Virtual Refrigerator Weekly Art Link Up: Sewing Kit

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Learning to Sew

During the last week of August, we took a trip to the bookstore. In addition to buying several books for the kids, we also picked up a Minecraft workbook and a sewing kit. Our daughter was so excited to start working on the sewing kit.

My Simple Sewing 

This book and craft kit is from Klutz Jr and features three crafts that a child ages 4 and up can make with just a little bit of help from a parent. There are also two practice crafts included to help your child learn how to sew. Our daughter created a donut and a peanut butter & jelly sandwich to start. 

Pizza 

The first real sewing craft is the pizza pocket. It allows for lots of creativity and individualization as part of the materials include felt toppings of pepperoni, green pepper slices, mushrooms, and olives to accompany the eyes, mouth, and cheeks. 

Other Projects 

We have been working on one project every other day or so (depending on our schedule) so we still have two projects left: a cookie key chain and plush cupcake. Both of these crafts allow our daughter to be creative as she places the chocolate chips on the cookie and the sprinkles for the cupcake.

There are even some additional ideas listed at the end of the book for kids to create a dinosaur, a ladybug, and a watermelon from paper plates. These projects also include sewing so you can reuse the plastic needle that is included with the kit. 

My Thoughts 

All the materials (with a few exceptions) that children will need to complete the projects are included in the kit. This is fantastic for getting kids started right away! It would be a good kit to take on a long weekend or vacation for those rainy days when sightseeing or going to the pool isn't possible. 

We have been on the lookout for a simple sewing project for our children after we found one for $1 at the craft store. I love that our daughter can learn the basic skills necessary to sew with a safer plastic needle. Then we can move onto other sewing implements as she gets older. Now I just need to find a different kit for our son because he wants to join in, too. 

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Who loves stickers? Who loves sticker books? Stickers and sticker books seem to be a favorite among children of all ages and since there is such a great variety out there it is easy to find something they might just fall in love with.

Sticker Albums 

I can fondly remember my two sticker albums from when I was a kid. My mom gave me two photo books in which to keep my stickers (And I also had movie ticket stubs in them as well as a few postcards from my early vacations. I guess you could say this was the start of my scrapbooking hobby.) I think my favorite stickers from my childhood were the "My Little Pony" stickers that came with each pony. Those had a special place reserved on my Fischer Price record player.

Our younger children have two composition notebooks in which they can put stickers. Our younger son is also allowed to put his stickers in a 3-ring binder that has plastic sleeves in it with schooling papers. They put the stickers they receive from the local library or their doctors' office in their notebooks or the ones they receive for holidays or birthdays.

Sticker Books 

Our son recently received The Lego Batman Movie Ultimate Sticker Collection book for his birthday. The book has about 30 pages on which you use specific stickers to examine the heroes, villains, vehicles, and places in Gotham. There are also tons of extra stickers so your child can create their own scenes with Batman saving the day. He has been reading or playing with it every day since he received it.

You can also pick up sticker activity books at the dollar store like we have for our daughter. She has one that focuses on animals but there are number-themed and alphabet-themed ones, too.

And don't forget the sticker books that let you place and replace the stickers over and over to create fun scenes. Both of our younger children have had several of those over the years.

According to our son, all the villains but the Penguin were captured.

The Penguin was captured later. He escaped from the police car and Batman and Batgirl had to re-capture him.

Using Stickers to Create Art 

I love that stickers let children tell complicated stories that they might not be able to illustrate on their own, depending upon their skill. So, even though our six-year-old can not draw elaborate pictures with Batman fighting the Joker, he can use stickers to help tell his story.

And using miscellaneous stories lets our children make up fun and unique tales.

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So many of our homeschooling courses have a component of art or arts and crafts to them. From illustrating stories in conjunction with Simply Classical Writing while learning sentence writing to attempting the techniques of the Renaissance artists using Passport World History Studies from Home School in the Woods, our children enjoy drawing on an almost daily basis. And anytime our younger two children are bored, they often take out some scrap paper, crayons, and markers and start drawing pictures for all of us.

