2 posts tagged “crafting”
I've been encouraging the kids to be creative on the weekends instead of shrinking their brains playing video games, so yesterday's creativity sparked Retroville.
This little town was Z's creation. He had an airport, a train station, downtown, the "residential area" (yes, he used those words), and a farm. I love this kid.
Remember my knitted creation sneak peek a few days back? It's a Juvenile Sea Nettle!
This was a fun knit, although it hurt my fingers badly. To get gauge, I knit this on #3 needles with a horrible Vanna's Choice yarn. This deadly combination almost killed my hands for about 2 days, but the finished result was completely worth it. Next time, I'm going with the recommended Cascade 220 in the hopes that my hands won't suffer as badly.
This afternoon, we're taking a trip to Oakdale Cemetery, one of the city's oldest cemeteries dating back to the early 1800s. (There are a few older ones dating back to the 1700s - if you're in Wilmington, walk around 2nd and 3rd Streets downtown and go cemetery hunting.) Anyway, I've lived here almost my whole life and have never been to Oakdale so I'm looking forward to it. I'll post some photos soon.
I just picked up Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U from the library, and I must say, it is absolutely worth paying full price for. My kids are way too into this:
... and not enough into non-brain-shrinking activities. Enter CRAFTASTIC SUNDAYS! I decided that the entire family should craft together on Sundays which kills two birds with one stone really. We have more family time and less bickering! So, this Sunday we set out to make and paint clay using Rosie's book. Here's a photo tour through the afternoon:
First, you make the clay with kitchen ingredients. We starting making simple balls which turned into jellyfish, bowls, bobby pin holders, fish, starfish, and my DH's lovely bowl of yarn made just for me. :) Then you paint:
This was truly the fun part and the kids had a lot of fun creating new colors from the three we started with. In the end, we had a tray full of lovely clay goodies, lots of laughs, and an afternoon to remember.
If you don't have the book and have kids, run out and get it. It's that good.
That evening, I finished up a little knitting project that I've been working on. Can you guess what it is?
