Enamel disks for Mothers day @WBCL

 Other than the intense odor of nail enamel in the room this project went off without a hitch. Everyone created a card and a disk for their mom or other relative or friend for Mother's day.
We used large disks from Lowes and painted them with layers of nail polish. Because it dries quickly you are able to put on many layers in a short period of time and the dry time is minutes to an hour for a project. They kids also got a cord or ribbon to hang the disk from to complete the project.

Tissue flowers for Cinco de Mayo

This is a fun class in old fashioned paper folding and cultures. the kids and parents always like the flowers and seems like it brings out memories for many of us. We talked a little about Spanish type festivals and paper flowers then got down to it. 

Recycled projects for Earth day

This is the second week of projects using recyclable materials and how creative this group is! Again I set out bags of items and let the kids go to town on them to create the project they wanted with what was available. Some got quite involved, some were tiny but well thought out.  Gives a new perspective on reuse for many parents. 

Egg carton art projects show imagination

The library has a book about making projects using egg cartons which I used as the basis for this class. I brought lots of paper egg cartons, a couple of boxes of other recyclable materials, glue and let the group go on their own to create things. A few gave a glance to the book being much more interested in what was on the table and in their imaginations. Some made one project and some made a few. All of them generated smiles. 

fun with cats and dogs

we were give a lot of small wood pieces by some of my painting friends. One of the assembled bits was a cat made of wood hearts so I thought " what a fun class for the group." we glued the pieces together and colored them, added details like tails and had a great time. 

birch trees painting is amazing

I thought this would be more of a challenge than it turned out to be. We painted these on canvas with acrylics although most of the kids have never seen a birch tree. First we tore painters tape into strips and put them onto the camas over a single line. I had said we didn't need to do the reflections but several of the kids or adults took those on too. Best part was the ooohs and aaaahs when they peeled off the tape.