Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Big and Little Art

On Monday I discovered a blog called Big and Little Art. The purpose is for parents that like to create to model how to do a project alongside their child. That way both parent and child are creating something, instead of the parents just giving instruction or supervision. Some of the posts on the blog include projects were the child created part of the project and the parent added to it. I tried the most recent project, magnetic fish, with my son. It was a huge hit! Between making the fish and playing "fishing" it kept him occupied for a good hour and a half. I would also prefer doing art projects and games with him to acting out the same scenario over and over with the army men and dinosaurs.


We used one of our forts as a boat to catch our fish from.

Later ImagiKid wanted to use the magnetic "coins" and "pearls" that came with the Magnet Mania kit that we got our magents from as treasure.


My son actually discoverd other fishing activities in the booklet that came with the Magnet Mania kit. These ones were made from tinfoil and paperclips. We made these today and ImagiKid and Cousin N had a great time together. Not only are we snowed in and school is cancelled but we also have two cousins staying with us while their mom is away on business.


Later Big Cousin T made a treasure hunt for the boys using the "coins," "pearls," and other objects from around the house. She buried them in Moon Sand. BTW, this is about all Moon Sand is good for--so messy and doesn't mold into shapes like advertised.



The hunt is on!


The loot! My 10-year-old niece (Big T) actually took this picture and the previous one.

1 comment:

j said...

Hi, glad to hear from you. There is nothing wrong with occasional blogging. Nothing at all - spoken by a blog addict! MOON SAND, cool. Santa brought some to our house and my only complaint is that it is messy. I like the treasure hunt. Great post - Jennifer