Monthly Archives: February 2011

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Posted on February 27, 2011 by

My boys go back to school tomorrow, and I’m not ready to let them go! We had a lovely relaxed week. There was time for this And time for this And this And time for this Which led to this. … Continue reading →

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Break!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

My big kids are on break this week, so I am, too. I’ll be back next week with details, but here’s a peek into some of what we’ve been doing so far.

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Yarn Art

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

(Somewhat inspired by this activity from Family Fun magazine.) Materials: Yarn scraps, cornstarch glue (recipe in link above), and some type of strong paper (we used vellum paper) While flipping through the February issue of Family Fun, I saw this … Continue reading →

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Field Trip: RISD Art Museum

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Another Sunday, another trip to an art museum. This time, the art museum of the Rhode Island School of Design (known as RISD, pronounced Riz-dee). The purpose of this visit: to see the Impressionist galleries (“Monet and his friends,” as … Continue reading →

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Looking and Reading

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

On one of the many snow days in the past month, I brought out some of my art books for the kids–at first, mainly my six-year-old–to look at. (Click pictures to embiggen and see titles.) (Appropriately, my art history book … Continue reading →

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Basics: Supplies: Drawing

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

What drawing materials do we generally have on hand? Here’s a list. Anything to add? Leave a comment! Crayons: While beeswax crayons are great, especially for smaller hands (we have both sticks and blocks), there’s nothing wrong with a box … Continue reading →

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More Coffee Filter Painting

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

When the boys saw our window full of painted hearts, they wanted to make some, too, and G has been asking to paint more every chance she gets. So we all painted some more coffee filter hearts (materials list in … Continue reading →

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Painting Coffee Filters

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

(Inspired by these posts at The Artful Parent.) Materials: Coffee filters, liquid watercolors We have lots of coffee filters left over from before we bought one of those reusable ones, and when I saw the painted snowflakes in the first … Continue reading →

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Alphabet Drawings

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Materials: Drawing paper, markers Are you familiar with the book Alphabeasties? It’s an alphabet book, with an animal for each letter, but with a twist–each animal is made up of its starting letter. Not only that, but the fonts are … Continue reading →

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Open Studio

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

Yet another partial school day, so I gave the kids some ideas for activities we could do in the studio. And this is what happens when three kids want to do three different things… in retrospect, I should have made … Continue reading →

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