to play with and it will help work out some of that pent up energy!</a> We have no less than 6 canisters of this in our house. Beware, it does NOT come out of carpet or fabric easily! But this is all the rage with the fourth graders at my daughter's school. The teachers let the kids play/fidget with it in class. It helps them stay focused and get some of their wiggles out. Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Smarty.Pants.Kids.MN">local educational toy store</a> carries a ton of this! But if you don't have a store near you with it, you can find it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=thinking%20putty&sprefix=thinkin+p%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Athinking%20putty">Amazon</a> too. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>If You Have Room in Your House:</b></span><br />
<b>Tie a beach ball to a piece of elastic and hang it from the ceiling/a railing and hit it around:</b><br />
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I don't have any photos of my big kids playing with this. But they LOVED it as much as my little guy! I can't tell you how many beach balls we've popped with this activity! Ha! Luckily, I stock up on beach balls at the Dollar Store when they have their summer gear out.<br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/10/diy-project-basement-bungee-swing.html">Bungee swing</a></b><br />
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If you don't have the time to make a swing yourself or you can't find the bungee chair (usually they can be found in late summer/end of fall at Target), you can purchase a swing at <a href="http://www.hearthsong.com/Outdoor-Play-Toys/Sunburst-Swinging-Chair.htm?aff=10051&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PLA&utm_campaign=PLA&utm_source=Sunburst+Swinging+Chair&gclid=CP2TmLyHu7wCFY1AMgodVD8Ajg">Hearthsong</a>.<b><br /></b><br />
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<b>A couple other ideas (all of these were suggested to me by a certified Occupational Therapist): </b><br />
--Grab a sturdy blanket, have your child lay in it on one end. Roll them up and then unroll them! Great input! (obviously, it goes without saying that you should be safe with this activity and adult supervision applies!) If you happen to have a gym mat at your house (yes, we do!), fold it in half. You can gently squish them inbetween the two halves. Both<br />
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--Use a yoga ball or large playground ball--Have the child lay on it on their belly and roll forward and backward over it. You can use this in various ways...one idea: do a puzzle this way. Have the pieces on one side and the puzzle on the other. Child can grab a piece or two of the puzzle, roll over the ball, put pieces in puzzle, roll back for more pieces. Or building with blocks. Whatever had pieces that you put together.<br />
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--Bear walk (http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/muscle-tone-activities-toddlers-preschoolers-14475.html), crab walk, wheel barrel walk around the house.<br />
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<b><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Sensory">Here is a full list of all the sensory activities (many of which I've already linked to in this post) on my blog! </a></b><br />
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And if you're interested in further reading on sensory diet, check out these great books! They are insightful even if you don't have sensory-sensitive kids! They will help you understand how the body reacts to its environment and how sensory stimuli can affect our bodies!<br />
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I originally bought them to go with <a href="http://www.learningresources.com/product/super+sorting+pie.do">this sorting pie toy</a> because I thought they would be easier for him to use than the tongs that came with the pie set. He loved playing with the pie and refused to use his fingers at all. He HAD to use the scoopers.<br />
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Then, I refilled our sensory bin for Valentine's day with epsom salt. I thought it might be fun to use the scoopers with the salt.<br />
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I was looking at Pinterest the other morning and my son came over and sat on my lap. He was very interested in what I was looking at and he pointed to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/209839663862238515/">this sorting activity</a> in my Pinterest feed from <a href="http://buggyandbuddy.com/toddler-activities-scooping-pom-poms/">Buggy and Buddy</a>. But instead of measuring cups to scoop pom poms with, we used our scoopers!<br />
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BUT. The MOST FUN way we have used the scoopers was in the SNOW! We live in Minnesota, otherwise known as Polar Vortex Central.<br />
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And we have had exactly one day in the last two or three weeks that it was warm enough to play outside for any extended time period. Nevermind that it was snowing like crazy. Blizzard-like snowing. The kids wanted, no, <i>needed</i> to be outside for a bit. They thought it would be fun to try the scoopers while they were out there. And I must say, they were entertained for 45-60 minutes out on the deck!<br />
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Working together!</div>
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Kellan decided to use the scooper as a tool for eating the snow! He's such a cutie!<br />
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And that's not the end of what you could do with these! They have little holes in them. I think they would be amazing fun in a water table or splash pool in the summer. They might also work great with really fine grain sand. Or even playdoh!<br />
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Have your kids ever used Scoopers? What unique way do you use them??<br />
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-50311628180639896922014-02-05T21:17:00.000-06:002014-02-05T21:17:12.294-06:00Thank YOU to our blog followers!I started this little blog out mainly to keep a record of all the fun
projects I do with my kids. I had this idea that maybe someone out
there somewhere might be interested in what we were doing and be
inspired by it. I shared it with my friends and family and it had a
fairly meager readership. Then, I discovered Pinterest. And not only did
finding and discovering project ideas become easier thanks to all the
pins out there in the world, but most surprising to me, people were
really pretty interested in what we posted. And they pinned it and
repinned it. And I pinned things that weren't ours but that I found
relevant, or future project ideas. And those got repinned. And here we
are today. This tiny little blog now has over 300,000 page views and I
have over 2,500 followers on Pinterest. This is all so amazing to me.
And I'm excited and humbled by this whole experience.<br />
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And just in the last week, one of our projects was featured on the <a href="http://funfamilycrafts.com/chihuly-inspired-sculpture/">Fun Family Crafts website</a>. <br />
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The
Chihuly-inspired sculpture was one of my all-time favorites! I love
that it still gets reposted and people are still enjoying it!<br />
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Our blog was also listed #7 out of 25 in a list of <a href="http://about.fashionplaytes.com/25-craft-blogs-tween-girls/">Craft Blogs for Tween Girls</a> on a website called Fashion Playtes. <br />
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And
now, to top off the week! I saw a tweet on the DecoArt twitter feed
that their new catalog is available for download. Our painted wine glass
project was featured on one of the pages. Another one of my all-time
favorite projects! Check it out:<br />
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They even gave my daughters credit too! How cool is that?!<br />
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I
know it probably sounds like I'm tooting my own horn, and maybe I am a
little bit. But really, I'm just proud that the fun and the work my
girls and I put into our projects is being recognized by other people. I
think that what we do is pretty cool. But it's really pretty neat for
my 8 and 10 year old daughters to be able to see that their projects are
respected! And that other people think the projects are as cool as we
think they are! What a confidence booster for them!<br />
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So I
just want to say from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! Thank you for
checking in on our projects. Thank you for finding them interesting.
