Day 2- Homemade Watercolors

Do you do art with your kids?

Usually when my daughter asks to paint or color, I get out the supplies for her and leave her to it. However, while I am not the least bit artistic, I do enjoy piddling with art supplies.

When I bought some watercolors a few weeks ago at the Dollar General, they didn't work. No matter how much water I added to them, paint they would not. The kids and I were very frustrated because we'd had our minds set on watercolors.

Well, I found this recipe for homemade watercolors and figured it wouldn't hurt to try it out. The ingredients include items you generally have on hand--baking soda, white vinegar, cornstarch, corn syrup, and food coloring, and it is super simple to make. Plus, you can reuse them just like watercolors you buy at the store {except the ones at Dollar General}.

I really didn't expect these watercolors to work very well either, but the girls and I were very pleasantly surprised.

We are "rowing" My Blue Boat by Christopher L. Demarest this week, so I thought it'd be fun to paint some sailboats to go along with the water colored boat in the book.

Check out our sailboats:

 Cora's

 Kate's

 Mama's

We painted some more in the heat of the afternoon. Here are our masterpieces:

Cora's Pollack-esque piece

Kate's "Puppets on a Slide"

Mama's "Boat on Grassy Water"

Yeah, so I could use a few more lessons from Bob Ross.

I have to say that painting with homemade watercolors was a blast! I'm glad that we still have some left over so we can paint some more tomorrow.

Do you like to watercolor? Ever made your own?

I hope you're playing along with us during our "31 Days of Play" challenge.

Keri

 

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Day 1- Puzzles & American Flag Button Craft

Today marks the beginning of July and our "31 Days of Play!" challenge. 

Unfortunately, our girls both have colds with fever {no fun!}, and temperatures here are hovering around 105 degrees. So, we stayed inside for most of the day. However, sickness and heat did not keep us from playing together. 

The whole family worked together on a 100-piece Snow White puzzle.

 Then, we made our own version of this lovely American flag button craft together.

 Kate gluing on buttons, refusing to look at the camera.

While my goal in this challenge is to play more with the kids, I was happy that this activity provided a good opportunity to work on colors, sizes, and sorting and talk about our American flag. Of course, we had to sing "Yankee Doodle."

Our flag is a far cry from Better Homes & Garden's simple but elegant framed art, but it was easy and fun. 

Plus, it is a nice piece of holiday decor just in time for the Fourth of July that I hope to pull out year after year. 

Most importantly, though, we spent time together as a family. 

What did you and your kids do together today?

Keri

 

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