Daddy had to work this weekend so we snuck in an extra project for the week on Saturday morning. We completed the "Me Project" from our ARTistic Pursuits They Way They See It Book. This also tied into the Unplugged Challenge theme of the week which was "People." We haven’t participated in so long and this made for a great way to jump back in.
The kids started by drawing pictures of themselves. Then I had them go through our fabric scraps and pick out some fabrics. They each picked out fabrics from their own favorite clothes I have made them. I cut them up for the kids and they used them to decorate their portraits.
As usual Fairy stuck pretty close to the project as assigned and dressed herself (note the crown). Like Mama, she likes to see results and is a bit of a perfectionist.
Bug on the other hand, who doesn’t have a clue where "the box" is (and if he did he would probably just turn it into a castle or something 😉 ), used his fabric as rug for his room and included images of some of his favorite things. He so works on his own adjenda. I’m not sure what the glitter glue was for… but I guess everything is better with some glitter.
Pixie, well as you will see I don’t have anything to show you for Pixie. She is my all about the process child and ended up cutting up her whole project into tiny bits, completely unfazed that she had nothing to hang on the fridge when she was done. 🙂
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It always delights me to see how individual children are, coming from the same home and being raised in relatively the same manner. You were just like Fairy. Always wanted to get things just right. Drew, the youngest, was like Pixie, just happy to be doing the process, experiencing the materials. And Adam, the middle child, well, let’s just say, most days he didn’t care about the box at all! He definitely did things his own way… and sometimes that meant not doing anything at all!
I love that you used scraps from the clothes we’ve made them. What a nice addition to the “me” project! And, yes, the crown was noted. Would you expect less from a princess?
We’re starting ARTistic Pursuits book 1 this year- it looks like a lot of fun!
Welcome back to the Unplugged Project! I am finally back from a long period of hardly ever participating myself (I always feel guilty if I miss, since I organize it!).
This looks like fun and I really like how you show the different approaches taken by your three children. It is amazing how different they all are isn’t it?
I like your new blog. Great look and title. Are you going to keep Nature’s Way up at all or is this a permanent move?
Good to see you again!
PS. I especially love the self-portrait with crown.
Thanks. This is a permanent move. I will be taking down or at least redirecting NWL in a bit.
They did a great job…this is a cute project!
Fun project! I love how different each of their projects are. I am watching a friend’s DD this week, and we did a project similar to this yesterday with her (4yo) and my DS (5yo). Lots of fun. DS dressed himself with fabric scraps, and then spent the majority of time cutting tiny bits up to make flowers. My friend’s daughter spent lots of time on her yellow yarn hair. They wanted to cut fabric scraps again today! But, this time they just made collages. Thanks for the idea.