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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Starting our Crafting Journey

More and more lately I've been looking into kids crafts, especially creative or logical thinking ones. I decided yesterday that the first step in this direction was getting the girls aprons! At first I wanted to sew them myself, but upon seeing the price of canvas (8.99/yard, seriously?), I decided to go with the cheapie premade ones ($4.50 for 2). Then we picked out some fabric paint!

What a blast! The girls really went for this. It's their first adventure in painting.

We started with putting a sheet on the floor. One I wouldn't mind ruining... it was FABRIC paint. Then we laid out our aprons, and pulled out some cupcake papers for paint holders.

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Then we started! Morri, as per usual, went straight for the purple and pink. Tamsyn surprised me by getting really into the green. I made sure not to interfere (after showing Tams the initial put-paint-on-canvas excitement).

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Man, they had a blast. It only lasted about half an hour, but it was fun!
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And, of course, by the end Tamsyn was getting bored, so she started painting her hair... and stuck the brush in her mouth. I made sure to get non-toxic stuff, but it could NOT have tasted good...
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So bath time!
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And the finished masterpieces!
Morrigan:
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Tamsyn:
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