In September, it was a tree, which was printed in cardstock, that we were supposed to creatively decorate to represent our family. After much deliberation, I settled on a banana tree (that's creative, right?). I cut a leafy-print fabric out and stitched it on top of the printed tree, then stitched down a brown canvas trunk and cut some exaggerated bananas from yellow fabric that I let Jackson stick on to the tree. After all, we were supposed to do it together. I finished the project by adding a few whimsical birds to the tree and grommetting a cardstock nameplate to the trunk (rather then penning our surname). I could kick myself for not saving the final result once it was sent back home, or at least scanning it in.
Two weeks ago, the Thanksgiving project was sent home in the form of a outlined turkey to be decorated & "disguised". Last Tuesday, Mrs. Tonya asked if we had finished our turkey, and I explained that I couldn't decide how to decorate it because I had so many fun ideas. That's when she made a point of explaining that "the projects are for the parents to do WITH their children, so maybe you should let Jackson participate a little more." Yes, that's right...I got called out for doing my 1-year-old's homework.
So armed with the challenge of incorporating Jackson's artistic participation in my Mommy project, I finally settled on the perfect compromise. I got out my tempura paints and some cardstock and let him go to town. Once his masterpieces dried completely, I traced, cut & mounted his paintings, then added a bit of felt & black mat board to create our Take Home Project #2. Hope this scrapes by.
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