Favorite things: Art with the kids

I readily admit to enjoying creating. Any type of creating is fun, particularly music, but any type of creating is enjoyable. I’m not saying I’m good at being creative, simply that I enjoy creating.
One of the pleasures of homeschooling is doing art with my kids….it’s usually not too hard, nor too long (time wise) and not too messy (well…), and usually we all enjoy it and we all get in on it too. Or at least I get it on it too. A few days ago I noticed a great little artsy crafty thingy that I thought would work well as an art project for us to do before Christmas, the whole idea was to buy glass ornaments and then use acrylic paint to decorate them. The craft I saw used children’s fingers painted white to make either snowmen or reindeer on the ornament. This seemed a little juvenile for my kids so I decided to just let them paint what they wanted on the ornaments I gave them. We all had fun creating for a few hours and we managed to stay fairly clean, even Angela’s mom, Judith (AKA “Baba”), got in on the action, creating a snowman portrait of herself with her grandchildren.

Here’s a few pictures for you to enjoy…..