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Fun Felt Friends

Mrs. Owl by Kelly Bohan (9 years)

Mr. Owl by Timmy Bohan (6 years)

These adorable finger puppets are based upon ones found in Fa la la la Felt: 45 Handmade Holiday Decorations by Amanda Carestio. We made these this winter when it was too cold to go outside, and we recently started [click headline to read more…]

Stink Bug Eggs

Some of you may recognize this title from Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes. Indeed, that book was the inspiration for these. We’re big fans and highly recommend almost all of Roald Dahl’s children’s books. (The Glass Elevator was the only one that received a less-than-stellar rating from our crew.)

Other than following the typical [click headline to read more…]

Siamese Saturday

Sometimes “Painting Sundays” are on Saturdays. As for the subject matter, we never know what the kids are going to choose. We used to have goldfish but never bettas, and we haven’t been around any lately, so we have no idea why they decided to paint these. I guess that’s not the point. They picked [click headline to read more…]

Watercolor Wonders

It’s amazing what kids can do with the right supplies, instruction, encouragement and restricted screen time.

Timmy’s Scarlet Macaw, Eating (age 6, watercolor, 2/20/11)

Kelly’s Nuthatches, Pair (age 9, watercolor, 2/20/11)

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Let the Painting Begin!

After a hiatus of several months—and a Fun Fusion obsession (more on that later)—the kids are back to painting again. Here are their first watercolors for 2011.

Timmy’s Ivory Billed Woodpecker (1/9/11) Note: Timmy got really frustrated with his drawing, so Matt helped him with that, and Timmy took over from there.

Kelly’s [click headline to read more…]