i can only explain it by saying i think i felt good from being AT church
and fully experiencing church yesterday morning.
i came home from church and instead of going inside, i stayed outside and watered my plants….
meaning i was in the quiet yard for a few more minutes still holding on to what i had just learned.
not going right inside the house with the kids, noise, life, meal needing to be made, tv, computer, mess, laundry, dishes, dog, and everything else right away.
and i even stayed outside long enough that lauren made lunch! (frozen ravioli)
all that to say…..i had enough energy for making a craft thursday craft on a sunday afternoon!!
my friend angie is an art teacher and i saw this in her school's hallway.
i knew my kids would love it.
we will call it the……all about ME silhouette collage
this is how we made silhouettes at our house….
i taped paper to the wall and had them sit in the little chair.
then shined a flash light at our subject.
taking a pencil, i traced their shadow on the paper.
it was easiest to have it sit on the arm of the couch to keep it from shaking.
we learned that the the closer you got the bigger the shadow….and vice versa.
they really wanted to trace my shadow too.
and they saw how hard it was….to trace a moving subject.
no matter hard you try not to move you still move a little tiny bit.
it was fun!
next step was cutting out our silhouettes.
then gluing them to a piece of colored paper.
i set out a big stack of magazines and let them go crazy.
seriously….they were SO happy!
they were supposed to find things to glue to their "head" that described them or was something they loved.
they worked together picking out things they liked or what they knew their sibling would like.
annie had one melt down crying about the baby she wanted to cut out got ripped and blah blah blah.
but quickly got over it.
thankfully.
(i really dislike crying/whining/fighting during craft time….REALLY dislike)
great craft.
definitely things he likes....because he does not have a phone, a playstation or an xbox.
he does like the Nate series, loves his kindle and the jayhawks and zoo animals.
i told him that was bruce lee….but i think he thinks jackie chan IS bruce lee.
🙂
taylor swift….laptop….camera….ipod….phone….puppy….ipad….money…..slippers….pop tarts…basketball
love it.
soccer ball….wendys…hersheys….doughnut….justin bieber…coins….pizza….baby…jayhawks…baby lion.
annie ended up loving this project once her tears had dried.
and i made one too!
pretty self explanatory.
and i did not get a top lip…
i love collage.
i used to make this kind of thing at home by myself with the jcpenney catalogs when i was a kid.
it was a challenge to see how perfectly i could cut out a person in detail…..for real!
thank you ang for the great idea!
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the winner for the pleated poppy gift certificate is:
Posted by: Leslie R | May 14, 2011 at 09:21 AM
send me an email leslie!
thanks.
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UPDATE on the family on my porch:
one baby so far.
the second one hatched but it was too dark for pictures yesterday.
how can something that ugly be so cute at the same time?
and it's like 2 inches long.
crazy.
crazy awesome…
Suzi - I love your chore board, especially “pray” – can you post a close up?
elisa - Waffle, and the look on Peters face- lol
Kimberly - I’ve said it before…and I’ll keep saying it. Your husband is HAWT.
Rachel - I just totally smiled my whole way through that post. Thank you for all that happiness that just spilled across my computer screen 🙂
Your kids are kinda awesome…
Charlene @ Adventures In Mommy Land - I miss these kind of things too. We had a good friend like that, who came over all the time. He even came over once when my husband was at work just to show me the deer he shot while hunting LOL! He got married and life moved on. I miss him. Watching him throw my little (not so little anymore) ones around was fun. We have other friends now, of course that wrestle with the kids and it’s still funny to watch (especially since one of them is usually half drunk when he’s doing it haha).
Thanks for sharing….I love reading about and looking at pics of other big families like mine.
julia - Whenever my son starts doing this to his younger sisters I tell them that it’s like he’s saying “I love you” and giving them a big kiss. It always makes him stop.
