Saturday, June 19, 2010

FATHER'S DAY CARDS

Last Tuesday the two grand daughters came over to spend the day with us. I helped them make three cards...one for their dad, and one each for the two grandpas. The one for their dad utilized a photo of their faces. They each had stamped a flower at Archivers for the Hero Arts Demo weekend we attended and I cut the flowers out and used their faces in the middle of the flowers. Each girl drew the stem with a green marker They punched leaves to add to the stems. They love punching ANYTHING! They each helped to punch green grass with the Martha Stewart grass border and Emma requested I add brown dirt at the very bottom. They each wanted a worm too but they are hard to see on either side of the saying "All things grow with love". Inside is the saying "Happy Father's Day".

I let them choose a stamp for each of the grandpas. Matti picked an owl stamp from Penny Black for Papi Bill's card. Emma found a lovely Mallard duck pair in water with reeds behind for Grandpa John. Matti stamped the owl four times and she colored three of them "her" way and I suggested she try some browns and yellows like the top of the stamp. I let her pick which one she liked best, and of course she liked the owl with purple eyes. but she agreed the brown one was the one Papi would recognize. (I let her take the other three home to use on a picture. and she was happy.) Emma did a wonderful job coloring the ducks, asking if the boy duck was the pretty one. She has small muscle control and colors in the lines well for 5 years.

We kept the cards simple but I wrote on the front of the owl card, "Whoo loves you Papi?" and they punched some leaves to add to the branch the owl was perched upon. Inside was the same Happy Father's Day, but I wrote the word "grand" in front of "father" to make it appropriate.

I am amazed at these two little stampers/crafters. They enjoy it so much, and work really hard. I direct some of their choices, but try to allow them input about every design element. Making choices is how we all learn...and that is fun to watch. They have already learned to punch, stamp, use the glue runner and make decisions about colors, images to use, sayings, and so much more. Thanks for stopping by.

1 comment:

Beryl said...

What a wonderful day you must have had crafting with your grand-daughters. I think they are going to be as talenteed as you are. The photos in the flowers are really a clever idea.
Beryl xx