paint cut paste

woah, it’s been a while, eh? sorry for the lapse in blogging. last week was busy with tying up loose ends of the summer, cleaning out for autumn, and getting my art therapy practice up and running (woot!) and while i was doing these things, i went through the art cabinet and found something i bought back in the spring, and we never used this summer – oops.

if it says "crayola" on it, does it count as an art project?

well, sure it’s the day after labor day, but it stays good and warm here through the end of october, and the kit said that it’s only for planting in summer 2010, so i figured we’d better get germinating! i mean, it is still technically summer for a couple more weeks after all.

watering the soil pellets to watch them expand

this crayola flower kit is so step-by-step easy that it’s not all that exciting for a 3 year old to do, honestly. i think N would have preferred to get more messy like when we planted seeds in pots in the loose soil. regardless, who can turn away a sunflower garden?

planting seeds

we created a little greenhouse in our kitchen plant window, and in 1-2 weeks we should have some sprouts! just in time for… uh, fall? oh well.

and check out that adorable fairy there on the left by one of my favorite etsy artists, mamakopp! it’s perfect for the flowers N brings in for me from her adventures in the yard. stay tuned or some seriously colorful fun to come this week…

we'll keep you posted on the sunflower harvest!

this is just the simplest spring thing you can do. paint a flower pot. plant some seeds. watch it grow. (couple this painted pot with a handmade bloom paper mother’s day card, and you’ve got a great gift to give those sweet mommas in your life!)

we went to a birthday party at a local art studio last weekend called celebrate art. one of the activities was to paint a small flower pot. N got busy painting (with acrylics, i believe?) her pre-gessoed pot with a stylish color-block pattern.

once we were home and the pot was dry, we decided to plant some cosmo seeds in it.

we used my mom’s handy tip to put a flat stone in the bottom of the pot (to help the soil not run out of the hole when watered.)

then N filled the pot with soil.

we sprinkled on the cosmo seeds.

watered…

and now we just apply more water, sunlight, (music – N likes to sing to it,) and love and watch the flowers grow!