Thank you for "pinning" and "liking" and "tweeting". Thank you for
commenting and participating in craft discussions. And thank you for
helping me show my girls that even though you're young, you can create
beautiful and amazing things! And you can carry that creativity through
your life!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-74576083786124993712014-01-28T08:42:00.000-06:002014-01-28T08:43:07.518-06:00Product Review: Master Kitz Paint KitsI came across these kits quite some time ago at the <a href="http://www.creativekidstuff.com/">Creative Kidstuff</a> toy store. They looked so neat!<br />
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I received one for Christmas a couple years ago and one of my daughters received one for her birthday. This summer we decided it was time to break these out and give them a try. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of in-progress photos of both kits. But here it goes:<br />
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The first kit we did was the Starry Starry Night Kit. The kits come with the instructions, paint, applicators, paper, and stickers provided. All you add is the newspaper and creativity. The instructions are easy to follow and very visual so an older kid could definitely do this on their own without much supervision. The thing I think is really neat about this is that it introduces kids to layering paint. Admittedly, I've never actually taken a painting course (just other generic art courses) so my knowledge is limited to what I've observed. But I do know that artists paint their images in layers and this is a great way to teach kids about layering color together!<br />
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The way the Starry Night kit works is that you place removable circle stickers down, then apply different shades of blue paint with the stamped roller applicator included. You remove the stickers and tape down a stencil. You roller black paint over the stencil to create the town. Then using your own creativity you layer on pastel color to create the details of the stars and town. Here is my 10 year old's version of Starry Starry Night:<br />
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I absolutely LOVED how she didn't just copy what she saw on the box. She created her own masterpiece with her own color choices. She asked to use our pastel colors so she would have a wider variety of color to pick from than what was included in the kit.<br />
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I give this kit FIVE stars and HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! Here are a couple more details:<br />
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Another thing I truly love about this kit is that there is great TEXTURE in the paint application. Just like Van Gogh's work!<br />
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I visited New York City this past spring and had to see MOMA. I can't tell you how excited I was to see Starry Starry Night in person and to be able to get up close and really "see" it!<br />
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But to be honest, I kind of like my daughter's version better. Ha! ;-)<br />
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Now onto kit #2: Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life. I have more in-progress photos for this one:<br />
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This kit was admittedly, quite a bit less involved. You placed the stencil over your paper to start. And then apply the included gold paint with the roller brush.<br />
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After that, you use a darker brown and stamp over the gold paint:<br />
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This created patterns and shapes on the gold paint.<br />
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You remove the stencil and add the included stickers wherever you like. And then you have a finished Tree of Life!<br />
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And here they are on our art wall:<br />
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All right, I'm going to be 100% honest here and say, the Tree of Life kit was kind of a disappointment TO ME. Now, my 8 year old daughter enjoyed it. But when the PROCESS of this kit is compared to the process of the Starry Starry Night kit, the Tree of Life kit was a letdown. There were more steps in the Van Gogh kit and there was more room for the child to be more creative.<br />
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I think the Tree of Life kit is perfect for ages 6 and younger. I think the Van Gogh kit is better overall for any age (with help). But especially for ages 6 and up. I'm glad I wasn't having my 10 year old do the Tree of Life kit or I think she would have been easily bored with it. The only complaint I had about the quality of the kit is that our black paint in the Van Gogh kit was unusable. It was very clumpy and you could tell just sort of old. Luckily I had some black acrylic paint here so it wasn't a problem for us. But for someone using this kit that doesn't have access to a fully stocked art room like we do, it would have really changed my perspective on the kit.<br />
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Overall, not a bad gift idea for a creative gift. But I definitely recommend the Van Gogh Kit over the Klimt kit. I would be curious to try the Water Lilies kit and the Matisse kit just to see what the process was like for those kits. Anyone out there try those?? What did you think?Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-72479979230625571942014-01-27T09:58:00.000-06:002014-01-27T09:58:09.194-06:00Polar Vortex: Playing Catch-UpWell, if there is any advantage to living in the Polar Vortex in Minnesota, it's that I have a little time to try and get caught up on 6 months of blog posts. Or at least attempt getting started writing posts. This first post is just a catch-up post of a couple projects to ease my way in. ;-)<br />
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First, here's a duct tape notebook my 8 year old made all on her own last summer. She didn't look at anything on Pinterest or online. Just had the picture in her head (my little right-brained learner!) and created this!<br />
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Look at that ear detail! It's 3-dimensional!<br />
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We had a wonderful nanny last summer and we made these fun little gifts for her as thank you gifts:<br />
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She was heading to Virginia Tech for school so we attempted to make her a rainbow loom bracelet in the right colors (really the school color is a little more maroon, but I digress). I just gave the girls some 5 x 7 canvas boards and asked them to make a fun picture, but that I wanted them to use different lines and patterns so here's what they came up with. They used permanent markers to color these.<br />
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The bright colors and happy drawings make me think of summer and warmth! :-)<br />
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My girls school has an art class once a week after school. Each girl will be artist of the week once during the term. Here are the girls' artist of the week creations for the fall:<br />
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These paper sculptures were really cool! I love the 3-dimensional quality of them!<br />
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(Sorry the quality of the photos isn't the best, I took them on my iPhone). ;-)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-80508987823689393002014-01-06T22:23:00.001-06:002014-01-06T22:34:53.646-06:00Craft Project: DIY Nail Polish Wash Necklaces & MagnetsHave I mentioned that I am my younger daughter's Girl Scout troop leader this year? Well, actually one of four leaders. We are doing a co-op leader thing, which has been great! Every year, our service unit puts on a holiday boutique for the girls. Troops create something to "sell" at the boutique and each troop has a booth set up to sell their wares. Each girl brings an envelope with some amount of money up to $20 in it. The girls walk around to the different booths and buy different crafts to give other people for the holidays. When they spend their money, they are done shopping and they get to eat holiday cookies. :-) The money collected is donated to a charity of the hosting troop's choice. This year the <a href="http://www.363days.org/363DaysFoodProgram.html">363 Day Program</a> was chosen. And can you believe it, in just under 2 hours, our service unit collected $3,127 for this charity! 2 hours, people. That is just amazing to me! <br />
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We gave the girls four different options for craft projects to create for the holiday boutique. They chose to create washer necklaces and gem magnets. These were soooo easy to create! And at minimal cost too.<br />
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<b>Washer Necklaces-- </b><br />
What you will need:<br />
--different size washers (I even found a mixed-size container of washers at the Dollar Store! But they aren't as nice of quality as the washers I bought at Home Depot)<br />
--colored nail polish (again, I found this at the Dollar Store! GREAT find!)<br />
--glitter nail polish <br />
--clear nail polish<br />
--string, yarn, twine--something to string the washers on for necklaces<br />
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Step one:<br />
You can either spray paint the washers ahead of time. We did this for the girl scouts, but not the necklaces I painted with my daughters. Either way works just fine. The sprayed painted necklaces have a nicer finish on the back side. So it just depends on how picky you are with the finished look.<br />
Here is a <a href="http://jewelrytutorialhq.com/diy-washer-pendant-tutorial-video/">great tutorial for spray painting them</a>.<br />
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Step two:<br />
If you haven't spray painted the washers, paint a nice thick base coat of one color on the washer. Or, start using multiple colors to create stripes or a design. Let dry several minutes (Usually 10 minutes max was good) and you can then paint other designs or layers over the base coat. Sometimes you may have to put on more than one coat.<br />
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Step three:<br />
If you like, once your design dries, paint a layer of glitter polish over the top to give it some sparkle!<br />
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Step four:<br />
Once all layers have dried, paint a nice thick coat of clear polish over the top to seal it all and give it a nice shine.<br />
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Step five:<br />
Leave it overnight. The next day, hang them on a string or chain of some kind and you have a great necklace!<br />
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Here are all the AMAZING necklaces my girl scouts created! These are seven and eight year olds! <br />
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Variations:<br />
--You can layer multiple sized washers to make your necklace more interesting<br />
--You can add beads to the string if you like<br />
--My daughters were intrigued when I showed them <a href="http://mundanemagic.com/2012/07/washer-necklaces-from-the-hardware-store.html">this post</a>. They set out to use toothpicks to swirl the paint. And it turned out amazing! The problem with taking pictures and then posting later is that I cannot seem to find where the photos are that I took. I know I took close-up photos of this but can't find them now.<br />
--You can use a hair dryer to dry the layers more quickly if you're in a hurry.<br />
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You can see the toothpick swirl technique used in these Mickey Mouse necklaces we created. (We found this idea for the Mickey necklaces <a href="http://www.allfreejewelrymaking.com/Wire-Necklace/Mickey-Mouse-Washer-Necklace/ct/1">here</a>.)<br />
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For the swirl technique, we just painted on a base layer of white nail polish. We were liberal with the application, then add about 4 dots of color evenly around the washer (we just used red with these Mickey necklaces, but you can use multiple colors and swirl together). Add the dots of color immediately after you paint the base color. Use a toothpick to gently swirl the colored dots around the white. Sidenote: To finish the Mickey necklaces, I used wire from a picture hanging kit I bought at the Dollar Store.<br />
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You can also see how we displayed the necklaces both for the girl scout boutique and for holiday gifts for family. I just cut up thick scrapbook paper. Added 2 slits on the top. I twisted the excess necklace on the back and secured it with a piece of tape. For the gifts we gave to family, we added our "Created by" stamps.<br />
