tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81562041421026366852009-10-26T12:06:32.982-07:00Rebecca Marie Jaynesrebjaynes@yahoo.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156204142102636685.post-31724360952760613572008-08-30T20:02:00.000-07:002008-08-30T21:00:49.267-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FY901m_8kbA/SLoWHA6CXjI/AAAAAAAAARI/SPUoZveIUJY/s1600-h/paper_mache_dog_250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FY901m_8kbA/SLoWHA6CXjI/AAAAAAAAARI/SPUoZveIUJY/s320/paper_mache_dog_250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240525426157313586" border="0" /></a><br />Hi!<br /><br />This paper mache dog I made with 9 year old Jimmy on a normal balloon. I tore some of the paper strips ahead of time, and it did take us two days, cause we let it dry overnight before painting it. We just used normal newspaper and water with some Elmer's in it.<br /><br />You put the strips on in different directions until it has a couple of layers.<br /><br />I think it turned out pretty cute and he was definitely proud of it. We set it on a wine bottle for an easy display base. the paint was normal acrylics and you could use tempera just as well.<br /><br />It was a lot easier, and a lot less hassle, than I thought it would be.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8156204142102636685-3172436095276061357?l=papercraftsy.blogspot.com'/></div>Rebecca Marie Jaynesrebjaynes@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156204142102636685.post-18966255857130980902008-08-19T23:52:00.000-07:002008-08-19T23:53:13.378-07:00<a target="_blank" href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=27679&u=290921&m=6546&urllink=&afftrack="><img src="http://www.shareasale.com/image/inline300x250-colored-v2.gif" border=0></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8156204142102636685-1896625585713098090?l=papercraftsy.blogspot.com'/></div>Rebecca Marie Jaynesrebjaynes@yahoo.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156204142102636685.post-20000036239768544402008-08-18T18:45:00.000-07:002008-08-18T19:44:22.193-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Paper crafts</span> have always intrigued me. There is so much free paper and so much paper of all sorts -- <span style="font-size:180%;">sizes</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">pat</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">te</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rns</span></span>,</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" > colors</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >thicknesses</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" >water</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;" > color paper</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;" >origami paper</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">wrapping paper</span>, </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >home made paper</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">, <span style="font-style: italic;">and so on</span>!!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >And with so many stay at home and work at home moms and kids doing homeschooling, there is time and place for developing creativity as well as those skills that other families and kids are losing by spending too much time with television and video games.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">We see our kids learning patience and concentration using their hands and hearts and minds in a constructive way, quietly working, usually with other children or a parent, to make something real that they can show to others and feel that true satisfaction that brings real self-esteem and confidence in their own abilities to do and create.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Creativity is not a luxury for a full life -- Its a necessity!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">They may grow up to create a business, make scientific discoveries, journey to faraway places to share with the world...</span><br /><br />These are skills, traits, qualities -- call it what you want -- that will help children grow up and to be the kind of adults we hope they will be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">and</span> have faith that they can be.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;" >With the plus of not spending time killing and shooting in video games!<br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8156204142102636685-2000003623976854440?l=papercraftsy.blogspot.com'/></div>Rebecca Marie Jaynesrebjaynes@yahoo.com0