We have a bug going around in my house, so today I wanted a quick and easy art project to do. Abby made a Thanksgiving placement that I laminated for her but it is starting to fall apart. I thought it would be fun to make a holiday one! We colored some holiday pictures, found […]
Have you entered the giveaway from Baby Steals? If not click here. Music is used in my home many times a day to help lift moods, to initiate laughter, to wake up but most of all to calm. Lullabies play an important part in our home life and I honestly can say our lives would be […]
For the giveaway click here. Yes Bread and Butter can be an art form, cooking is the biggest art form in our home. I bought this beautiful cookbook called The River Cottage Family Cookbook and it has quickly become my new favorite cookbook. The pictures are beautiful, recipes are written with love and it explains […]
The giveaway is a few posts down, have you entered yet? I love when I come across such fun things. While visiting one of my favorite blogs Mom Most Traveled I saw one of her posts talking about an Art and Poetry Contest for ages 12 and under. I thought this is my cup of […]
The giveaway is a few posts down. We finished up the art project from the sheet we sprayed with tempura paint filled bottles, from last month’s Art Group. My original idea was to do “stuffed art” but after cutting and sewing the pieces from the sheet they were a little to large to stuff. So […]
Click here for the giveaway. Today was the first day I started to teach the girls about Beethoven. They both love listening to his music and loved hearing little facts and stories about him. I have listed some information on him below. I of course did not read them all of this and reworded some things […]
Click here for the giveaway. Art Group Activity #1 I planned on reading this to the kids before we began painting but I returned it to the library by accident so lets pretend I did 🙂 “A frustrated grade school artist, Vashti sits slumped over her blank piece of paper at the end of art […]
Click herefor the Nie Nie Day Silent Auction Post. Click here for the giveaway. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (located on the U of U campus) has a once in a lifetime exhibit right now. Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art will be available to see from June 23, 2008 – September […]
Beautiful Paintings Capturing Motherhood Camille Monet and Child Madame Vigee LeBrun and Child A friend had this posted on her blog, it is beautiful as well: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them […]
Click here for the giveaway. For our second art lesson we learned about Alexander Calder, sometimes the artist known for his “mobiles” along with many other things. I explained to Abby that Calder thought of a new way to sculpt, by bending and twisted wire to “draw” his figures in space. Of course bending, twisting […]
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