Best Valentine's Cards

Don't forget to banking concern jibe out the Valentine's Giveaway: a hand-drawn portrait!

The cupid brought the kids stickers as well as stamps to brand Valentine's cards amongst before this week, thence nosotros accept been busy making cards for friends as well as family. We accept sat downwards each morning time later on breakfast as well as worked on them, making equally many each twenty-four hours equally the kids wanted. We'll post each amongst a picture of the kids as well as a slice of gum for the cousins as well as friends. I similar how the kids' personalities each come upward out when nosotros come about fine art projects. Joe ever ends upward getting his hands into everything (he stamped his piffling fingers all over his cards), Dan likes experimenting amongst layers (stickers on travel past times of stamps, stamps on travel past times of stamps) as well as has a real unloose style, as well as John is real methodical as well as thoughtful as well as likes creating patterns.



When John was immature I helped him brand piffling turkeys to give to grandparents, tracing his hands on colorful structure paper, as well as thence using them for the feathers on the turkey. When he gave them to the grandparents, ane grandparent, amongst a smile, said, "So did y'all brand this, or did your mom?" I wasn't offended at all (really, I wasn't), but I realized as well as thence that, certain enough, I had pretty much done the whole project! The hands were perfectly traced, neatly cutting out, as well as glued together but so... plainly a 2-year one-time had non had much to produce amongst it. The feathers were the size of his hands, that's it. The turkey was from me, non from John. Since then, when we're making things for people, I accept made an endeavor to give the kids the supplies as well as education they need, as well as thence sit down dorsum as well as scout equally they brand their ain creations. It's less travel for me as well as it way to a greater extent than to the kids as well as to the recipient. It mightiness non live on precisely what I envisioned, but the kids beloved looking at what they made as well as watching people's reaction when they give it to them. Messier? Yes. But to a greater extent than personality, idea as well as creativity? Definitely.