Illustrations of Stories from the Bible

While using Simply Classical Writing from Memoria Press, our son has been tasked with illustrating one of the events from the Bible reading for that lesson. He has illustrated the Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark, Joseph in jail, and Moses parting the Red Sea.

Renaissance Art

One of my favorite places to find history resources is Home School in the Woods. We reviewed them twice in the past. Once we were able to review several fun games like Pirate Panopoly and the second time our son and I worked on completing a Hands-On History Lap-book (Knights). Throughout all of their resources, multiple subjects are incorporated. For example, in our newest review product, Project Passport: Renaissance & Reformation, our teen will be studying art from the Renaissance time period and trying his hand at using the techniques of the famous artists of that time. 

Working with Clay

As part of our studies using ARTistic Pursuits Art of the Ancients book, our son has been working with self-hardening clay to create his own objects from history. He started with making a ice hockey player (we choose not to make the football player that was depicted in the book and video). 

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Our son recently had a Batman-themed birthday party. I was thinking about what would be a fun and unique activity for him, his sister, and their cousins to do at the party. I thought back to an episode of the Batman TV series where the Joker became a famous artist. In the "Pop Goes the Joker" (1967), the Joker vandalizes famous works of art but instead of getting in trouble with the art museum, he is praised for his alterations.  This leads to an international competition where he joins the likes of "famous artists" – Leonardo Da Vinski, Jackson Potluck, and Pablo Pincus. After he wins the competition, the Joker opens his own art school in which he invites the rich and famous (including Bruce Wayne) to join him. Of course, this leaves Robin to have to rescue Bruce Wayne and the other individuals from the clutches of the Joker. 

In addition to "Pop Goes the Joker," I also thought about the scene in the 1989 Batman movie in which the Joker alters famous artworks and invites Vicki Vale to dinner.

So even though my kids only watched the TV episode and the other children (I think) had no frame of reference, I decided to have the kids paint at our son's birthday party. I asked our teen to draw simple sketches of real famous works of art for the kids to paint over. We bought aprons and paint palettes for the kids and I set up everything outside. 

The painting was quite a hit with all four kids. In fact, they didn't even want to stop to sing Happy Birthday and have cake! 

The Son of Man

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

Our kids recognized The Starry Night drawing from a review of Master Kitz The Starry Night kit. Our daughter was quite excited to paint it again. 

The Starry Night

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I think as our children get older it becomes easier for them to turn any project into art or arts and crafts. Our two youngest have been busy this week coloring for their various homeschooling lessons as well as creating fun super hero puppets for an upcoming birthday party. 

I also tried something different. I found a box of old computer labels and instead throwing them away (like I had originally intended), I wrote out some of our daughters words on the labels, cut up the sheets and had her spell the words. They were all three letter words. She is only four after all. 

You may be wondering what does this have to do with art? Well, while she was doing this, I started drawing on the left over two columns of labels. 

First just a scribble of colors - red and purple. 

Then I wrote Art on the labels. 

Then I decided to decorate the back of one of our folders. I really like the effect this created. I think the key is making sure the letter and design continue onto multiple labels. 

Super Heroes and Villains Puppets 

Here is the Joker in progress. 

We used green and purple construction paper, one lunch bag, one flower brad from my scrapbooking days, a skinny pipe cleaner, and googly eyes (and lots of glue sticks). If I had more time (and talent), I would include a yellow shirt under the green vest. 

Homeschooling Lessons 

Our entire family had fun using the coloring book from The Kingdom Code. There are great pictures in there that reinforce the idea of starting a business in a Godly manner. 

Do your kids have any favorite coloring books? 

Our six-year-old is working his way through finishing up our Rhythm & Writing with the Get Write Crew workbook. He decided to copy his sister's octopus that she painted last week in his workbook. 

Do your children have a favorite way to express their creative side on paper? Do they prefer crayons, markers, pencils, or paint? 

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