treasures and glitter paint

Collecting treasures in my bag

Painting with glitter paint

Sparkley

July 28

I found a bug - it rolled itself into a ball. And then I squished it (oops).

Painting

Eating corn.

July 9

I noticed that Vivi tried to draw inside shapes I drew on her chalkboard, so I drew some balloons. Sure enough, she colored them in.

Chips and guacamole!

Even tortellini (on my finger) is good with guacamole.

Things to do with chalk

Apparently our understanding of how to play with toys is very limited. We see blocks and think "build a tower" and chalk and think "draw a picture." To Vivi, however, objects don't have a history yet (see previous post on things to do with blocks). Today, Vivi explains things to do with chalk.

We will skip "draw on chalkboard" (too obvious a use).

Put them in Mommy's shoes. (Too bad the shoes aren't Sketchers brand - that would have been funny.)

Chalkhenge.

(the building of Chalkenge)

Put them under the door.

Crayola cargo

Not pictured -  rolling the chalks on the floor, eating the chalk, and dumping the chalk out on the floor and putting them back in the bucket.

Painting and goats

Happy Saturday.

I worked on some masterpieces.

Then I visited the flamingos at the zoo.

I even fed the goats. I was a little afraid at first...

...But I got brave.

Then I came home and painted again. This time, I painted my tummy.

Messy

Mom and Dad thought putting my paint in an ice cube tray would be less messy...

Caught red handed

Lila's 2nd birthday

This is my friend, Lila. Today is her 2nd Birthday

In the morning, I painted a card for her. Then we went to her party.

I played in the sensory tub full of ice and bottles.

It is a flower "bed," isn't it?

I played soccer, just like the big kids.

Happy Birthday Lila!

chalk spinner

I saw this chalk spinner online -
http://www.kodokids.com/spinners.html
and thought "Vivi needs one of those." So I took our lazy susan and painted with chalkboard paint... 

And now we have a chalk spinner for Vivi.

Mommy spins the chalk spinner and I hold the chalk down.

 Mommy needs to figure out how to put a motor on it now.

Masterpiece

A day of art

In the morning, I painted pictures at home.

 Then we went to the I Madonnari, an Italian street painting (chalk) festival. There was a special section just for kids.

I wore my dragon costume. It didn't take me long to realize I could be helpful to all the kids who were drawing.

I helped this girl organize her chalk

I helped these kid draw

This little girl let me help her for a long time. She was drawing a stack of ice cream.