Monday, September 29, 2008

Mosaic Chess Table

I really enjoyed making this mosaic piece of furniture. Perhaps because I know it is going to be used .............. ALOT! My boys just love chess. I chose the colours to match my lounge.
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PhotobucketI just have to sand and varnish the wood , and then it will be totally complete!TanziPanzi did her first proper craft project today. It was looking SO pretty..... and then I think she smudged the black eye paint onto the wing. She said, "I decided to make a duck with a broken wing."
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xx

Monday, September 15, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

What am I gonna do Mom?

WizzKid is good at many things but at art he is bad, an' I mean really bad!!!!
This last week he was asked to draw a poster informing people what to do in the event of any natural disaster. He chose to do it on Tsunamis.
He came walking to the car with a very worried look upon his mug. "Mom, I don't know what I'm gonna do. I have to draw a poster and I don't think I can do it!"
As we drove home from school I reassured him that I would teach him how to create a poster that required very little drawing at all.
We spoke about the 3 elements(wave, buildings, hills) that were needed in the poster, and he assigned the colours. All he needed to draw were the rectangular windows. I wrote the heading, and he inked it in.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

I just love this one!

It's me and I love my Miss Piggy snout!

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Thanks TanziPanzi!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Portrait of Mother.

Twinkle wanted to do the activity I had created for the "Home of Love" kids. She coloured in the different facial parts, cut them out and stuck them onto the oval-shaped face. Then she added a hat and declared " This looks just like mom, but I must give her some hair!" She added the pink and blue hair and said, "Yip, this is now Mom!"
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I asked why I had been stabbed on each cheek? "Awww Maaarm, that is your beautiful make-up!" (oki-doki)
See any resemblance?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

She Does Hair.

About a week ago I came across a wonderful blog owned by a very clever mom called BlackEyedSue. Her space on the blogasphere -SHE DOES HAIR- is predominately dedicated to the creation of beautiful hairstyles for the girly-girl. She is SO creative and I am so inspired!
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Twinkle loves the finished look, but keeping her still during the process(30 -40 mins) has proved to be quite something!
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Oh my, the fluttering of the eye-lids makes for a SUCH a glamorous pic! (hehe) BUT.......she LOVES the pretty hairstyle, and is already asking what can I do next!?!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Great for Fine Motor Skills!

I can't take credit for this idea, and I can't even give credit, as I honestly cannot remember where I saw this!

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I made these for the "Home of Love" preschool. Tanzi had the first go ............

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It's a wonderful hands on activity that helps with fine motor skills.

Bye!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Bird Feeder of Note!

All the Grade 4's were told they had to design and make a bird feeder. They were not allowed to spend more than R10.00($1.50). We managed to find everything we needed at home and not a penny was spent! Here's the proud owner of a bright and beautiful bird feeder.......


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CoolDude got the highest marks in the class......... 97% !!!!!
Well Done Bleeper!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A first!

TanziPanzi has drawn many stick figures........ but this is the first time she has created a composition and filled the entire page.
I love the monochrome effect! I just LOVE it!
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Perhaps a little artist in the making..... well it certainly runs in the family. My Mom is an Art teacher who specialises in Water colours. I took Art and completed a 4 year Architecural Design Diploma.
Well Done Tanzi!..... (oh by the way Tanzi's 3 and 4mths!)

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentines Cake for Daddy!

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Happy Valentines!

My very special son CoolDude loves creating things. For days he has harped on about 'the special thing he has been making me for Valentines Day'. He was so proud to present me with this beautiful picture frame..........

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Thank you CoolDude and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to you all!
Love Fee