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our family art project


last night we had a little bit of extra time, having eaten our dinner a little early, and we were noticing the beautiful sunflower arrangement that had been given to us, and so an idea occurred to us for a great family activity: what if we all tried to draw or artistically represent the sunflowers in our own way?  a kind of family art project!  so we cleaned up dinner and got out all sorts of art supplies and got busy.  here are a couple more pictures of the beautiful flowers: 



now, to see what each member of our family came up with, click the "keep reading button right below.




here you see a picture of all four of our creations, and the following will give you a close up of each one.

Caedmons work of art:


Jackson's work of art:


Shannon's work of art:


my work of art:



we had a blast with this little family experiment, and i was surprised the kids' attention spans lasted as long as they did.  below you can see a short video with the before and after of our project.  have a great tuesday!


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Emoly said…
they are beautiful!!! (both the flowers and the works of art)
9:36 AM
Anonymous said…
Loved the video. I felt like I was right there with you all...wish I was! Great fun!
8:34 PM
Bill Uebbing said…
Very cool. Just proves again we all see the world differently through our eyes.
8:29 AM
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