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word play

So, anyone up for a little game? Sir I. was playing this phonics game, which involves him making and reading nonsense words. The first word he made was “prete”, which sounded to me like it should mean “prattling moralistically”. Sir I. thought it sounded like a large orange-and-yellow fruit. His next word was “fleash”. Sounds [...]

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city-inspired creativity

Create a city skyline. Check here and here and here for cityscape projects for kids. Here are some skyline photos to get you inspired. Make a map of a city. This could be a street map, a subway map, the floor plan of a skyscraper or a museum. We made subway maps last week, featuringĀ  [...]

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pretty paper alert!

I was at Joann’s yesterday, looking for something to embellish my ATCs for the upcoming swap and ran across a pad of this absolutely glorious fairy tale-themed paper. It’s thick card stock, glittery, textured, visually stunning and I kept coming back to it to admire and touch and soak up. Oh, how I coveted that [...]

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My sister-in-law went to Tuscany and brought back pictures. Speaking of awesome landscape pictures, here’s yet another plug for one of my favorite love-to-gawk-atĀ  sites. Via SF Signal: 40 examples of stunning space art. These images make me feel awed, insignificant, and sometimes disturbed. The artists have captured the vast scale and gigantic grandeur of [...]

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chronicling an art session

A few weeks ago (like in, um, April because I am just that good about getting pictures off the camera), the kids and I hauled out paper, paint and brushes for an art project. I’d picked this cute bird lesson to do and the older ones set to with a will. Here’s Miss M.’s: While [...]

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atc swap for writers

In my last “ways for writers to play” post, I suggested that writers create ATCs (artist trading cards) based on their own fiction. Fellow writer Megs was so enthusiastic about the idea that now she and I are doing an ATC swap, and we’re inviting you to join us! If you’d like to participate, drop [...]

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artistic connections

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the interrelationships between various kinds of creative pursuits. Do some arts follow closely upon the heels of others? If you knit or crochet, are you more likely to take up spinning? If you love to cook, do you branch out into vegetable and herb gardening to provide fresh ingredients for [...]

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art in the family

Sir I. has been into rockets in a big way. Here’s the one he made at the library’s art program: Miss M. made this sun (with salt dough) when we were studying Mexico: Both older kids drawing together: This is the circle-inspired art I did for the February creative challenge at daisy yellow: Doodling, and [...]

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9 ways to use index cards

I’m buried under index cards, hence this post. 1. Lists of all kinds. Book lists. Shopping lists. To-do lists. Lists of clothing and shoe sizes for everyone in your family. Lists of movies you want to watch. Lists of supplies for art projects. 2. Write a poem or flash fiction to fit on an index [...]

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1. Read winter poetry (like this lovely illustrated version of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) and paint winter landscapes. 2. Catch snowflakes on your mittens. Read books about snowflakes. Cut, draw, or make some of your own. 3. Go outside and make snow angels, snowmen (or snow dinosaurs) and ice sculptures. Have fun! [...]

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