A present a week...
We gave it a miss last week due to some more rearranging of the furniture and cleaning of mould - I can't wait to actually move out of this house! But we did manage to get some presents made. Well technically it is more from Elijah than from me. This one is for Granny
Inspired by a project I saw online - I can't seem to find it now so if you come across something like this can you let me know the link please. Originally made with scrapbooking paper, I decided to use vintage fabrics. The trunk is made by tracing around your child's arm and hand - cute huh?
Now, this is a present 'for' me from Elijah - he painted it at kindy. It might just look like a mess but he actually spent a bit of time on it - was cute watching him. I used Mod Podge to stick it onto canvas then podged over the top to seal. You can't really tell but that mustard colour is actually gold and has a nice shimmer to it.
i used to make raindeer faces with my kids at school for xmas presents for their parents, trace a foot for the face (brown paper), and trace each hand ( in red) for the antlers then draw in the face and a pompom for the nose, Elijah might want to have a go. neat homemade presents!!
ReplyDeleteoh awesome -that sounds like fun. We made reindeer with iceblock sticks at playgroup last year to hang on the tree
ReplyDeleteBeautiful things you make....i love the painting that colors!! nice done Elijah !!!......have a lovely family day today.......love Ria...
ReplyDeleteHe did a fabulous job of that painting! I love the colours. It would look stunning framed!
ReplyDeleteWOW I love the tree - what a fab fab idea!
ReplyDeleteThe tree idea is really cool!
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ReplyDeleteHappy moving.
Jacqui