This is a simple natural painting activity for you to do with your children to add a touch of autumn splendor to your home.
We each started with a blank birch branch slice.
Using Lyra watercolor paints (these are just wonderful!), we each got to work.
Depending on your child's age and skill, you could drill a hole in the top and then carve the end of a branch to fit in the hole snugly. Cut off top of branch to length of pumpkin stem you desire.
Each one was made by a different age level, in case you couldn't tell:) We allow for creative expression through art. I added a piece of wool roving to my pumpkin's branch stem.
We put our pumpkins on our seasonal shelf.
Warm wishes, Tonya
What a fun idea. My girls would be inspired by this as they seem to like small palettes upon which to paint.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet! It looks like fun. They are all beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSo cute mama!!! Now where on earth are you getting all your wood? You must have a lot of trees on your property?? Do you also have a fire for heating? We are considering this as we want to live mostly off the grid and a woodburning stove and heat would be a good idea if we have a wooded lot in CO.
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Wow, how cool is that? You all are one creative family. I love that you used birch too. It is just like autumn. I'll have to try those Lyra paints. The crayons have worked well for us. Thanks for sharing. You made me smile. Peace, Angela
ReplyDeleteexciting!! i so love this...i may add it to my mom's group craft meet-up list!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super cute and simple craft for fall!
ReplyDeleteI love those! What a great idea. We plan to make wooden buttons, and that is a great use for bigger pieces of wood!
ReplyDeleteOh Tonya, I know how much my children would love this! We are going to have to make these this year. Only in our case, it'll probably be ash, of course!
ReplyDeleteoops- I posted under "Andrew" but this is me, Melanie from Our Ash Grove. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are sooo sweet ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
GREAT idea!
ReplyDeleteThese are really wonderful! I like the look of the watercolour paints, haven't seen those before.
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Linda
So simple and expressive. I love that they are all so different.
ReplyDeletelovely!!
ReplyDeletethey turned out beautiful! You could do apples too with little stems and felt leaves! Oooh the possibilities! Can't wait to get our load of wood for winter!
ReplyDeletexo maureen
Such a wonderful natural canvas to create on :-) I too see endless possibilities in this. I can't wait to access more of the intact round logs in our woodpile (currently all located at the bottom or middle of the pile of mostly split wood).
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea, thanks for the inspiration. My children love to paint and this is one more canvas for them to use...one that is provides a lovely aesthetic to our home. Thank you.
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