Crafty Tuesday

Hi folks, its Sizzle and I'm sorry to say I don't have the framed magnet board to show you - hubby had to work this weekend so I didn't get any time away from the kids to do projects. Sooo I thought I would share some kid crafyness. My oldest boy recently won a coloring contest and recieved a cash prize. However, that was not his best work so I thought I would show you some of his best (what I consider his best) and some other projects on the web that have inspired me this week.

This was the winning picture (above), the one below is one he drew of our family on a ship about 6 months ago.  I love it.

The above picture was inspired by my magnet board:

- while I was making the little people - he was creating this.  It is so detailed and I have no idea where he got it from.  It just shows you that when you are busy creating and your kids see you they want to create too.   He is 4 and to me that picture looks like a 8 year old could have done it.  I try to frame all his work.  I used to have little clotheslines in his room where we could hang up his artwork but it got to big and we switched around rooms but now I think I need more frames....

Or THIS

 

My new favorite blog is Knock-off Wood.  She is a carpenter and teaches you how to build the stuff you see in magazines - like pottery barn, land of nod etc yourself.  Talk about right up my alley - now I just need some tools - like a saw.  You can find the tutorial for these clip art rails here and Ana's amazing blog here.

Another tutorial on the web for making magnet boards using an old picture frame and this AWESOME magnet board by Kim at twice remembered.