Kid's room art

Another summer home project was switching the kids around in their rooms.  I will do a post on that when they are all finished.  (Kendra's room is just waiting for her desk to be made).  So, with new rooms, I decided it would be fun for the kids to make some new art to hang on their walls.  I have seen this art done before but had never tried it with the kids.  They thought it was quite fun and loved how they turned out.

 

 

Step 1:  I picked up a value pack of small canvas's (sp?) with my Michael's coupon.  Using painter's tape, they each taped off their own design on their canvas.  We made sure to wrap the tape all the way around the edge of the canvas. 

Step 2:  Once they were happy with the design, it was time to paint!  I used acryllic paint from the dollar store.  Each section was painted a different colour.

 I did the older two kids first while Jocelyn was napping but once she woke up, she got in on the action too.  I was quite happy that I did the kids somewhat separately!  It might have been a little crazy with all three  painting at the same time!!

 Step 3:  Once the paint was dry, they could carefully pull off the tape, making sure to pull off the pieces in the reverse order of how they were put down. 

 Step 4:  Hang the art on the wall and enjoy their masterpieces!

Living Room Wall - Before and After

Once we had our family pictures done, I wanted to do something with them, other than have them sit on the computer or on a disk.  So, I searched a little on-line and found a few sites with ideas on how to display family photos. I had also been wanting to paint the back wall of the living room too and this gave me a reason to.  Actually, I really want to paint the whole house but I don't think that is  project I will undertake by my self!    I decided to paint the back wall the same colour as our entrance.  (I'm cheap and had half a can of paint left!)  Then I chose 8 pictures and developed them into 8x10's, mixing colour and black and white.  I put them in plain standard frames and arranged them on the wall kinda like a puzzle.  I'm happy with how it turned out! 

Before

After



 This is another idea that I tried out.  The pictures are 4x6 size.  This might end up somewhere in the basement as there are probably enough pictures of us upstairs!