He came home from his Mandarin class the other day with this jellyfish craft. It was a very cute craft indeed but when I asked him, he said most of the work was done by the teachers. He got to paste the tentacles though…
Jellyfish craft
Since he did not get to do it entirely by himself in school, I let him do it in the Studio today.
Paint a jellyfish and let it dry
Cut. He can cut perfectly now π
Paste the eyes
Paste the tentacles
Tah-dah! Equally cute and 100% his own effort! *thanx to his teachers for the idea though* π
The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by Chinese in many countries. According to the Chinese Calendar, the Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month. It is believed, ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm on this day.
Keeping up with the ghostly season, we did a Hungry Ghost craft today.
I cut the edges of a paper plate so that it has sharp teeth all over
Cut a construction paper and paste the paper plate teeth on it.
Add eyes and the ghost is ready! I wanted to add splashes of red paint to make the ghost a very gory one but decided against it as I don’t wanna cause nightmares to the kids!
Roopa of Putti Prapancha shared with us this beautiful art work by stamping with cut straws.
Roopa says, “Cut one end of drinking straws to make star shape and dip it into paint and then stamp on paper to create stars, flowers, fire works and anything else”
Easy peasy and very lovely indeed. Thank you Roopa for sharing with us this beautiful artwork. Click here for the full instruction on stamping with cut straws.
You too can share your art and craft work with us. Just click here to submit. Thank you π
I sent Ethan to his Mandarin class today and went to work right after. For the very first time I have peace and quiet at my work place. I saw this sitting at the corner..
Charcoal sticks
I have never sketched using charcoal before but since I have all the time in the world today, I decided to try and came out with this..
Charcoal Zebra
Though I thought that the zebra is cute, but it did not seem ‘alive’. Of course the flaw here is though I was using charcoal, I sketched exactly like how I draw using a pencil hence the failure to get the desired effect.
I then googled for more info on drawing with charcoal and learnt something new:
* Take a piece of eraser and erase out the outline. That’s right, I will be drawing with an eraser which I did not do with the zebra earlier.
Now, I’m very keen to learn more on charcoal drawing as it is really fun! (not to mention MUCH easier if compared to a pencil!)
Pencil vs Charcoal
Of course the charcoal art looks better. It will be better once I’ve mastered the art of drawing with charcoal. Wish me luck! π