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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…] 
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) © Liesl K. Bohan | TipsnTidbits.com [click headline to read more…] 
Merry Christmas! Okay, so this is a little late for 2010, but it’s early for next year. ;=) Inspired by paper ornaments he’s seen over the years, Matt came up with the design for these cardinal and train ornaments two Christmases ago. He made chickadees last year and is working on blue jays now. [click headline to read more…] 
Here are some T-shirts our children decorated simply using Sharpie markers. Before they began, we washed and dried the shirts and then placed large newspaper-covered books inside each to create a flat surface and prevent ink from seeping through. Though our kids made these for themselves, you could have children decorate shirts or canvas bags [click headline to read more…] 
Well, I wasn’t entirely correct. In my Anti-Painting Sundays post, I predicted that Kelly and Timmy would go green for their next collages, using the vertical strips to illustrate grass instead of water. While I was right about the green, they opted for forests instead, and I love the results! If you want to help [click headline to read more…] |
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