tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post7344375934642732518..comments2024-03-27T10:04:51.949-05:00Comments on ikat bag: Learning, Accessing and Containing the MessLiErhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-5766398892724515432013-08-27T20:43:44.344-05:002013-08-27T20:43:44.344-05:00That art station is amazing! Every kid should hav...That art station is amazing! Every kid should have an art section in the house! Kithttp://www.sophie-world.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-82094858427036951802013-08-27T20:02:12.392-05:002013-08-27T20:02:12.392-05:00Lissa: Thanks for the book recommendation. I must ...Lissa: Thanks for the book recommendation. I must go check it out!<br />LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-28980503027944042222013-08-27T20:01:40.819-05:002013-08-27T20:01:40.819-05:00We display 3D stuff sparingly, and temporarily. Th...We display 3D stuff sparingly, and temporarily. They sit on the ledges of our playroom until we need the space for something else. Or they get photographed and either thrown away or recycled.<br /><br />Half-finished and drying creations get left in the kitchen (where they were made) for a few days, after which if nobody claims them, they get thrown away. The kids do so much artwork here that we no longer feel sentimental about projects that need to be tossed.LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-38588436674660992092013-08-27T14:38:54.283-05:002013-08-27T14:38:54.283-05:00Beautiful ideas! I loved peeked :-))
AjkaBeautiful ideas! I loved peeked :-))<br />AjkaAjkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997955354662907150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-66808928431502548252013-08-27T07:47:07.696-05:002013-08-27T07:47:07.696-05:00Another great post! I have art/craft supplies stor...Another great post! I have art/craft supplies stored all over the house. Have tried for years to find the best solution to contain it. Currently pens, textas etc stored on the computer desk in tins...but now after reading your post I 'need' one of those carosels : ) Other supplies are in plastic drawers and the rest in a cupboard in the spare room...and in the linen press...and in my bedroom cupboard...and in the box in the lounge room. My dream is to have a storage wall like Mr Maker.<br />Best thing I discovered over the years was to keep a plastic table cloth solely for painting episodes, covers the whole table and saves a lot of newspaper, then you just fold it up and put it away when finished.<br />Two questions I do have is what to do with /how to display the 3D creations...and how to contain the mournful cries when they kids discover them 6 months later in the recycling bin ; )<br />And what to do with the paintings/3d creations while they are half finished or waiting to dry etc, too cold and windy here at the moment to leave them outside.<br />Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042409010358762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-6545984075166365692013-08-26T21:03:25.184-05:002013-08-26T21:03:25.184-05:00I'm with Kal Delroy Oh. I got a response from ...I'm with Kal Delroy Oh. I got a response from you once when I sent in a cardboard space ship w ikea lights inside! One thing I've learned to do since my kids always like my drawings better is let them copy as I draw or draw a whole bunch of elements for them to cut out. Eg: piratey things, camping things, treasure map things, factory things etc. My middle boy also likes the Ralph Masiello books on how to draw- especially the robots since he teaches the elements and lets you combine them however!<br />Also the book: Drawing with Children is excellent. Lissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233397569773410575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-59594151792339455692013-08-26T08:00:15.323-05:002013-08-26T08:00:15.323-05:00What a great post! My daughter is in Art Educatio...What a great post! My daughter is in Art Education and she will receive a link to this post for sure! <br />Carla Fiedlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04633228795999260813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-84281568096582359672013-08-25T13:03:27.587-05:002013-08-25T13:03:27.587-05:00Karen:
I want to go to Emily's school, too! Sh...Karen:<br />I want to go to Emily's school, too! She goes to the regular public school that's about 3 mins away. Nothing fancy, but the curriculum and teachers happen to be phenomenal. We are so lucky.LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-45182038958766089602013-08-25T12:50:24.521-05:002013-08-25T12:50:24.521-05:00What a great post. I first started reading it in ...What a great post. I first started reading it in my email and then quickly went to the blog because of #1 LEARNING . . .where does Emily go to school because I WANT TO GO THERE !! and I am 60 years old.<br />------------------------<br />"but I try to reply to all your email messages" This is a true statement, as I sent you a link to the furniture made from cardboard and you wrote a very nice email in return. I still have more questions to ask you but you were loaded down with 100 emails yet to read, but it was nice reading your response and the information you provided.<br /><br />Thanks for taking so much time to share many of the things you do. I enjoy them all.<br />KarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391379940063094168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-11409723804202163522013-08-25T05:29:39.964-05:002013-08-25T05:29:39.964-05:00A perfcet mama, i should say! any kid would love t...A perfcet mama, i should say! any kid would love to have an art section in the house! just like we would love a sewing studio..... This is truly an insiration to me, even though my kitchen is small, I should try to find some space for my kid too!Anithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599297523536915950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-29704348042993862212013-08-25T03:53:36.481-05:002013-08-25T03:53:36.481-05:00As always LiEr, I love the insight into how you do...As always LiEr, I love the insight into how you do things. I keep a small Ikea Trofast until in the corner of the lounge room (about a third of the room is dedicated to kids). There is also a bookshelf full of toy baskets, a Barbie house (sadly not made from cardboard!), a small table and chairs, and a mini kitchen. The Trofast unit is full of shallow plastic tubs that can be pulled out and transported around the house. There's a drawer each for marker pens, pencils/sharpeners/scissors/glue sticks/pens, paper, art books, and a tub each for Olivia and Samantha. There is always a ream of copy paper in the paper tub, as well as a random assortment of card, bits of wrapping paper, and a plastic envelope full of various sticker sheets. This gives them easy access to basic drawing/craft supplies, and they are always making something.