Category: Art

Displaying Kids’ Art

Timothy and Mark decided that they wanted to decorate their room. We pulled out some old curtain rods and rings with clips and created an adaptable artwork display.

I bought this 3-tiered frames for a dollar about 7 years ago. The pictures are about 2 1/2 inches square. The above pictures are by Mark.

Timothy likes to color plants.

We spent no money and re-purposed everything. It was a good time.

Here’s to doing new things

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This number was part of a ballet recital 7 months ago. We were a little surprised that this was one of the numbers that Paige worked on in her “ballet team” class. I guess her teacher figured that her ballerinas needed some jazz, hip hop, marching band, and cheer leading technique.

Fall break

Paige and I spent the day at Youth Conference on Saturday. Here’s a video of the service project we did in the morning. We cleaned up the community garden at the park behind our church. Paige is interviewed in the film but she wants people to know that she didn’t take that long of a pause when she was talking.

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At Church yesterday, Daniel was ordained a Deacon. The little boys practiced giving their talks for the Primary program. Richard, Paige, and I went to a handful of meetings before church. I taught in Young Women. We got home from church around 7:00. Paige made dinner. I collapsed on the bed in my dress and awoke this morning at 6:30. Somebody put the kids to bed but it wasn’t me.

It’s fall break for the public schools this week. I’m going to watch the rye grass grow and the hummingbirds visit our feeder in the backyard. We are taking a vacation from school and I’ll be preparing assignments and reading ahead in the textbooks.

 

Some art projects

This is Timothy’s painted tissue paper collage, “Ocean, Sand, Grass,” inspired by Eric Carle.

A long time ago I did a post about a Bayeaux Tapestry project. I realized I never followed up with the completed projects.

by Tim

Here is the next project which exceeded the time we set aside for it. I decided that Daniel can finish it if he wants to. The point was to gain an appreciation for the magnitude of the tapestry and learn the history and I think we achieved that.

 

Mark didn’t want to be left out. The boys were being allowed to stab fabric with sharp metal objects. This was what he had always wanted to do!

by Mark, age 4

 

Timothy’s Spring Piano Pieces

Timothy began taking piano lessons last fall. He loves to play. His piano teacher often assigns him songs from our church. She is not of our faith, so it’s especially thoughtful.

 

Love is Spoken Here

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And who can forget the essential Indian dance during the first year of piano study?

Indian Song

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I love this old photo of Timothy and Daniel on the horse.

Horse Sense

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