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My older daughter is currently in an "all things Minion" stage, so of course, we had to make a Minion necklace too! ;-)<br />
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And if the links above didn't satisfy you, here are two more for you to see: <a href="http://www.watermelonsgrow.com/2013/07/washer-necklaces.html">here</a> and <a href="http://captaincrafty.com/2012/04/make-recycled-necklaces/">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Gem Magnets--</b><br />
What you will need:<br />
--clear glass gems (may be able to find at the Dollar Store, otherwise Michaels carries these)<br />
--round magnets (Michaels sells two sizes, get the larger size. The smaller size will not hold much to a magnet board as the gem is too heavy)<br />
--colored nail polish<br />
--glitter nail polish<br />
--clear nail polish <br />
--E6000 glue<br />
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The gem magnets were even easier than the necklaces. Here's a link to a<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/268527196505764383/"> tutorial</a>. All you have to do is paint a layer of glitter paint first. Let that dry for a few minutes. Then paint colored nail polish over the glitter layer. You can create patterns if you like. You may have to paint a few coats to get the polish thick enough to not be see-through. Once dry, you can seal with a coat of clear polish if you like. Let sit overnight. Once dry, use a small dab of E6000 glue to apply the magnet to the back.<br />
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Here are the girl scouts' creations:<br />
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I LOVED both the necklaces and the magnets! We created both for many people we gave Christmas gifts to, including teacher gifts along with a Starbucks gift card. We received wonderful feedback that everyone really liked them. I highly recommend this project for nearly all ages!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-53800071193179691922013-10-17T15:30:00.000-05:002013-10-17T15:30:39.301-05:00100 Days of Tombow!So I have a feeling that I'm probably past the 100 days mark of this marketing campaign. But hopefully the good people at Tombow will forgive me for that! I was contacted in May to ask if I'd like Holly's Arts and Crafts Corner to be a part of their campaign to celebrate the 100th anniversary of <a href="https://tombowusa.com/anniversary">Tombow</a>. I said yes and received the most wonderful box in the mail with these products in it:<br />
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I was excited to receive:<br />
--<a href="http://tombowusa.com/craft/adhesives/new-stamp-runner-dot-pattern-adhesive.html">Stamp Runner adhesive</a><br />
--<a href="http://tombowusa.com/craft/markers/dual-brush-pen-set-6-groovy.html">Dual Brush Pen Set, Groovy colors</a><br />
--<a href="http://tombowusa.com/craft/pencils/irojiten-color-dictionary-pencils-woodlands.html">a set of the Irojiten Color Pencils, Woodlands colors</a> <br />
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To be honest, I had no idea what I was going to do with these. The company just said create a project. They <a href="http://blog.tombowusa.com/category/100-days-of-tombow/">do have a blog and posts dedicated to the projects people came up with</a>. There are some really beautiful things on there! But, it seemed like many of the people posting were scrapbookers. Or artists who really knew how to use and manipulate these products. I decided they must have looked through my blog before deciding to contact me. They should know that I mostly post my kids' projects. So I decided to stay with that idea, rather than go out of my element to create a project.<br />
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I thought about coming up with a nice project for my girls to do, but to be honest, I felt like it would be more fun and kind of an experiment to see what the girls came up with! They didn't have school today so I sat them down, gave them the supplies and told them the only rule was that they had to create something where they used ALL three types of products. I also asked them to really think about what they were going to make beforehand and to not rush through the project.<br />
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I was very pleasantly surprised with what they came up with! They both spent about an hour working on their project.<br />
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My 8 year old created a flower with a butterfly on it:<br />
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And my 10 year old created a tree silhouette with a sunset behind it:<br />
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My proud artists and their creations:<br />
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After they were done, I sort of interviewed them to see what they thought of the Tombow products when compared to our usual art supplies (Crayola and Mindware fine tip markers, and tape runners from Archivers or Michael's).<br />
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They LOVE LOVE LOVED the dual brush markers! They said they were so smooth and didn't tear up the paper at all while they were using them. They liked the unique colors for both the markers and colored pencils. Colors they don't usually get to use in their other sets. And the tape runner was a hit as well! They said it went on smoothly and you didn't have to press as hard as some of the other ones they've used. The dispenser itself seemed better quality as well. The adhesive didn't get gummed up on the side or go on wonky as some of the other tape runners we've used.<br />
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Though I haven't created any specific projects with these supplies....yet, I have used them to color in some of our wonderful Mindware coloring books and there is a marked difference in how they color compared to even Mindware's fine tip markers. I LOVED coloring with them! I believe we will be adding some of the other marker sets to our Christmas list this year.<br />
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Thanks Tombow for giving us these great supplies to play with! Happy 100th Anniversary!<br />
<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-49174746787611379322013-09-22T14:32:00.001-05:002013-09-22T14:32:22.342-05:00Summer Recap: Independent CraftinessOkay, so I admit it. We kind of got away from our weekly artist lessons this summer. I'm sort of bummed about this because I really enjoy doing those projects with the girls. But, this summer just kind of got away from us! It flew right by and before I knew it, they were heading back to school.<br />
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We had a great and fun summer! But I guess we just focused on other things. The girls summer bridge work in the mornings, we had books to read for a book club we were in together, not to mention minutes to read for there summer reading log on top of all that. So I guess we focused more on academics this summer instead of planned art activities. But the girls still did art camps at Kidcreate. They created fun things like these candy beach scenes!<br />
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Ha ha! Do you see the marshmallow people in the chairs? See one of them is pink? That's because that one is sunburned! LOL!<br />
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I did ask them to create some <a href="http://legoquestkids.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-lego-quest.html">LegoQuest projects</a>. In this one, they were asked to create an outdoor scene. I told them it could be anything, a park, ocean, whatever they wanted!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My ten year old's Arboretum complete with bridge, stream, and "path with lights on the side".</td></tr>
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LOVE the "No Picking" sign with the park security guard there. :-) <br />
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But, honestly, what I think is one of the neatest things about this summer is that our art room was used ALL the time! Just not for projects I was leading. The kids, all three of them, just went up there whenever they wanted and created things. They came up with their own projects, figured out what they needed for them, sat down, and produced some fun and amazing things!<br />
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My three year old just sat down one night (hence the yucky red light and terrible iphone photos!) and did his own thing. It was so fun to watch!<br />
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And this is what he created, his first artwork all on his own!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqDT9yVY9ZrzOMmKsgcqbs6wvw54TlfgGnvJxEJE_R6MnJ9fAL_XIVDRJ7ebjfWXdJ2BoZepXHgIq5WIot5uFvLI9ImwS9T26WaPtIrzHJ3hXo4_ooa0kqyrBpzSUl1QTXz4BfitDJDwb/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqDT9yVY9ZrzOMmKsgcqbs6wvw54TlfgGnvJxEJE_R6MnJ9fAL_XIVDRJ7ebjfWXdJ2BoZepXHgIq5WIot5uFvLI9ImwS9T26WaPtIrzHJ3hXo4_ooa0kqyrBpzSUl1QTXz4BfitDJDwb/s640/IMG_0190.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div>
I think it should be entitled "Alien Spaceship". He couldn't verbalize to me exactly what he was making, but in watching him, it was very purposeful. And here is the aftermath of his creating. ;-)<br />
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My younger daughter crafted this owl pillow completely on her own:<br />
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Also, this beautiful chalk wall on the side of our garage:<br />
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A wrapping paper version of herself on her bedroom wall:</div>
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And a plan for a birdhouse (she is getting a kit to make one for her birthday in a few weeks):<br />
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My 10 year old daughter was also inspired this summer and created this winter fairy garden based on a project she found in our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Jumbo-Book-Outdoor-Books/dp/1553376803/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379877514&sr=8-1&keywords=jumbo+book+of+outdoor+art">Jumbo Book of Outdoor Art</a> book:<br />
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She also created this Minion ipod holder out of duct tape:<br />
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And just a couple other fun random creations from the summer:<br />
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Lily made a little fort/tent for her and Kellan to play under. It included a "tv" as well. She hung the iPad from the back of the couch. :-)<br />
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And a wine cork person just for the fun of it.<br />
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I'm sort of proud that I have set the foundation for my children to find the supplies they need and just create to their heart's content. It makes me so happy to see them inspired by so many things and even though I missed doing our projects together, it was almost better to leave them be and see what they came up with on their own!</div>
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-82637669513342548052013-09-22T12:54:00.000-05:002013-09-22T12:54:41.886-05:00The Rainbow Loom PhenomenonWe had never heard of Rainbow Loom before the middle of August. Then,
all of sudden within two days, we had heard about it AND received one
as a gift. And now, my girls are somewhat obsessed (and admittedly, so
am I!).<br />
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Just
in case you don't happen to have a tween girl or boy living with you
and have missed the news stories about this latest friendship bracelet
craze, Rainbow Loom is a plastic loom with three rows of spokes. You
place small rubber bands (that are non-latex--in case your child has a
latex allergy) in a certain pattern on the loom and then flip them in
half to "knit" the pattern together. Pull it off, add a plastic clip,
and voila, you have bracelet! <br />
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There is a TERRIFIC post
over at the Teach Mama blog discussing all the reasons that Rainbow
Loom is amazing aside from the sheer entertainment factor. <a href="http://teachmama.com/rainbow-loom-5-reasons-kids-need-parents-love/">It
is math-skill building, reading skill-building, fine-motor skill
building, relationship-building, and confidence building all in one fun
activity!</a><br />
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There are a ton of patterns you can
create and a million you tube videos made by girls your daughters' age
demonstrating how to do each pattern. You can start off super simple and
do increasingly harder patterns as you get more acclimated to using the
hook.<br />
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These can be purchased at Michael's, Amazon, and many independent small toy stores. I also LOVE that this was created by<a href="http://www.today.com/style/new-silly-bandz-rainbow-loom-bracelets-hit-kids-6C10920802"> a family who run their business out of their house</a>.
