Drawing self-portraits

Fight

Thanks to the story on James Kochalka superstar we took his "draw your own warrior and fight" game and made it our own.

sometimes my kids mistake my computer for their mother. This is Syl's version of make with mom. Follow the step by step online. from http://belladia.typepad.com/bella_dia/2009/12/cereal-box-house-tutorial.html

looks so peaceful butapropos to the objects we were sewing I was a grumpy angry mom so don't be fooled. They did awesome work. tutorial here:

http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2010/12/angry-birds-plush.html

make a ruckus out of a snow day.

needle felted bowls.

ink splotch

Black ink, fold, press.

February 14. Syl and I made a batch of cookies. But, he was wafted away mid butter wrapper counting and so no pictures were taken. BUT the cookies were sooo good. We got the recipe from HERE, but we skipped the sugar and corn syrup and instead cooked down about 3/4 c syrup until it was just past softball (by guestimates) added this to the butter. I also added a pinch of baking soda.

Button books were featured on the craftzine blog. Luckily Becca Mack gave us a pile of glued up buttons she got from another friend. These buttons became the covers of the accordion paged little tomes. We decorated them with stickers and safety envelope patterns.
The dates on these pictures are sooo wrong. This is roundabout February 15 with big bro sick in bed.

This is kind of a "make" but Sol did it himself. Shopping, following the recipe. Like his Mom, he made a lot of changes along the way. Good dinner.

Idea and Questions Jar

Sol, Syl and I wrote down ideas and questions and put them in a jar. Not sure what we will do with them next...

The iphone got dropped in the lake. The home button stopped working. A replacement was bought. Months later, I lost the fear, opened up the old one a replaced the button. Now it works! Yeah. BUT I lost the pictures of a couple "makes." So here it is. Final product not process. Process is here: http://marissalouise.com/wordpress/2011/beehive-cobweb-card-tutorial/

Straw Horns

Again with Stephen Caney. Also from the Stuntology book.

Cut a pointy reed on the end of a straw.

A added holes to his and got different tones.

PLAY.

laugh track

just a wee bit odd. The homemade laugh track.

bean bags

This was a two day project what with homework, feet dragging and other bits and pieces.

Cut six squares of fabric, 3x3. Sew around 3.75 of the edges (we used the machine.)

Fill with beans, rice, or barley. Sew up the last bit by hand.

learn to toss them about.

January 21. Orange peel hangers.

I love January and February because it is Orange season in Florida. So we support the orange farmers by eating the citrus and thinking about the sun returning. I like that this project involved the dextrous use of small sharp knives.

Pizza

Pizza recipe:

1 pkg yeast, mix with 1tsp sugar and 1/2 c. warm water. Let Proof. Add 1 1/2 - 2 cups flour, 3 tsps salt and 2 tsps oil mix until a nice dough is formed knead in the bowl a bit and then let it rest for 10 min while you prep your favorite sauce, cheese and toppings. Gently stretch the dough to fit your pan (no tugging) pre bake for 5 minutes at 375 just so it doesn't soggy up. Add toppings and bake until done 10-15 minutes.

Tonight we actually went to Sol's band performance so the pizza post is from a different day.

Morrocan Meal

January 18th.

Tagine, winter vegetable salad, spicy sauce, yogurt sauce.

Made at school with Caroline Homan from City Market.

picture borrowed from: http://www.tagines.com/

Ice Sculptures

January 17th. (MLK day)

Really cold and extra kids at the house day so here's a project courtesy of Brian Perkins.

Fill containers with water and waterbased paint for color, don't put the top on.

Let freeze.

Build into a sculpture. This works well when it is really really cold.

light candles.

January 16. I sort of made this but then we made fun with it. Felt ball hanging from a string for Max kitteh.

Making Breakfast

Sylvan chopped up the red peppers and diligently toasted and buttered english muffins for everyone.

A Drawing

It is not making things that is hard, it is posting them. So here is Thursday, January 13.

There is a name for this drawing but it has fallen into the dark hole in my brain. Basically each person takes a turn adding on to the last persons drawing, but you don't get to see what they did.

Number Grid Game

Also from Steven Caney's Toy Book.

draw the grid, add numbers from 1-9 at random

Starting at the center square with a bean, jump

the number on the square in one direction only trying to exit the grid on an exact number. If you hit the edge in the middle of the count change direction and keep going. You will find different number paths leading you around the grid.

Quite soothing.

Moustaches

From Steven Caney's Toy Book. Draw, cut tape.

Sock Creatures

This should be January 3rd. For happy winter xmas I gave Syl Stray Sock Sewing: Making One of a Kind Creatures from Socks by Daniel. They gooed and awed it and then got out the garbage bag of single or holy socks, needles and some thread.

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