<br /><br />In the dining room (across the hall) there is a taller Trofast unit. This is where I keep kids paints (poster and acrylic), paint brushes and various palettes, glitter, sequins, feathers, and all other decorative supplies, pearler beads, play dough, fabric markers and stencils, and loads of other stuff, These are usually the supplies that I supervise. I'm not a huge fan of horrible mess, so I like to be able to supervise when things like paint and liquid glue come out. I also have a love-hate relationship with glitter - my kids love it, I hate it! <br /><br />My own craft supplies are a whole other story! Given our lack of space I try to keep them really neat, but they do live all over the house. The kids get very limited access to these, but they are starting to show an interest, so I need to plan some activities that let them have a go.<br /><br /><a href="http://randomcraftingadventures.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Random Crafting Adventures</a> Katie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314743496161353695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-50345273241061594242013-08-24T19:01:34.583-05:002013-08-24T19:01:34.583-05:00How do I do art in my home? Well, can I just say t...How do I do art in my home? Well, can I just say that the 6 rules that you set for crafting (under the "Accessing" part) sounds veryyyy familar? Haha! Although we hardly have access to as much materials as you probably do, I do thank my parents for allowing me to be bold in "experimenting" with the fabric (and other stuff) we have at home. :P<br /><br />Ps. I love your definition of "Creativity". ;)Christelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318497076034860178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-55683485978741223392013-08-24T17:44:50.884-05:002013-08-24T17:44:50.884-05:00LiEr, thank you for this post ! I did not think my...LiEr, thank you for this post ! I did not think my question would be answered in such details (I know I was probably not the only one to ask ). We just moved (as in one week ago...), so storage and organization are still not firm here. But usually, I have art supplies in the kitchen, as well as in a closet, or here it might be on a shelf somewhere, not in the garage (I'm in Minnesota as well) because paints freeze. I am too starting to share my nice wool felts and acrylic paints with my kids, and the fabric as well, but they have to ask. I have almost everything in plastic tubs, which is nice because we can see what is in the boxes.cecilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116848705011146000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-15593470698521546422013-08-24T08:19:21.926-05:002013-08-24T08:19:21.926-05:00LiEr, I LOVE this post. We have similar rules for ...LiEr, I LOVE this post. We have similar rules for art in our house. Most of the time, the kids use crayons, tape, and paper. Emma enjoys crafting with paper napkins, and she uses them in all sorts of interesting ways. Yesterday she mixed ground up chalk with water and was using a stick to paint with her chalk paint on the napkin. <br /><br />We are moving California this far, and I am really looking forward to weather that allows crafting to happen outside, most of the time. Even if we do have to trade in our stunning yard for a condo with a small patio. <br /><br />I never took any art classes - even in school - although I always wanted to. I did manage to get myself into a sculpture class in college, and loved it. My US second grade classroom had art, but I always got pulled out of art for what must have been speech therapy (although my parents have no memory of my being in speech; I went to the resource room with a kid with a stutter). I hated missing art class! I have been amazed at the things Emma has been able to learn in her art class, and even the projects Johnny and Lily have done in preschool. I'm hoping to learn some new art techniques myself with my kids, through the years. MaryAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253503049272771754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-42939571353766538662013-08-24T06:44:08.490-05:002013-08-24T06:44:08.490-05:00Silly as I might sound, thank you for helping remo...Silly as I might sound, thank you for helping remove my guilt about having craft supplies all over the place! <br /><br />I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old so access to messy stuff is restricted. Sadly, that means they don't get to paint nearly as much as I (and the older one) would like. I've tried to keep our craft supplies contained in the playroom but they've started overflowing so I need to come up with a new plan. Also, I know my husband would not want art supplies to live in our eat in kitchen permanently (we have no dining room).<br /><br />I've seen these wheeled caddies with drawers and I think that could be a good solution for us. I could keep everything both girls are allowed to use in it and the caddie can be wheeled from the playroom to the kitchen table and back easily. All pencils/markers could fit in there as well as scissors (yes, my 2 year old is able to use scissors relatively safely; one of her dresses disagrees though). <br /><br />My personal art supplies are on the highest shelf in the playroom (they include oil paints and toxic glue). I also have my personal drawing materials on a high shelf in my office. I frequently share some of them with the girls but I like to control access to them. Reams of paper are also in the office. Since that's also my craft room, that's where the girls will find felt, yarn, and material. I keep a box of scraps that they can dig in whenever but if they have a project in mind, I would definitely help them pick from my regular stash.<br /><br />Oh, and thank you for the book recommendations. I will look into them. We have the Artful Parent book. It's a good one. We've done some of the activities in it and they've all worked out well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540761711646097949.post-24748060505974109762013-08-23T23:01:38.164-05:002013-08-23T23:01:38.164-05:00I keep paper, pens/markers/crayons/pencil crayons,...I keep paper, pens/markers/crayons/pencil crayons, glue, tape, scissors, Perler beads, where the kids have easy access. Paints I keep out of reach (i.e., they have to ask) as both our tables are on top of carpet. <br /><br />When the kids were younger, I would do easy crafts with them, but I also encouraged them to work on whatever peaked their interests. My daughter loves to make things out of paper. My son usually has to be lead like a horse to slaughter to do anything crafty, although on occasion he will pick up a piece of paper and a pen (but rarely). Just to get him to make a birthday card is an ordeal! He has a bit more interest with the Perler beads though, so I bought quite a few different pegboards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com