Tag Archives: arts and crafts
Evolution of an Engineer
Last year at Lily’s preschool art show, we were amused when we discovered that Lily labeled her creative project as a “decorated cereal box”. All of the other kids were calling their equally unimpressive decorated cereal boxes as things like … Continue reading
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Dream Big
When I opened the girls’ box of 64 crayons, I gave them hopeful instructions not to dump the box all over the table. My husband scoffed in the background. Him: “Like that’s going to happen.” Me: “I know… but maybe … Continue reading
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Jelly Bean Man
At a recent preschool event, the teacher announced that our children had artwork hanging on the back wall and we could go claim it. I went up to get Lily’s artwork and scanned over all the names to find hers. … Continue reading
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Young Authors: Toy Story Friend Book
I have TWO epic posts on hold right now waiting for scanned pictures and a chance to retake a video. Stay tuned for those. For now, another book I helped Lily write: I was later informed that I got this … Continue reading
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3 year old Authors, Part 2
This was the first book we created and the illustrations are even worse than usual. I was absolutely exhausted when I drew this for Lily and was lying on the floor and actually nodded off momentarily mid-picture a couple times. … Continue reading
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3 Year Old Authors, Part 1
I’m hoping this becomes a regular series on the blog. The other day, Lily asked me to help her “write” a book. My “helping” involved asking leading questions , writing down what she said and then drawing pictures to go … Continue reading
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Forcible Drawing
Long ago, I made the mistake of drawing Lily some of her favorite cartoon characters. I’m no expert, but my Boots monkey bears enough of a resemblance to the real Boots monkey that she obsessively asked me to draw it … Continue reading
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Accidental Pig Artist
The other day while we were constructing a family of styrofoam cup people, Lily became determined to add a dog to the mix. The family was us. I’m the one with the long red hair. The dog she wanted me … Continue reading
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Creativity win!
In preschool last week, Lily and her classmates made art out of recycled material. Every kid gave very creative answers to what their artwork was. Here are some examples: As you can see, every item looked EXACTLY like what the … Continue reading
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
A week before Valentine’s Day, we got a note from Lily’s school that she should write her own name on all of her valentines. I knew the tiny Dora valentines we’d gotten for her wouldn’t give her enough space to … Continue reading
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