Wren’s class made these great artworks with watercolours and crayons to cover their school books.
First they painted a yellow wash with watercolours and left it to dry.
The next day, they drew a design in pencil and went over it with red and orange crayons.
Then the artwork and the school books came home to me and I covered them and wrote each child’s name onto the cover with a black permanent marker.
The children were very proud of their creative work, and being able to use the results in a tangible way has been great for their self esteem.
My kids are older now, but when they were younger I always loved the art projects the teachers came up with. I’m not an artsy person so I used to hang on to my kids artworks for several years
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what an adorable idea! that’s a treasure.
Wren looks just like yoU! Oh, and my website is all bloggered up –up there. You know where to find me though!
Very cute idea!
My kids love to be crafty when covering their school books! No book sox for us!
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I’m a terrible hoarder too Audrey, so this is a great way for me to actually *use* some of the paintings the kids do.
And Susie, did your fingers have too much coffee earlier today?
That is such a great idea, I will have to store it away for later this year.
BTW the new site design looks fabo!
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What a great idea! And a great way to put some of their artwork to use where it can be seen all the time :).
GReat idea! I will have to remember this when Aidan starts school!
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Hello, I followed you over from MIFS Carnival. Great craft idea for kids and a wonderful way for them to show off their artwork too.
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Wonderful! I’m a teacher as well as a father, so these kinds of projects are extra wonderful to keep in mind. My kinders this coming year might get a kick out of something like this!
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