And when they made the deal to have their loom in Michael's they
stipulated that no coupons could be used so that Michael's wouldn't be
competing with the small mom and pop stores that got the Rainbow Loom
craze started in the first place. Awesome!<br />
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I REALLY
like this activity for my kids for all the reasons stated in the Teach
Mama blog, but especially like it for my older daughter who has a tough
time with sequencing and motor planning. It is a great exercise for her
to have to think through and execute all the steps. I could see this
being a great tool for speech or occupational therapy!<br />
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We spent our morning together working on these fun bracelets:<br />
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My younger daughter created the "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf1yHlWwPzg">triple single</a>"
bracelet on the top and we added a cute plastic button in the middle.
You can get these fun buttons at Micheal's in a variety of themes. There
are several in a pack for less than $2.<br />
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My older daughter decided to tackle the more advanced "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7AkI5dJzo">starburst</a>"
bracelet today. She tried this on her own last night, but just couldn't
pull them through in the right order. Because I know she struggles with
motor planning, I told her it might be a good idea to use a different
color band around the starburst for her first bracelet in this style.
That way she would always know what color she had to pull through, and
not have to worry about the order so much. This tip helped her
tremendously and she was able to complete the bracelet all on her own!<br />
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I predict this will be one of the most popular gifts for Christmas this year! Correct me if I'm wrong. ;-)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-69299749325395440092013-07-03T18:02:00.000-05:002013-07-03T18:02:33.700-05:00Art & Science Collide: Watercolor Salt PaintingsWe actually created this project months ago. The girls had a no school day back in February and I kept them busy with art projects that day. One of them was watercolor salt paintings! This is a relatively easy project to do and the girls really seemed to enjoy it! It would be a short quick-drying project to do as a birthday craft as well.<br />
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What you need:<br />
--watercolors (I like liquid watercolors, I think they are much more vibrant)<br />
--table salt<br />
--watercolor paper<br />
--blue painters tape (optional)<br />
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Start by having the kids block off a design on the watercolor paper with the blue tape.<br />
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Here are their taped off designs:<br />
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Then just fill in a section with watercolor paint. We found being liberal with the paint/liquid worked best. After doing a small section, sprinkle a little salt on the paint and move on repeating the process in the next area.<br />
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And here are the finished wet paintings with the tape still on:<br />
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My nine year old's: <br />
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My seven year old's:<br />
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Here is the one I made. :-)<br />
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And here they are with the tape removed:<br />
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And just for fun, here's a close-up:<br />
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This was a really fun project because not only is it artistic, but scientific too! I explained to them about how salt is a dessicant and sucks up the water/liquid. They thought this was such a neat thing to see! You can see the speckling happen as it dries.<br />
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Once the projects are dry, just remove the tape, brush the salt away and enjoy your beautiful artwork!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-85401239710298893322013-06-28T13:51:00.001-05:002014-04-28T07:32:54.255-05:00Craft Project: Beautifying Our Yard in a Creative WayWe made <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/craft-project-pour-paint-flower-pots.html">some pour paint flower pots</a> last spring. I decided it would be fun to make some more this spring, including some large pots for flowers in our yard. I'm excited to brighten up our yard this year! Now, I just have to keep my three year old from plucking all the flowers when he's outside playing. LOL!<br />
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Every time we do a pour paint project, I am just enamored with the paint. I LOVE watching what it does, how it pools, drips over the side, and ultimately the final product it creates.<br />
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We even got my husband in on the project this time!<br />
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I loved the glitter pot he made!<br />
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Finished pots waiting to dry....</div>
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And here are the pots in our yard with flowers in them! </div>
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<b>PLEASE NOTE: If you are storing your pots outside in the elements be sure to spray them with clear polyeurathane spray to seal the paint or a terra cotta pottery spray to seal. We also discovered that the acrylic paint holds up much better than the Michael's tempera paint.</b></div>
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It was quite the process to get our landscape bed back to looking good! We had totally let it go last year and it was so overgrown with weeds and grass. We turned it all over, I laid newspaper down, and added the wood chips.</div>
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We also created <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/craft-project-handpainted-garden-art.html">painted glass garden plates for Mother's Day gifts</a> and made a few for our house as well. Here they are in all their finished glory!</div>
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And our final project for the front yard this year....a tic tac toe landscape bed complete with its own painted pots to hold the tic tac toe rocks and another garden plate.</div>
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The girls each painted their own set of rocks for the tic tac toe game.</div>
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I sealed the painted rocks with clear polyeurathane spray. And here's a close-up of my 9 year old's garden plate. She wanted to paint fish on the plate, but I was worried about being able to seal it properly. So we used foamies stickers and I sprayed them with the polyeurathane spray. I'm crossing my fingers that they hold up through our Minnesota summer weather and strong storms. In my original post about the garden plates, I used UV6800 glue to adhere the coupling to the plate. However, a couple of the gift plates we made didn't hold up to the elements. So now I'm trying gorilla glue. We'll see how that works!</div>
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-1271737977527575012013-06-08T15:40:00.001-05:002013-06-08T15:40:48.484-05:00Craft Project: Custom Felt Wall HangingAfter my friend, Patty saw the <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/handmade-holidays-felt-stockings.html">felt stocking I made my niece</a>, Eliana, she contacted me and asked me if I might be up for creating something for her daughter's bedroom. She loved the tactile 3-dimensional nature of the stocking I made and wanted to mimic that in the wall hanging.<br />
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Her daughter, Mary Rose was born blind because she has a mutation in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEP290">CEP290 gene</a>. Mary Rose has overcome so many challenges already in her life and still works to overcome others. We first met Patty, Mary Rose, and their family four years ago when my younger daughter was in the same preschool class. They enjoyed each other's company for two years in preschool and sadly they go to different schools and haven't seen much of each other the last couple years. We have stayed in touch, and Lily and I have happily participated in <a href="http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1046699">Mary Rose's From Darkness to Light Walk</a>.<br />
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Patty contacted me to make the wall hanging for Mary Rose and I jumped at the chance thinking it would be a really fun project. When we met to talk about what she had in mind, Patty brought this t-shirt that had been hanging in Mary Rose's room since she outgrew it.<br />
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It says believe in braille under the word. So cool! We talked about how we could incorporate the shirt in the wall hanging. At first, we talked about making the "believe" the center of the canvas and then just putting some flowers and ribbons in a swag around it, maybe some buttons too. But each time I sat down to think about the project, I had this image in my head that I just couldn't get past. I scrapped the original more abstract idea and created something a little more literal. I know Patty thinks about Mary Rose's future and how she will be able to get along in the world as she gets older. And I know Patty has a very strong faith. I wanted to remind her that if you believe hard enough, Mary Rose will be able to one day leave the "nest" so to speak and fly off on her own.<br />
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I had many of the materials already from other projects I've created. But I did ask the woman at the fabric store what the best adhesives were for what I had in mind. Once I had gathered everything and created felt flowers similar to Eliana's stocking, I laid everything out without making anything permanent.<br />
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Then I showed it to Patty, not sure what she would think. I was worried it would be way too literal and not at all what she had envisioned. But she LOVED it! So I set out to attach everything permanently.<br />
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Starting with the blue felt background. I used Super77 multiple purpose spray adhesive, I sprayed the canvas and then the felt. I left the felt on the floor and then placed the canvas upside down on top of the sprayed felt. Gently, I stretched the fabric around the edges of the canvas and adhered it to the back using the spray glue.<br />
