Learn to Draw...

... the Ed Emberley way. There is a whole series of books by Ed Emberley and I finally got one from the library. Jacob loved it! And so did I, since my artistic skills are always being requested, and I am, quite frankly, not good at drawing trains, construction vehicles, farm equipment, or trucks.

Here is the book we got: 

Here is a fire truck I drew and Daniel added onto.

Here is Jacob's fire truck, complete with burning building. I didn't help at all.

Then he drew a fire breathing dragon.

Awesome. 

There are hundreds of pictures in this book, each one with step by step instructions. Basically, he says, if you can draw a few basic shapes you can draw anything. I can't wait to try more of this book and some of his other ones!

Blown Away

So when I heard of this great kids' book called "Windblown"  I knew I just had to request it from my library. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves (mostly).

Jacob copied every page in the book. The snail and chicken were my favourites. 

Then he got creative.

A cement truck. 

Then Daniel decided he wanted to get involved.

A baby lamb.

So much fun. I saved the pieces to play again another day. 

Note: We are drawing using dry erase markers on clear page protectors. 

My Knights in Shining Armour

Before and After... Knight Helmets

Here's the pre and post painted shots of the kids' knight helmets for Halloween. As you can imagine I have spent a lot of time threatening them that if they wreck them before the big day they don't get to go trick or treating.

I am so amazingly thrilled with how these turned out.

Here is the amazing tutorial!