This summer has been filled with some crafting activities already. This makes my momma heart proud because I can never say 'no' to a good craft myself and I love seeing the kids enjoying them too.
One evening, it was just Jimmy and me at home -- the other kids were someplace with Steve -- so I lugged out our huge tote of sidewalk chalk and we set to work. I would make a drawing and then he would try to mimic it ... all things summer-related! I was amazed at how skilled he was just from looking at my drawings and then replicating them.
Sophia is such a patient teacher and loves crafts just as much as me. One day, she set to work helping Jimmy turn wooden dinosaur skeletons into 3D structures and then covering them with clay. Jimmy still has one of them on display in his room!
One of our very favorite neighbors (and a babysitter for our kids when they were younger), graduated from high school this year and I chose to do something fun as our gift to her for graduation. Instead of the traditional/standard gift of money, I turned it into a money cake and then decorated it in her school colors. It made a great display at her Open House too.
Sophia joined me across the street at a neighbor's house to work on a Pysanky egg. It is a very tedious job that involves using blown-out eggs, beeswax and dyes to decorate the eggs with various patterns. It involved several nights of working on it, but in the end, it turned out great!!
And I will now have it to put on display each year around Easter time:
Jack found a several mailboxes out by the road at the end of our subdivision because a neighbor was apparently getting rid of them. Multiple trips later, he lugged them all home and him and James set to work putting them together and have great plans to use them for random projects. What kind of projects? I'm not sure, but it definitely kept them busy for a few house one afternoon.
Samantha's big project has been re-painting her room and updating it a bit. This isn't the best picture, but she decided to change the beige-colored walls (leftover from when it was painted to be our baby nursery for Sophia) to a cooler gray color. We also ordered some new curtains, moved her loft bed to a different area and painted all of the trim.
Sidewalk chalk designs by Samantha! Like her mom, once she has a picture in front of her, she is able to easily duplicate it. Garfield and Odie graced our driveway for a full 24 hours before a big rainstorm moved in and sadly washed them away.
Another fun project has been making bracelets out of paracord. Sophia and Jack learned how to do this at a camp last year and now they are teaching Jimmy. Note that he was not allowed to use the lighter. It is there to be used by an adult to seal the end of the cord when the bracelet is complete.
Sticker-by-number art: this is the perfect outdoor project -- so much light -- and the end results are always amazing!
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