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Ok I think this doesn’t even count as crafting but hey some weeks that’s all we do. This was the inspiration:  We improvised a bit and used pretzels for the mouth and M&Ms for the eyes. And then we used some cookie decorations we had for the nose and teeth and it ended up looking more like a green spongebob than a frog. So here it was.
Looks great I think and David enjoyed eating every piece of it. What I didn’t realize until I sat down to do one of the crafts on our list was that most of these require materials we don’t seem to have at hand. (So while I am good at making lists of ideas, I neglected to make one for supplies. Good job, eh?) One of the only items on the list that had simple supplies was the paper-plate dogs.  The full tutorial from kids craft weekly. Believe it or not, I didn’t have white paper plates, but I did have some heavy weight paper. So I drew the doggie. (yep, I made him too fat at first but it didn’t matter since we cut it out.)
After I cut it out, we turned it inside out so the drawing lines would not show. We taped the head and the tail. Then I drew an eye and a nose and David colored it in.
We then cut up a tiny bit of gray fabric to make his ears. He was already looking pretty good by then.
The tutorial then has some glue and dirt for the spots. But I had something easier, so I pulled my stickles and drew some circles for David to color in.
And here’s our final product, left to dry overnight.
Looks pretty cute if you ask me. A few weeks ago, we went to David’s school for the bi-annual parent-teacher conference. One of the things the teacher said was that David is well-rounded in that he is interested in art as much as playing with trains and blocks. They thought it was wonderful that he enjoyed art and baking and I totally agree. So I decided that this year, I will take time (at least) once a week to sit with him and do some crafts. Since I know from experience that it’s more likely to get done if I already have a list of ideas, I made an initial list of ideas. I might do all of these or none of these and I will likely add to it throughout the year. If you happen to know of fun craft ideas for kids (he’s going to be five years old in February), please please leave me a comment and I will add it to my list. As we do them, I will post them here and change these links so you have both our creation and the original idea’s link. I’ve also made a visual version of this on tumblr so we can quickly look at the photos and David can pick what he wants to do that week. Here’s my initial list:
A wide range of ideas. Some easier and some more challenging. Here’s to a year of crafting with my (big) little one. As Nathaniel grows up, he might join us for a few of these, too. |
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