Vol. 5, No. 134, September 14, 2020

5314 - Rosy Rubish.

At rehearsal tonight for the LHS production of The Little Mermaid, I was on my way throwaway a misprint piece of paper and put away a scissors when I decided to create. I fan-folded the paper and created a connected row of daisies. The paper slid slightly as I was cutting causing one stem to disconnect from its flower, but I love how it turned out. I left ot sitting on the edge of the stage for others to enjoy.

Vol. 5, No. 036, February 10, 2020

5036 - Pouring Pink.

My two favorite colors are pink and green. As I was digging through my work bag, looking for something else, I came across a paper that I had smashed pink and orange oil pastels on. In honor of NATIONAL umbrella Day, I cut a mostly pink section into an umbrella shape. I laid the umbrella on a green blanket for the picture.

Vol. 5, No. 027, February 1, 2020

5027 - Childish.

I didn't complete the entire January Challenge, but I felt okay with that. The stress-free creating was great! This month I will be following the February Creative Sprint. Today's prompt is "do something only children typically do." I decided to fingerpaint. Eleanor was over, so I made homemade edible fingerpaint. The paint was made from sugar, cornstarch and water. It was a sticky gelatinous mess. Eleanor, Becca and I worked together to paint some papers. Once they were dry, I cut paper heart chains. The hearts are in celebration of American Heat Month and Congenital Heart Defect Awareness.

Vol. 4, No. 362, December 28, 2019

4362 - Delayed.

In the spirit of the ice storm that is hitting Minnesota and causing airport delays, I made a paper snowflake. I made the snowflake when we stopped for lunch on the way to the airport, using my placemat. It was a challenge to get through all the layers of paper without a scissors.

Vol. 3, No. 332, November 28, 2018

3332 - Bombarded.

I wanted to make sure I had a project for today, so I made one at school. Then I got home and Oldest Miller made me go downstairs with her and then she lead me with my eyes closed to the fireplace. She was so excited to show me the snowflakes. She asked me if I knew how to make snowflakes with names in it, because mom, dad and I each need one. She suggested that I make them for my project for today.

Then as the Miller Littles were getting ready for bed, they took turns talking to Elfie and telling him what they wanted for Christmas. One of the things that Littlest Miller said she wanted was paper to write her list on. This was the perfect oppertunity for the next Elf On THe Shelf craft.

I decided to post the snowflakes today and save the others for future posts.

Today's snowflakes were made on white paper, which is what I had wanted yesterday, but couldn't find. I love they way they look so much that I am tempted to remake the other 4. Today I also wrote the names from the outside in, which I also like better. I guess you c ou ulled say that revisiting and revising my work was beneficial.

Vol. 3, No. 331, November 27, 2018

3331 - It’s All In The Name.

Elfie was busy tonight. He cut out a snowflake for each of the Miller Littles. The design pattern spells out their names. I, I mean Elfie, started the names in the center of the snowflake, which makes it a little harder to identify. It will be interesting to see if they can figure out which snowflake it theirs. To help them out, I left a hint in the scraps, by putting their initials on the scrap from the center of their snowflake.

Vol. 3, No. 137, May 17, 2018

3137 - Hidden In Plain Sight.

DAY 17 Camouflage something or someone.

Camouflage something or someone.

I still had my pop-up ghost project hanging on the board in my classroom, the wall of the picture had a nice line texture so I decided to add a chameleon hidden on the wall. The paper from the original project was slightly faded, so the chameleon sticks out a little more than I would like. The whole scene reminds me of Monsters Inc.

Vol. 3, No. 129, May 9, 2018

3129 - Strange Bedfellows.

DAY 9 Find a way to combine two things that are usually considered opposites.

I spent quite a bit of time contemplating opposites that I could use. I noticed a packet of coffee on my dresser (yes, I know that’s an odd place) and with the help of google decided that a good opposite would be sleepytime tea. So I thought I would do some painting when I got home from school. Then at school, I was looking over my new lesson for third grade. They are learning about Henri Matisse and his “Drawing with Scissors”. During the lesson we talk about organic and geometric shapes. Organic shapes are nature shapes; they have rounded, flowing edges and are hard to measure. On the other hand, geometric shapes are math shapes; they are easy to name and measure. All of a sudden it hit me, these shapes are opposites! So for my challenge today, I completed a collage that I will use as an example for my students. The finished collage looks a little like a treasure map.

Vol. 2, No. 365, December 31, 2017

2365 - Simple Spiral.

Being the end of the year, I wanted a simple project. I was looking through my sister’s art/game closet hoping for inspiration and came across a Spirograph Kit. I loved playing with my grandma’s Spirograph, so I decided to play with it today. I quickly made a small design, then decided to take it a step further and attempted to cut it into a snowflake/firework. My paper was small, my design detailed and my scissors pretty big, so it didn’t turn out very well.

Vol. 2, No. 267, September 24, 2017

2267 - Punctuation Matters.

"A period, a comma, a semicolon, a question mark and an exclamation point are examples of some of the punctuation used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning."

It drives me crazy when I am talking to someone via text and they don't use punctuation. Is that a question or a statement? Lack of punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence, which is why I chose to celebrate National Punctuation Day. To celebrate, I used a piece of gold foil tissue paper to make a paper cut exclamation point.

Vol. 2, No. 170, June 19, 2017

2170 - Trash-to-treasure Skull.

Skulls are really not my thing, so continuing to make skulls everyday is a real challenge for me.

Continuing with this weeks Creative Sprint theme, Up-cycled, I tore my skull from a Kleenex that I used to wipe my fingers during supper. Quick, simple, and very much the same as the past couple days.

Vol. 2, No. 169, June 18, 2017

2169 - Candy Wrapper Skull.

SKULL OF THE WEEK For this week's skull, up-cycle! Make a skull from something you would normally throw away.

Today was the Water Carnival Parade in Hutchinson. While watching the parade with my family, we collected candy and of course we had to eat some which left us with wrappers that needed to be thrown away. I saved a DOTS box from the trash pile and up-cycled it into a skull. Fortunately 3M had gone by and passed out tape, because I tore a little bit too far on one eye, ripping a hole that needed to be patched up.

Vol. 2, No. 168, June 17, 2017

2168 - Skull Hoppers.

Today my sister's and I went to Waconia for the Lake Waconia Band Festival. We arrived early to get a place near the judging area, so we decided to kill time by grabbing a bite to eat at Hoppers Bar and Grill. While we waited for our food to arrive, I grabbed a ball in and ripped it into a skull. Then I laid it on the near by pool table to photograph it.

Vol. 2, No. 160, June 9, 2017

2160 - Bookmarked Skull.

This week the Miller Littles and I have begun our summer filled with reading and fun. Of course if you are reading, you need a bookmark, so today that's what we did. I had some precut bookmarks that were sparkly on one side and plain paper on the other.  The kids chose the sparkly color they wanted and then drew pictures on the plain side.  I chose a white sparkly bookmark and cut it to resemble a skull.