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Call It Courage – in watercolor
Breathlessly, in his adorable husky voice, this 4 year old son of mine whispers that I should have named him Mafatu. Mafatu – the boy who was afraid. Mafatu – now the killer of shark with nothing but...
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The Daily Outdoor Challenge, Week 2
So, I’m back for week two of the Daily Outdoors Challenge. As I mentioned last week, my goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes outdoors with my children each day exploring and enjoying God’s...
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Nature Painting and the Daily Outdoors, Week 3
Well, we just finished week 3 of the Daily Outdoors Challenge! Despite our soaring summer heat, it is my goal to spend at least 30 minutes outside WITH my children, playing and exploring God’s...
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If You Can’t Beat It, Utilize It!
It’s been hot around here. As I type this, it is 9pm and still around 108 degrees F outside… Of course this has meant that outdoor time, aside from being in a pool, is not as compelling as it usually...
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Painting and Pinning Patriotism
With Independence Day right around the corner, the boys asked to repeat both of these activities that we did back in April when studying the American War for Independence. We love watercoloring. I...
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Olympic Ring Art + Book Ideas
It is amazing how much fun some toilet paper tubes and paint can be!!! As the craziness of convention time comes to a close, I find myself refreshed and itching to just BE with my kids. Funny how a...
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Created to Create – Finding Your Inner Artist
We settled down around the kitchen table and pulled out the pastels. There is something so cathartic, so peaceful about the process of creating. After we read through the tutorial in our Simple...
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Afternoon Anticipations… Art + Olympics!
This post may contain affiliate links. Today was the perfect day to pull out our new Olympic Art Pastel lesson book on the kindle fire. It was overcast (rare for Arizona) and just enough nip in the...
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Art Inspired Gift Ideas {Create and Appreciate} +Giveaway
To say that I was a busy, active tomboy growing up would be something of an understatement. My mom and I were laughing about it today and remembering back… I had a tendency to prefer {full-body}...
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Rainy Day Art and the good/bad of moving…
Rain pours down. We are former desert dwellers and still get giddy at the sound of the pitter-patter, so we head outside with newly unpacked umbrellas to run and romp in the rain, explore muddy...
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Pencils and Paint at the Preserve
The weather finally cooled off which is a good thing because we’ve all been getting a little stir crazy. So we grabbed our colored pencils, water colors and headed over to the riparian preserve...
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