November 2010

Tape Play

This is what the breakfast table sometimes turns into in our home. Pancakes, coffee, napkins, and, ahem…tape. Of course, yes, please pass the tape! Tape has been a favorite medium since it arrived in our house a couple months ago, and it’s taken on all kinds of forms since. The colors are incredible, and full [...]

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Advent Calendar

Because my 2.5 year old daughter is thrilled by holidays, I had a hunch that she would enjoy mkaing an activity-based advent calendar. And when we were still going strong after an hour had passed, I silently patted myself on the back. This project is more crafty than our usual process-based happenings, but N got [...]

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Giving Thanks

I started writing these posts just six months ago, and can’t believe how far this site has come. Thank you so very much to each and every one of you who reads this blog. Family, friends, new friends, loyal readers.  It means the world to me. And it delights me to no end when I [...]

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Marbleized Paper

This is Painting Project #3 from last week’s series of painting experiments (Drippy Gravity Painting and Aluminum Foil Painting were #1 and #2), when we dug into three totally different painting projects in one hour.  If you’ve been following me, you most likely know that my projects value process over product, but I can’t help but [...]

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Aluminum Foil Painting

Why stop with paper when you can paint on egg cartons, fabric, and wood? I love digging around my cabinets and recycling bin for substrates other than paper, and aluminum foil became the basis of yesterday’s second painting experiment. (The first was Drippy Gravity Painting). Foil wrapped around a piece of cardboard. And securely taped. N [...]

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Drippy Gravity Painting

Many of you have commented that attention spans at your art tables run short. Shorter than short. Maybe almost nonexistent. And I want to support you in two ways: one is to say that this is so normal for toddlers and preschoolers to give an art project their 4-minute all, and two is that I [...]

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Body Tracing

Can you hear the giggles? Put two little girls in the same house for three days and it’s bound to be a slapstick silly ol’ time (with a few tears thrown in for good measure). I’ve wanted to trace my daughter’s body for months now, and every time I bring it up she says “no.” [...]

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The Artful Parent

I had a fun exchange with Jean Van’t Hul on The Artful Parent today. If you haven’t seen Jean’s site before, it’s high time to check it out! She’s also a mom of two girls, and chronicles her artistic adventures with her children. Her projects are process-based and she has a keen sense for instilling her [...]

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Sensory play for Babies

It’s exciting to see a baby emerge from the shell of sleepiness and into the world of awareness; a transition that becomes more obvious as she mimics a smile, tracks movement above her head, or is surprised by sounds. One of our family’s favorite activities for tactile awareness is to gently billow and twirl a [...]

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