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!

2012: Mommy Art Camp--Toilet Paper Tube Owls

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. :-)

I found these adorable owls on Pinterest (and also these and these) and thought the girls would get a kick out making something similar. The original project used scrapbooking supplies and tools to create the owls. I may be a crafter, but a scrapbooker I am not. So I didn't have any of these on hand except for the circle punches. Instead, we raided our recycled materials bin for toilet paper tubes. And I raided the local hardware store's paint chip display and we went to work!

Here are the parts you'll need to create your owl:

We punched the paint chip samples with a smaller circle punch.

 Then first painted the cardboard tube with white tempera paint.

 Then, they covered it with a paint color of their choice (We used our Biocolor paint).

 Here are the girls' pieces all set to go:

 They used glue dots to adhere their pieces to the cardboard tube.

 Last we added the eyes:

And here they have their super adorable paper tube owls:

 They played with them like finger puppets. And used their yarn bird nests too.

2012: Mommy Art Camp--Doodle 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 created what I called Doodle Birds during our bird camp this summer. We were inspired by this image on Artsonia.

 Ella made the above doodle bird this past spring just when she was looking for a project to do one night.

 She varied it this time to make three birds (I actually cut the birds out for her).

 We used our kool-aid dyed yarn make the motion lines.

 They drew between the lines with crayon and then painted with liquid water colors over it.

 Lily's doodle bird:

 Ella's doodle birds: