29/04/2020
LET’S WRITE A STORY!
WHAT YOU NEED:Any type of paper with written wordsBlank paper sheetsScissorsPenGlueBox to hold clippings HOW TO MAKE: Look in the newspapers (or magazines, or flyers …) for words that you like and that inspire you. Cut out each one. Put them in another order, remove some, add others. Can you imagine a story with them? Write down whatever is in your imagination and, whenever one of the clipp words appears in your story, stick it in place. Words that you do
11/04/2020
SHADOW THEATRE
WHAT YOU NEED:Cardboard box (the size and shape depends on what you have at home. There are many options that will work!)X-actScissorsPencilBlack markerPunchHot glue gun (or other quick-drying glue)Kebab sticksBlack cardboardThin white fabric HOW TO MAKE:On one surface of the box, cut out an opening with the x-ato. With the piece of cardboard that you have removed, draw the side flaps of the theatre and cut them out in a shape worthy of the best
30/10/2019
ENCHANTED PUMPKIN
Over the years I kept asking myself what kind of small guys would live in forgotten tree trunks or in large abandoned vegetables. And then, this year I got the answer, right in my own garden!And as we are on Halloween, it came in a pumpkin shape. Paper mache paste pumpkin, painted with acrylic. Decoration made with fabric leftovers, cork, cardboard, packaging covers, matchbox, straws, seeds and leaves.Sylvanian Families dolls.
26/06/2019
GRAPHIC DIARY
Did you knew that long before cameras and social networking, great adventurers (or just ”ordinary” people) used to write in their diaries their day by day, which were often illustrated?Just google to find out some examples Beatrix Potter’s s is irresistible. Moving on today, I love the work of Jennie Maizels (www.facebook.com/JennieMaizels/), an illustrator with one of the best graphic diaries I know!It is always time to start a graphic diary. But holidays are the perfect excuse.
18/04/2019
CHOCOLATE EGGS
Here at home, we love to celebrate! Whether it’s someone’s birthday, the new season, or just because we feel like it! It also becomes a great excuse to do arts and crafts (another thing we love)! With Easter coming up, we don’t need to make up any great reasons. The themes connected to it are inspiring in themselves. This year, we decided to make real eggs… chocolate ones… Let’s give the Bunny a rest and