Art Work

I am one of those moms who loves to just let her kids play, play, and play some more! I believe wholeheartedly that play teaches our children so much, but I have also been trying to be more intentional about other activities as well....especially some art. We practice coloring, cutting, gluing, painting, etc... with some other fun ideas on the books! (Don't think I'm really on top of this though, because the four projects I'm going to show you are from the last 4 months...yeah, I'm trying to be intentional, but not too regularly!)

Well, this first one wasn't really an art project...it was a baking one. We made "monkey munch" and then the boys scraped the bowl with their fingers to get every possible bit of chocolate! I thought it looked artsy so I snapped a picture!

This one was a lot of fun...our first attempt at painting with marbles. Grayson went first.... I don't think we used enough paint b/c there was still some white showing through, but I thought it was very cool, and he was so proud. Drew on the other hand got a bit carried away with the green paint. Although his took a long time to dry, it turned out pretty terrific as well.

Crayola markers artwork (Drew-left side; Grayson-right side)

Nana taught the boys a rainbow song...and they love it. So one day I decided to have them try their hands at a rainbow. (Excuse the crinkled paper, but we used some tissue I saved from some dishes I had gotten...oh, yes, we are learning to recycle too, but I'll save that for another day!) Anyways, I drew my rainbow first for an example...And here's Drew's....

and Grayson's....

Aren't they so fun?! We are having a good time, and like I said, there are more ideas on the books, so hopefully I'll be adding to these masterpieces soon.