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I use Fabri-tac to adhere the flannel tree material (I cut the tree freehand). I used the craft stick to smooth it all out.<br />
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Then came the scary part. I was soooo nervous about cutting the t-shirt and putting it on the canvas board. I had my husband cut the 8x 10 board down to the size I needed.<br />
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I trimmed the t-shirt and used the Super 77 spray adhesive to adhere the shirt to the board. Then used the fabri-tac to glue the ribbon around the outside.<br />
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Whew! It all worked out fine. But I was pretty anxious all during this part!<br />
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After that I just glued all the bird, ribbon, and flower pieces on with the fabri-tac. And here is the final product!<br />
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This image doesn't do it justice because you can't really see how tactile it is or how 3-dimensional. So I took a few more images to try and convey that.</div>
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I embroidered and stuffed the birds to make them stand out a bit. And I embroidered the leaves to give them some added texture.<br />
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I cannot tell you how excited I was at the fabric store when I found the hard plastic flower buttons! I thought that would be such a great tactile thing for Mary Rose!<br />
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So there it is in all its glory! I'm sad to say that Patty, Mary Rose and their family are moving to Texas in a few weeks. Not sure when I'll see them again. But I'm so happy for them. It should be a great move for their family. And Mary Rose will have a wonderful canvas to hang in her new room. One she can touch and feel to her heart's content! Thank you so much for involving me in this project, Patty. I cannot tell you how fulfilling and rewarding it was for me to create it. :-)Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-31424000297157507682013-05-31T09:07:00.000-05:002013-05-31T09:07:06.539-05:00Summer Sensory Play: Blue Water Table FunNow that it is finally getting warm enough to be outside, we have really been utilizing our water table and deck. My son is a bit of a wild man (to say the least) and VERY sensory seeking (hence being very active) so sometimes it's nice to just open the door and let him do what he wants on our deck. It's fully enclosed with no stairs or gate down to the yard. So it's like a giant play yard. Nice for me when I need to get something done in the kitchen, cook dinner, or work on school work with the girls. Kellan LOVES being out there. And he LOVES playing in the water table out there. We're starting a routine that at 8:30am the morning television watching ends, and after next week when the girls are home for the summer, we'll do our summer school work at that time. Kellan will play on the deck and all should be happy!<br />
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So this week I've started getting him used to this new routine. I'm doing a blue themed week. The other great thing about the water table is I can easily put some warm water from the kitchen sink in the table. This kind of extends the play a bit more. <br />
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Playing with chalk in the water was fun because it turned the water blue!<br />
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We have white beans in his sensory box in the house and he decided to add a handful to the table.<br />
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One day I did more of a sensory bin idea with putting blue objects in, including a magnet and magnetic discs. He really seemed to like that!<br />
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Look for some more fun water table ideas as the summer progresses! Now, if all our rain would just stop and we had a few more warmer, sunnier days, I definitely wouldn't complain!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-47529047806801241852013-05-26T16:43:00.000-05:002013-05-26T16:43:23.223-05:00Sensory Activity: May Sensory BinI decided to do a sensory bin this month that was red/rescue vehicle themed! I hadn't used beans in awhile for box filler so I picked up some white beans at the store. Added some emergency vehicles, some wooden play pieces, magnetic dots and a magnetic tow truck piece from a puzzle we have, and there you have it!<br />
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Since I tend to keep our sensory box around for a month or so, I tend to switch things up a bit throughout the month. We started off with our new <a href="http://www.flipzles.com/">Flipzle puzzle</a> in the box (I'll write a separate post on these fun and creative puzzles!). Then I removed it after some initial play.<br />
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I tend to overcrowd the sensory box at first because I come up with all these great things to have in there. But after initial photos, I tend to take some of it out. ;-)<br />
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Kellan likes this box quite bit. He mostly enjoys running his hands through the beans. But he always likes first investigating a sensory bin to see what I've included.<br />
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He really liked the magnetic dots and tow truck magnet this time! <br />
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He used the helicopter puzzle piece as a scooper.<br />
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How the bin looked at the end of round 1 of play. <br />
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After a couple weeks, I taped some tubes to the side of the table. I thought it would be fun for him to pour the beans down the tubes. The clear tube is from our Marble Racers car track. He particularly liked being able to see the beans drop in the box through the tube.<br />
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He experimented with using his hands and the scooper...<br />
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We LOVE pour-paint projects around here! They are messy, fun, and they always turn out beautiful! I thought it would be fun to post them all together in a "Best of" post! Click on project titles to head to the post and directions for the project!<br />
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<a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/craft-project-pour-paint-glass-flower.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pour-Paint Vases </b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pour-Paint Glassware</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/craft-project-pour-paint-wine-glasses_5.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Wine Glasses</span></a><b> </b></span><br />
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<a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/12/handmade-holiday-2012-pour-paint.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pour-Paint Christmas Ornaments</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-82699639405490201312013-05-26T14:58:00.000-05:002013-05-26T16:46:26.287-05:00Craft Project: Pour Paint Handmade CardsWe made a second round of pour-paint flower pots this spring, and while I was watching the paint drip down to the cardboard, I was mesmerized by the amazing pools of paint on the cardboard. I thought, "What a waste of paint!" and "How can I do something with these great pools of color?"<br />
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The pooling kind of reminded me of <a href="http://innerchildfun.com/2011/05/weekend-art-suminagashi-for-kids.html">Suminagachi</a> projects I'd seen. Which made me think of paper! So I grabbed some thick watercolor paper we had, cut it up into smaller squares and tried laying them gently in the paint. I used both hands to pick up the paper trying not to smoosh it into the paint too much.<br />
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The girls came out to see what I was doing, and they wanted to give it a try too!<br />
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Ella wanted a bit more control over what the paint was doing so she tried just touching the paper to the bottom of the pot as it dripped down.<br />
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The end result of this experiment was pretty fun and cool!<br />
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We used these as Mother's Day cards. Writing on the back. Sometimes I turned the paint image into something, like this butterfly for my Grandma's card. </div>
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-28974198371095294712013-05-26T14:49:00.000-05:002013-05-26T19:42:19.931-05:00Craft Project: Pour Paint Glass Flower VasesWe've created <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/craft-project-pour-paint-wine-glasses_5.html">pour paint wine glasses</a> and <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/craft-project-pour-paint-flower-pots.html">pour paint flower pots</a>. I thought it would be fun to combine the two and create pour paint glass flower vases! We gave these away for mother's day gifts!<br />
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Here's one of them with flowers in it after we gave it to my stepmom:<br />
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In the above photos, I just masked the bottom of the vases. Below, I masked the top and bottom of the vases. We poured <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/craft-project-pour-paint-wine-glasses_5.html">paint along the sides with a spoon as we did for the wine glasses</a> we made in another project. <br />
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Just be sure to cut along the edge of the tape before you pull it up, after the tape has dried.<br />
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I happened to be at the Dollar Tree and noticed they had cosmo-style glasses. I decided that we needed to make pour paint cosmo glasses to add to my glassware collection!<br />
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I really LOVE how these turned out! They are so fun to drink out of! <br />
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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-39602386450321424752013-05-13T07:03:00.001-05:002013-06-28T14:08:25.861-05:00Craft Project: Handpainted Garden ArtI came across <a href="http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2012/08/garden-art.html">this post for painting glass plates</a> and turning them into garden art. I decided these would make some fun and creative Mother's Day gifts. So the girls and I set out to make some pretty garden art for grandmas and great-grandmas.<br />