Carla G - I agree with Mrs. Lamb! I have been sharing birdie pictures with my first grade class and my 8 year old son . . . we are anxiously awaiting pictures of the 3rd birdie! Can’t wait to see how those naked little guys change. So cool!!
Julie - I love Annie’s face in the 4th picture. She looks so determined!
nicole @ deliajude - this is the stuff of great memories.
ps: i love the chore blackboard.
Mindy Harris - craig’s muscles!
*blush*
Sarah @ this farm familys life - That looks like so much fun! But in all the craziness, I am admiring the picture collages on the chalkboard in the background. Super cute! Where did you make them and order them? Please share! Thanks!
http://www.thisfarmfamilyslife.blogspot.com
Christy - these pics made me smile. 🙂 looks like fun!
Lisa - Ahhh! I love good friends. 🙂
We have a couple friends that we only see a couple times a year.
They are so special to our family! I feel blessed that
we have stayed so close even with living far away from each other.
Florpelayo.blogspot.com - I love that your husband joyfully plays along with WWF..
and that your dog wants to join in on the fun 🙂
I dont know how you were able to get such good pics with all the flying bodies going everywhere! haha 🙂
happy home.. love it.
Sugar Mama - Our Labradoodle does the SAME thing when we wrestle. He barks super loudly at the biggest person, like he’s protecting the smaller one. It’s always interesting to see who he chooses to “protect” when my husband and I are wrestling *eyebrow raised*
shelly - I LOVE that we’re not the only crazies with wwf matches like that! The boys usually end up in a hog pile on my husband and he comes roaring up out of them like Thd Arnold in Kindergarten Cop! Cracks me up everytime—thankfully they know that momma don’t play that!
Jessica Johnson - friends like that are the best! also, my kids need to do chores.
Valerie@Chateaualamode.typepad.com - I love stories like that. It’s really what life is all about right?
Alisa - I have been sharing your pictures of your “hatching nest” with my class each day. We printed the pictures and are enjoying the progress of God’s beautiful, amazing creation. My class asked me today if you had posted a picture of all three birds. WE NEED A NEW PICTURE!!!! Please post and tell us how they are doing.
Mrs. Lamb’s Third Grade Class, New Covenant School, Anderson, SC
Gemma @ Musings of a gem - So sweet that you guys still get together! It’s so hard to maintain friendships when everyone’s lives are changing!
Gemma x
Stephanie - Holy moley is that your front door???? I have a thing for front doors, wow that is amazing! Would you be so kind and give us a tour of some of the architectural details of your home? Please, pretty, pretty please!!!!!
Sandy - I love it! I had an uncle that played like Peter. Loved it – so much fun!! I’m glad you and your family got to visit with him.
Holly - your pillows sure are durable,lol! Great pictures!
Michelle - Great pictures meg! When my brother is home (he is in the Army) my boys play with him and my husband just like in your pictures here, they wrestle, and have pillow fights. Love, if you ask me 🙂
Hey I was looking back at the very first posts you did on here, wayyyy back when in 2007, ohhh man, I just love to look back, annie looks so tiny, gosh, they really do grow up fast! Anywho, just wanted to let you know that I loved looking back at your pictures and your posts! I don’t know, I feel like you’re one of my very good friends, that I have never met in real life 🙂
Have a great rest of the week!
–Michelle
ashley jensen - Haha! I love Craig picking Scott up to throw him down. It doesn’t matter that he is 13 and huge, he still does it like he’s 3! And Waffle’s open mouth is too cute. My husband, daughter and just had a wrestling session like this last week! Good times.
april - oh my goodness these pictures made laugh out loud!
1. the beast t-shirt
2. waffle getting into the mix of wrestling…that dog is awesome
3. annie being lifted by the hubs
4. pillows everywhere
good time for sure
xoxo
happygirl - I LOVE how guys show how much they love each other. It’s a little violent and scary, but I LOVE it. Thanks for the pics and I long for a loving small group.