2012: Mommy Art Camp--Yarn Bird Nests

I am hoping to put a PDF document together with all of our bird art camp projects in one place for anyone interested (though I'm not sure when I'll get it all done). With this in mind, I am not going to post quite as many photos or go into quite as many how-to details on these projects. But, the projects are fairly self-explanatory. :-)

The girls thought making yarn bird nests was pretty fun. It was so hard for them to wait a day to pop the balloon to see how the nests turned out.

Just a quick note: be really careful when you do pop the balloons, we didn't realize how much they might jump up. But you can see in this photo that the balloon really popped up in the air.

2012: Mommy Art Camp--Paper Bird Cages

Note: I am hoping to put a PDF document together with all of our bird art camp projects in one place for anyone interested (though I'm not sure when I'll get it all done). With this in mind, I am not going to go into quite as many how-to details on these projects. But, the projects are fairly self-explanatory. :-)

The final project in my bird camp series: paper bird cages. I came across this project on this blog. The project I was using for our inspiration while cute, just didn't have the bling and sparkle that I know my girls would love. So we dressed it up a bit more by using fun sparkly scrapbook papers and a bling tack to hold it together at the top. We also used paper that was two sided so that the inside of the cage would be fun as well. I thought it would be fun to add in actual feathers so the birds would have a more three-dimensional quality to them.

 The supplies you'll need are above.

After the cages were built, they started on their birds:

I used some flower wire I had to hang the birds from the center tack of the cage:

And we aren't always serious when we're creating! We goof around a bit too:

2012: Mommy Art Camp--Model Magic Birds

Note: I am hoping to put a PDF document together with all of our bird art camp projects in one place for anyone interested (though I'm not sure when I'll get it all done). With this in mind, I am not going to post quite as many photos or go into quite as many how-to details on these projects. But, the projects are fairly self-explanatory. :-)

 

   We covered small foam balls (I got a pack at the Dollar Store) with white Model Magic clay.

Stuck feathers in them.

 Let them dry.

 Painted them.

 Volia, birds for our yarn bird nests.

2012: Mommy Art Camp--Painted Peacocks

Note: I am hoping to put a PDF document together with all of our bird art camp projects in one place for anyone interested (though I'm not sure when I'll get it all done). With this in mind, I am not going to go into quite as many how-to details on these projects. But, the projects are fairly self-explanatory. :-)

This project was inspired from here, here and here.

The girls really LOVED this project, especially my 9 year old. She took her time and really got into this one. I LOVED how both of them turned out!

 

Before Ella painted her feathers she was very concerned about making sure they were exactly how she wanted them. So we worked together on a separate piece of paper. First, we figured out the color combination she wanted, then I helped teach her how the feathers might be painted. She practiced quite a bit before finally working on her painting. So fun to see your go through the artistic process!

She painted one color all the way around so that it would dry before adding the next color. This way the colors wouldn't blend together quite as much.

Here is my six year old's masterpiece:

And my nine year old's finished painting!

Aren't they both soooo gorgeous!!!! I just LOVE them!