Being creative

Anyone that knows me knows my love of crafting. I can't help it. It soothes me. Yesterday we decided to have some downtime, so we got on YouTube and did some drawing classes. We used Mo Willems and ArtHub to learn how to draw piggy and a pizza man. It was a nice break from curriculum and the news. 

We agreed to put this is in our regular rotation of fun, artsy crafts. After two years of only asking for science kits and art supplies for gifts, we are prepared. We are ready for any art or science task thrown at us! I hesitate to incorporate MORE screen time, but this is meaningful and more interactive verses zoning out to a movie. 

Today's crafts include making hearts to put in the windows. Apparently people are doing this to stand united and spread the love (from a safe 6 foot distance). We will also create driveway sidewalk chalk art for #815. The plan is to stay crafty so we stay distracted. We can stay united and show solidarity from the safety and comfort of our homes :)

MLK day means making beauty happen

We spent an hour at the Rockford Art Museum today. It was free entry and then you could go to the art studio to do a free craft. We loved it! Watching her face light up at certain works of art and having discussions about them was great. To celebrate the great life of MLK, we decided to make beautiful art and then donate our time at the local animal shelter, Noah's Ark animal sanctuary. Here are some of the pictures my daughter took of art that she enjoyed and a picture of the crafting process. It was awesome to have a big, messy activity that someone else planned, prepped and cleaned up after. Huge thanks to the museum staff for today's fun! If you haven't been, free day is a good day to start! Soothe your soul with art and support local by donating your time somewhere that means something to you. The lovely volunteers were extremely patient with our littles. They got to spread shaving cream on foil and use daubers to drop on water color paints. They swirled it with toothpicks and then pushed a piece of white paper over the whole thing and squeegeed the excess off to create abstract water color paintings. FUN!