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My Furry Valentine
Caleb's cards were a multi-step process. First I gave him an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper and his box of crayons, told him to go to town. Once his masterpiece was complete, I handed him a pair of scissors. He cut the picture into about six different pieces that he then glued to the red cardstock we picked out earlier. Then he painstakingly placed the little Valentine kitties and puppies all over the page. Once he was satisfied (bored) with the overall piece I blocked out five areas and then cut them down to size. Viola, atcs from a two year old!
My Transformer Valentine
Logan's cards were also a multi-step process. He started his out by painting three giant transformers. Once they were dry I cut them into 4 x 4 inch squares. Then he drew more transformers onto the squares with black crayon. After the "bones" were drawn he went back over each of them with my Design® markers to "flesh" them out with eyes, ears, arms and legs. Once the xylene from my markers had evaporated (see, I'm a responsible mom) he used heart punches to show that they were "happy (not Happy) Valentine transformers." His last step was to glue the squares onto the cardstock he chose. Once he gave me the go-ahead, I cut them down to size, all the while making sure I wasn't cutting off important features. Logan helped me pick out the font for his information cards and once I printed them he wrote his name of each of the cards. The one in the pictue is his favorite because it looks like an animal face AND his name. The brain of a four and a half year old is awesome.
My Scrappy Valentine
The little people are vintage German Scrap I bought recently (found link via Kim. Thanks, Kim!); the book papers are from an old, dilapidated copy of Heidi; the green paper is torn joss papers; and once again some trusty transparency printed, this time, with a little cherub frame from one of my Dover Publishing disks.
Caleb's cards were a multi-step process. First I gave him an 8.5 x 11 sheet of white paper and his box of crayons, told him to go to town. Once his masterpiece was complete, I handed him a pair of scissors. He cut the picture into about six different pieces that he then glued to the red cardstock we picked out earlier. Then he painstakingly placed the little Valentine kitties and puppies all over the page. Once he was satisfied (bored) with the overall piece I blocked out five areas and then cut them down to size. Viola, atcs from a two year old!
My Transformer Valentine
Logan's cards were also a multi-step process. He started his out by painting three giant transformers. Once they were dry I cut them into 4 x 4 inch squares. Then he drew more transformers onto the squares with black crayon. After the "bones" were drawn he went back over each of them with my Design® markers to "flesh" them out with eyes, ears, arms and legs. Once the xylene from my markers had evaporated (see, I'm a responsible mom) he used heart punches to show that they were "happy (not Happy) Valentine transformers." His last step was to glue the squares onto the cardstock he chose. Once he gave me the go-ahead, I cut them down to size, all the while making sure I wasn't cutting off important features. Logan helped me pick out the font for his information cards and once I printed them he wrote his name of each of the cards. The one in the pictue is his favorite because it looks like an animal face AND his name. The brain of a four and a half year old is awesome.
My Scrappy Valentine
The little people are vintage German Scrap I bought recently (found link via Kim. Thanks, Kim!); the book papers are from an old, dilapidated copy of Heidi; the green paper is torn joss papers; and once again some trusty transparency printed, this time, with a little cherub frame from one of my Dover Publishing disks.
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