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--glass plates/bowls from Dollar Tree<br />
--<a href="http://www.amazon.com/DecoArt-DASK267-Americana-Enamels-Sample/dp/B003ULND6E/ref=sr_1_2?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1368416959&sr=1-2&keywords=deco+art+gloss+paint">Gloss Enamel acrylic paint</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Gloss-Enamels-2-Ounces-Crystal/dp/B004Z0150K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368417184&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=americana+crystal+gloss+enamels">Crystal Gloss Enamel Paint</a><br />
--Triple-thick Glaze spray<br />
--3/8" coupling<br />
--threaded rod<br />
--<a href="http://www.amazon.com/E-6000-260011-Uv-6800-3-7-Ounce-Adhesive/dp/B004JX3C2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368416907&sr=8-1&keywords=uv6800+glue">UV6800</a> industrial strength glue (You might also want to try Gorilla Glue--We had a couple of our gift plates separate from the coupling during some really strong storms that have come through in the last several weeks. The plates survived, but the coupling had to be reglued.)<br />
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The nice thing about this project is that you can buy the plates and paint, and just go for it. You don't have to add glazing medium (unless you want to and we did add a bit on a few of the plates). We chose to paint the BACK of the plate because you can use the pattern detail in the plate as a guide. It also creates a smooth look on the front.<br />
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We did some pour paint on a few of the plates.</div>
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Our art room turned into a glass painting studio.</div>
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We used both big plates, small plates, and a bowl.</div>
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The four plates on the left half of the image were Mother's Day gifts this weekend. The three plates on the right are for our landscape bed and they are not quite done yet. I'll add a photo of them when they are.</div>
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As I did with <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/craft-project-pour-paint-wine-glasses_5.html">our pour paint wine glasses</a>, I baked the plates to cure the paint into an enamel surface. 350 degrees in the oven for 30 minutes. Starting with a cool oven and letting the glassware heat up with the oven. Remove items once cool.</div>
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I had no issues with the paint baked on wine glasses. I did have some issues with the paint on a few of the plates bubbling up once baked. I think this may have happened because we applied the paint thicker on the plates than we did on the wine glasses.<br />
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It ended up working out that we painted on the back of the plates. Even though the paint bubbled up, it still looked smooth and great from the front of the plate.<br />
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Once the plates were baked, I further sealed the painted side by spraying Rustoleum Triple Thick Glaze spray on them. When that was dry, I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/E-6000-260011-Uv-6800-3-7-Ounce-Adhesive/dp/B004JX3C2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368446487&sr=8-1&keywords=uv6800+glue">UV6800 industrial strength adhesive</a> to glue the two painted pieces together. I let that sit for a day and then flipped it over and glued the coupling on the back. I let the whole thing sit for two more days. It seems like it has an incredibly strong bond so I'm crossing my fingers that it stays attached for a long time. (EDITED TO ADD 6/28/13--You might also want to try Gorilla Glue--We had a couple of our gift
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have come through in the last several weeks. The plates survived, but
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And finally here they are with the threaded rod attached and in the ground. Unfortunately, our landscape bed doesn't quite look like spring yet (even though it's May 12th) because our winter hung on for soooo long this year. We gave this one to my mom for Mother's Day.</div>
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And here is one in my Grandma's flower bed on Mother's Day!</div>
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I'm excited to finish our last three plates that will go in our yard! Maybe spring will finally arrive in Minnesota so we can enjoy them with our beautiful flowers in our landscape bed.<br />
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Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-18569529391638483732013-04-05T09:24:00.001-05:002013-04-23T07:44:24.791-05:00Craft Project: Pour Paint Wine Glasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My mom's birthday was yesterday and I wanted the girls and I to make her something fun. I had come across <a href="http://thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com/2012/10/marbleized-tumbler.html">this post on doing pour-paint on a glass tumbler</a>. I was so excited to have another idea for pour-paint. <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/craft-project-pour-paint-flower-pots.html">We made pour-paint flower pots</a> a year ago for teacher gifts and the girls LOVED it. Okay, I admit it, I LOVE pour-paint projects too. :-)<br />
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My mom and stepdad drink wine often and I thought it would be neat to make them some fun wine glasses to use. And with these, each glass is unique, so you don't have to use wine charms, glass markers, or anything else. You just have to remember which color glass is yours!<br />
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Will admit this project was done over several days and took some trial and error. But hopefully, I can hash all that out for you so that you can just cut right to it and do the project without added steps. However, I really <i>enjoyed</i> the PROCESS of this art project. <br />
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Without further ado, here are the supplies you will need:<br />
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--Wine glasses (or glasses of any sort)--I got some great ones from the Dollar Store! They also had some decent stemless glasses there<br />
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--High gloss enamel acrylic paint. I used Americana Gloss Enamels (which is opaque) and Americana Crystal Gloss Enamels (translucent)--the Crystal paints were hard to find in a store. I had to order online.<br />
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--<a href="http://www.createforless.com/DecoArt+Medium+Americana+Clear+Art+Glaze+2oz/pid9413.aspx?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&cagpspn=pla&CAWELAID=1439796548&catargetid=1552978907&gclid=CPmBv_TDs7YCFe5AMgodKWsA4g">Glazing Medium</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deco-Art-130579-Enamel-Medium-2/dp/B00413EFKS">Americana Clear Medium </a><br />
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--paper cups, plastic spoons OR small squeeze bottles<br />
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--blue painter's tape<br />
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--newspapers and paper towel<br />
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--Krylon Triple-thick Crystal Clear Glaze spray (optional)<br />
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<b>STEP ONE:</b> Tape off any area you do not want paint to cover. In the case of the wine glasses I did it around the top one inch where your mouth would go. And the base of the bowl of the glass. There was a natural line where the stem met the bowl.<br />
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Then suspend the glass on top of something so the glass will not sit in a pool of paint. I used paint bottles. I've found putting a paper towel between the glass and the paint bottle helps contain a bit of the mess.<br />
<b>(SKIP DOWN TO STEP 2 if you just want the nitty gritty and don't want to wade through my process)</b> ;-)<br />
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I actually tried this project first to see how it was going to work and what adjustments I might have to make for the girls. So here is my initial glass:<br />
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I used the Crystal translucent paint without thinning it out at all. I really thought the paint would lighten a bit more than it did. This was waaay too dark for a wine glass, at least in my opinion. Though it would look wonderful painted on glass for a faux stained glass image!<br />
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Next, I poured the glazing medium into a throw away aluminum muffin tin and added some translucent paint to it. We used our plastic spoons from IKEA that we keep in the art room.<br />
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The paint is thin enough that you can turn the glass to help direct the flow of the paint.<br />
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My daughter also masked off some stripes with thin blue tape.<br />
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Here are the first round of completed glasses:<br />
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They are gorgeous and I love them! However, I decided I wanted us to make some that were a little LESS translucent. In order to find MY happy medium, I decided to do a little experimenting so I took the glass out of one of our Dollar Store frames (good thing I just keep some on hand). I tested both the opaque and translucent paint mixed with varying amounts of glazing medium. Here are the results:<br />
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1) opaque High Gloss Enamel paint<br />
2) with a bit of clear fill medium (1:1 ratio)<br />
3) more clear fill medium<br />
4) 1:2 ratio of 1 part opaque paint, 2 parts clear fill medium<br />
5) 1:1 ratio of opaque paint and glazing medium<br />
6) more glazing medium to one part opaque paint<br />
7) 1:2--1:3 of glazing medium--I didn't actually measure anything out just eyeballed it. This last one is somewhere in the ball park of 2 or 3 parts glazing medium to 1 part opaque paint.<br />
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A) translucent Crystal Glass Enamel Paint<br />
B) 1:1 translucent paint with clear medium<br />
C) 1:1 translucent paint with glazing medium<br />
D) 1:2 translucent paint with glazing medium<br />
