Our big craft project this week, of course, are valentines. A is in preschool this year so we get to make them for more than just our family.
One of my favorite things to do for almost any event is to "re-purpose" some of the beautiful paintings that they have already created. This year we made special watercolor paintings to use just for our Valentine's Cards, but if you are like me you probably have piles of paintings that you just don't know what to do with. You don't want to throw them out but....
So here's an idea: Just use pieces of the paintings! It is amazing to see the perfect little masterpieces that exist within the larger one. Kids can free-form express themselves while painting, but really mom is in charge of the final composition.
Tip: Let the kids use REAL PAPER and REAL WATERCOLORS. Messier and not as washable but so worth it. Take a painting away when its only partly "finished" and let it dry for a little while while they work on another. Then when you give back the first for more painting, the layering will be fantastic!
Other supplies for this project came from, my favorite, Paper Source in Cambridge, MA.
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