We just said goodbye and I miss her already! My Aunt Joyce (my mom’s sister) just returned to Boston after spending a week with us.
On Monday and Tuesday, she planned and executed a wonderful two-day art camp for my children and their friends.
They created two murals in the style of Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar). It was a simple project, but even the older students (11-14 year olds) enjoyed painting and creating sea creatures and space aliens.
First they painted the backgrounds using a mixture of tempera paints.
We had the ocean group on our 3-season porch and the space group on a tarp in the backyard.
Next, they painted whole pieces of drawing paper various colors, texturing the paint with plastic forks, sponges, onion bags, and anything else that added interest.
On the second day they took the painted paper, which we had cut into quarters and sorted by colors, and created sea creatures and plants, divers, planets, stars, and space ships. The results were amazing.
Finally, we took the murals to Bible study on Wednesday night to show all the families what the kids had done.
I’m thankful for my aunt working with 13 kids from ages 3-14, something that is out of her typical experience. She did an amazing job keeping all the kids occupied and working together.
