I was born with a creative soul. I didn’t have a choice, it was hereditary. I came from a family of artists. Every aunt & uncle on my father’s side had a God-given talent. Since I was a small child I have been drawing. For years I would flip through magazines & draw portraits that I found beautiful or interesting.
When our daughter came along, I was anxious for her to reach an age where we could start drawing & crafting together. My hope was that some of that creative gene would be passed down to her.
As you all know my daughter has indeed followed in my footsteps. She loves drawing, painting & doing arts & crafts with mommy. I have to admit I swell with pride with each new drawing & art project. She has amazing vision. Here is an underwater drawing that she made, complete with sea creatures.
This is a drawing of a savanna. My two year old daughter actually used the word savanna while making this. What a little smarty.
Mai asked me to make her some Play-Doh tonight. So we did. We made a lot of it. With all that extra dough, we decided it was craft time.
What you will need:
Play-Doh or colored clay
A piece of cardboard
Popcorn
Sugar
Water
Food Coloring
Directions:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Rainbow-Popcorn
There goes that maternal pride again. She made a beautiful tree with her popcorn. She showed me as she placed each popcorn leaf. “Look mama, I make a orange leaf. Seeeeeee.” I was very impressed that she placed every piece around the branches all by herself. She was proud too. Mai was so excited to show off her artwork that she woke up daddy from a much needed nap to show him her lovely craft. Daddy was proud too.
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Love it and both my girls love to draw. As you know Kevin is the artist in our family, but still can’t help also loving to see how creative they both can be and also how excited they get from this, as well, too 😉
She woke up this morning and asked for more popcorn. Lol! Her tree has a lot of leaves this morning. I love their little imaginations & their vision. It is incredible. I hope you have a beautiful weekend.
Really fun idea! This may be a silly question, but do you need to throw out the playDoh when you’re done? I’m assuming it will dry out and the tree needs to stay flat.
It does dry out. The popcorn stayed pretty well in mine. We did a craft over the summer with Play-Doh and rocks that was similar. It was hung and it held up.
Cool! Thanks for letting me know!
I am so impressed by your drawings! I feel like having qualities pass down from parent to child is one of the most endearing things about family. To share interests and understand one another is so special. Your daughter is so talented and lucky that you provide her with so many opportunities to be artistic. Fun project! 🙂
Thank you. She is my little muse. Lol. I already see a lot of artistic ability in her. It makes my heart smile.
Great share great talent doll love Mai xo!
Thank you, Mari. 🙂