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You can see how it flows better once it's thinned and I decided that I like using the glazing medium over the clear medium. We used quite a bit of glazing medium for all the glasses we made. We used two 8 oz. bottles.<br />
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<b>*Tip*</b> Paper cups, small light weight plastic spoons work best for holding the paint. Initially we tried a muffin tin, but the paint was so thin that it was easy to drip into the other paints.<br />
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<b>STEP TWO: </b>Mix paint and glazing/clear medium to your desired translucency and pour on glass with a spoon (or small squeeze bottle)<br />
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<b>FOR STEMLESS GLASSES:</b> Just like with the pour-paint flower pots, just pour paint in one spot on the bottom of the glass. Keep adding paint to the same spot and it will eventually fall down over the sides.<br />
<b>*Tip*</b> Next time I do stemless glasses, I think I will mask off the bottom of the glass as well. I think they are much brighter and lighter if there is light flowing all the way through the glass. You can see this in the stem glassware below. <br />
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<b>FOR GLASSES WITH A STEM: </b><br />
Just use a plastic spoon and drip paint down the sides. You will have to rotate the glass or pick it up and let the paint drip around the glass.<br />
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<b>STEP THREE:</b> Let dry for 24 hours. I was actually amazed at just how quickly these dried to the touch! I think even after 12 hours they were pretty much dry to the touch.<br />
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The aftermath! After they dried for a few hours, I cleaned up and took the paper towels off, just leaving them suspended to dry overnight.<br />
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<b>STEP FOUR:</b> After they were dry to the touch, I took the blue tape off. I used a small sharp pair of scissors to go around the edge of the tape so it would come up easy without pulling the paint off. You can use an Exact-o knife too. I am just a bit clumsy with sharp objects and felt like I had more control with a small pair of scissors. After the tape was removed, I used a mild scouring pad to rub off any excess paint that might have transferred where I didn't want it. You can use your finger nail too. I found the paint came off very easily. I then rinsed the glasses and patted them dry.<br />
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<b>STEP FIVE: </b>You can cure your paint for 21 days. But who wants to wait that long to be done with a project that looks this amazing??? So put your glasses on a cookie sheet in a cool oven. Turn it on to 350 degrees and let the glasses heat up with the oven. Leave in there for 30 minutes (I might have left mine for 40). Leave in the oven until cool to touch. Once I could remove the pans I just let them finish cooling on the top of the stove.<br />
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You can see a difference in the paint once it's baked. It definitely feels and looks more enamel-like. But the colors stayed just as bright and vibrant!<br />
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After this step, you can be done. <b>(Optional STEP SIX)</b> I plan on retaping the glasses and spraying with Krylon Triple-Thick Clear Glaze just to ensure the paint will last and not scrape off. I will update with a review of this process once I'm able to complete this step.<br />
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Lastly, they should be top-shelf dishwasher safe. I read you shouldn't soak them in water for a long time. But otherwise, they are fine to be washed.<br />
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And just because they are so darn pretty, I took them out on our deck with my white backdrop in full sunlight and obsessively photographed them!<br />
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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-28423058472650040862013-03-22T17:17:00.001-05:002013-05-04T07:39:26.100-05:00Everyday Art: Vinylmation Obsession<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you heard of Disney's Vinylmation? No? Don't feel bad. I had no idea what it was either until about two months ago. We were at Mall of America and visited the Disney Store.<br />
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My mother-in-law was letting the kids pick out a little something there and the girls fixated on these little Vinylmation characters. I had never seen these before. I thought they were a little overpriced for what they seemed to be. A little three-inch plastic figure for $12.95. And here's the kicker. It was in what they call a "blind box". So you didn't KNOW which one you were getting! WHAT! You spend $13 for 3 inches of something you may or may not like? Wow, Disney. What a racket! Yes, those were my initial thoughts. However, I softened. We have nearly 9 million stuffed animals in this house already so the fact that they were looking at something so small, I started to see the positive side to this. HOWEVER, my older daughter wanted the Nemo one. She <i>had</i> to have it. And both girls were getting a box. Can you see where this is going? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a Disney Store display (though not the MOA store).</td></tr>
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So each one grabbed a box and we opened them right outside the store. Guess what happened? My older daughter (the one who really wanted Nemo) got...Mr. Incredible (though I still thought it was pretty cool). And my younger daughter got.....wait for it....NEMO! Actually, that was pretty much a miracle considering there are 11 or 12 they could have received. Now, my younger daughter is very sweet and she knew that her sister <i>really</i> wanted Nemo so she switched with her even though she didn't really like the Mr. Incredible guy. No one was devastated so we went about our day.<br />
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Well, then we made a trip to California for a family vacation. We gave each of the girls a little money to buy a souvenir and I told each of them I would buy them a vinylmation figure. Well. Even though, we saw them throughout the park, we waited until we could go to D-Street in Downtown Disney to pick out their characters. They had a HUGE selection there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is in front of the Tomorrow Land store at Disneyland.</td></tr>
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You wouldn't believe HOW LONG we were in that store! Ella picked two (she saved some of her souvenir money to get one) and Lily picked one. And well, I picked one too. Another tidbit about these, you can trade them! So we brought Mr. Incredible with and Lily traded him for the Toy Story Unicorn at the Tomorrow Land store. Here's our current collection:<br />
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Now, remember when I said Lily just happened to pick the Nemo one out of the box. Well, the girls picked out blind boxes from the <a href="http://www.disneystore.com/vinylmation-park-11-series-disney-california-adventure-3/mp/1318993/1000284/">Park #11 series</a>. See that little guy on the left. The yellow Donald guy? Well, Lily picked him. She wasn't super excited about it so she thought she would trade it. Luckily, the store person mentioned to us that this was a VARIANT. Um, what is a variant? Yeah, apparently, Disney puts "variants" and "chasers" into their blind box series. So one in each case of 24 blind boxes is more RARE than the others. Lily just happened to pick that. And it's not just one of the rare ones, it's SUPER RARE. I told her it might be best to keep it. I looked on ebay the next morning and I couldn't believe how much that little 3 inches was worth! And HOW LUCKY Lily is. She is now picking out all my future Vinylmation purchases and I'm now referring to her as Lucky Lil'. Okay, not really. But it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?<br />
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They have fun playing with these little guys too. Here is something they set up at our rental house while were were still on vacation:<br />
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Each of their characters had a little room and a vinylmation friend. <br />
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I started actually googling all this and learning more about these figures. There are some really cute ones out there, and some really not cute ones. And it's kind of fun that you don't always know what you're getting. My older daughter and I have actually bonded over this joint obsession. I've told her everything I found out about vinylmation. And she and I have had fun looking at them in the <a href="http://eventservices.disney.go.com/static/vinylmation/vault.html">Disney Vinylmation Vault</a> and here at <a href="http://vinylmationkingdom.com/vinylmations/vinyl-vault/">Vinylmation Kingdom</a>. We talked about which ones we liked. She and I haven't really had something fun like this that we both liked. She is into Legos and Star Wars which is more my husband's thing. She and I have always had art in common, but nothing toy-related really. It's been really nice to have a topic I can bring up with her if I hear something new.<br />
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Now, typically, I wouldn't post all this on HERE, an art blog. I mean, I could claim that each of these little 3-inch figures is a work of art because Disney has a team of artists who work on these and create the series. And I do believe the newer series are more creative than the older ones. But all that might be stretching it just a bit. ;-) I did mention to Ella that there are artists who create the vinylmation characters. She thought that was the COOLEST THING EVER! She has long said she wants to be an artist (or a scientist) when she grows up. And I think it was kind of neat to show her a job where someone can be creative and it not be your stereotypical idea of what an artist is or what they do.<br />
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We had one weekend day to relax after we got back from our vacation before we jumped back into the craziness of our lives. And THIS (below) is how my girls spent their entire day! Seriously, they worked on this project for about 6 hours almost nonstop.<br />
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They decided they were going to create their own vinylmation series. And it would be the Pixar Series 2 (<a href="http://vinylmationkingdom.com/movie-based-series/pixar-series-1/">Series 1</a> is currently being sold at Disney Stores). We had some <a href="http://www.colorblanks.com/toys/">Color Blanks</a> waiting to be created. They carefully thought out each character and drew an image first.<br />
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And here's the REALLY COOL thing. The girls worked TOGETHER! Seriously, these two are quite the opposites when it comes to personality. And there are times they get along, and other times they simply do not. But they spent the entire day working together on this really nicely without any fighting. It was amazing!<br />
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Once all their characters were created, they enlisted the help of my husband to create boxes for their characters. Here's what he came up with:<br />
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Here they are! Eight completed blind box vinylmations:<br />
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So now, what did we do? Why, opened them of course! We shuffled them around and everyone picked two to open.<br />
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And here's what we found:<br />
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Sully and Boo in her purple costume from Monsters Inc.<br />
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Mittens and Rhino (hamster in the ball) from the movie Bolt (I don't think Pixar created Bolt, but the girls were trying to come up with vinylmation characters they hadn't seen before).<br />
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Dory and Squirt from Nemo<br />
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Doug from Up and a "rare" one. They didn't have a name for it. And it's not really based on a character. <br />
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Instead of the rare one above, they originally were going to make Russell from UP but I think there was a mistake on that Color Blank. ;-)<br />
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I don't even know if this post will be of interest to anyone. I just thought it was so amazing how such a creative endeavor brought our whole family together on a weekend day when typically we would all be in different parts of the house doing our own thing. I was intrigued and amazed at the amount of attention and thought my girls put into this project. I have NEVER seen them work on something for so long all at one time.Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944204657462978748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120776759774073428.post-55077137217163276102013-03-19T22:10:00.002-05:002013-03-19T22:10:25.145-05:00Craft Project: DIY "Faux" Stained Glass FramesAnyone who has followed this blog for any length of time knows we LOVE sun catchers or anything pretty and sparkly in a window. :-) A year and a half ago, we worked on a <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2011/08/2011-project-9-stained-glass-windows.html">faux stained glass project</a> with black glue and permanent markers. The girls' projects have been hanging in my kitchen window over the sink ever since. I decided it was time for something new to look at. :-) We had a teacher workshop (no school) day at the end of February, and inspired by <a href="http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/2011/10/window-art.html">this post at Play at Home Mom</a>, I thought this would be the perfect project for the girls.<br />
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What you'll need for this project:<br />
--pictures frames (any size)--I got ours at Dollar Tree, we used 8 x 10 <br />
--clear glue<br />
--Glass mosaic tiles or gems--We used the glass tiles and gems shown below from Michael's at $2.99 a bag. I think we used 4-5 bags total with some of certain colors leftover). You can also buy glass gems at Dollar Tree. At our Dollar Tree, the colors are limited to blue and green and maybe clear. I wanted a greater variety in color for the girls so I shelled out for the Michael's brand. ;-)<br />
--Gorilla Glue<br />
--suction cups (also found at the dollar store)<br />
--sorting dish (optional)--you can even have the children sort the tiles/gems by color as an added educational activity. I found my tray at the dollar store as well.<br />
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This project is GREAT for all levels as you can do as much or as little to help the kids with it. Since my girls are 9 and 7, I let them do most of it. If you are adapting it for smaller children you can just let them put the gems wherever, and either add the glue yourself or let them do it. I have somewhat perfectionist little artists, so I had them plan ahead.<br />
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Step 1) This is actually for the parent. I used gorilla glue to go around where the frame and the glass would meet to create a seal. This way, when the clear glue is applied, it will not leak. I didn't take a photo of this step before we were finished. You can see it below in the photo that shows the finished underside with the suction cups. I did this step the day before I wanted the girls to do the project so the glue would have time to cure.<br />
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Step 2)--for older (or more particular) children--I had the girls plan out their design on a piece of white paper.<br />
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Step 3) Spread a good amount of clear glue on the TOP of the glass in the frame. So the frame creates an edge for the glue. We put enough to cover the glass and then some. After squirting from the bottle, the girls used a foam brush to spread it around.<br />
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Step 4) Add your tiles/gems to the glue on TOP of the glass in the frame.<br />
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Step 5) We added a bit more glue over the top and between the tiles. Just to make sure everything was sealed for sure.<br />
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This step might have been overkill, but I plan to have these hanging in my window for at least a year. I don't want any of the tiles to start to fall out. My window does get some sun, though it is not direct light for the entire day, just in the morning hours. I'm hoping it holds with all the UV exposure.<br />
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Step 6) Let dry for several days. This step actually didn't take quite as long as I anticipated. After dealing with <a href="http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.com/2012/02/craft-project-pony-bead-sun-catchers.html">the cookie cutter suncatchers</a>, I think these dried even faster than those. Two days maybe. Though I left them on the art room table in the sun so that may have sped up the drying process a bit.<br />
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Step 7) I used gorilla glue to secure suction cups to the back. I used larger ones at the top and smaller on the bottom. These 8 x 10 stained glass frames are pretty heavy so I wanted to make sure they would stay in the window.<br />
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I included a couple extra photos so you can see the seal I created under the glass and along the frame edge as well. It's not pretty on the underside. Remember gorilla glue will expand when it dries.<br />
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And here are the finished frames in my window! I LOVE these! They are so bright and fun. Just makes me happy to look up and see them in the window.<br />
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My nine year old created the one below. In her words, "just a design":<br />
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And this is my 7 year old's. She called hers "Garden". You can make out flowers with a green leaf by each one. And there's a dragonfly in the lower left on the side. And a butterfly on the right side above the red flower.<br />
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This project is perfect for any child who likes a tactile experience. Also, it's a good sensory experience with putting the tiles in the clear glue. I tried to take a couple photos to show the depth of the tiles in the frames and the tactile nature.<br />
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Now, if you are worried about the weight of these in your window. Or you might like a less "messy" version. OR you are short on time for a gift idea, I have a SHORT-CUT to this project. This came about just this afternoon when my daughter had a friend over and they were looking for a project to do in the art room.<br />
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I quickly pulled out some 5 x 7 Dollar Store frames. Cut contact paper (you can get this at the Dollar Store too!) to fit the glass in the frame. Taped the contact paper down with the sticky side up. They cut out tissue paper however they wanted, in the shapes they wanted, and placed the pieces on the contact paper.<br />
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My daughter used scrapbook punches to cut out these circles in the tissue paper:<br />
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Because both my daughter and her friend left "holes" where the contact paper showed through, when I turned it over it stuck to the glass. This was a nice way for it to be secured in place while I put it in the frame. I also trimmed any excess tissue paper that hung over the edge of the frame glass.<br />
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This can be adapted for different ages. If you have smaller children, you can cut the tissue paper yourself and just have them put the pieces on the contact paper. You can have them rip the tissue paper into small pieces first for a more organic feel to the work. They can practice using the scissors by cutting the tissue paper themselves.<br />
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Once the contact paper is covered with tissue paper, you can turn it over and put it on the BACK of the glass going into the frame. Then put the prongs down to hold it all in place. The contact paper stayed in place with the frame prongs. You could use tape to secure the contact paper more. I probably will glue it just to <i>really</i> secure everything.<i> </i>You can secure it however you like, depending on how much time you have. These would make fun gifts for Mother's Day or an end-of-the-year gift for teachers.<br />
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I think these turned out great! And are super fun in the window with the light shining through. The cool thing about these too, they look pretty neat in the window even when it's dark out. Sorry I don't have a photo of this. But the tissue paper appears opaque and you can still see the design when it is dark outside.<br />
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