My kids and I have done this super cool 3D hand art project a couple of times, and I think you will love this. Even if you lack strong artist talent, you can do this! Â All you need is ordinary while paper, pencils, a sharpie, and some bold colored markers or highlighters. (colored pencils or crayons can also be used, but don’t come across as well)
This video does a great job of showing you the how-to. Â I’d add a few tips:
1. Â If you make your lines too close together, it takes a long time to color each line in. Â On the other hand, if you go too wide, the effect isn’t as cool. Â So, think about spacing carefully.
2. Â When you’re going to draw the lines, start at the bottom of the paper. Â It’s easier to get the hang of creating the “bump” line when you go over the hand part down by the wrist.
3. Â When coloring your lines, I have found that if you leave just a tad bit of white space between the straight lines and the bump lines over the hand, it comes out looking better.
Here are some pics of what me and my kiddos did last year:
This is an example of how things don’t work out as well if you aren’t careful to get a good “bump” line when going over the hand.” Make your bump really different from the straight-ish lines on either side.
This is mine and you can see how I left some white space around the fingers. Looks cool, right?
My ultra-talented artist daughter had her own spin on the project by patterning inside of the traced hand. Zentangle could work really well for this as well.
Just a touch of something unusual in there. Peek-a-boo!
Four sisters get their picture taken once a year for forty years.
They don’t dress specially.
They don’t pose.
They don’t even smile in most of them.
And yet……wow! Â The passage of time. Â The emotions that come forth.
Go take a look at these, and see if you aren’t also moved by them.
What do you see? Â What do you feel? Â This is a free writing opportunity for you, my friend.
So many people are interested in photography these days, and I think it’s a wonderful skill to develop. Â This collection seems to me a reminder that sometimes there is great depth in an ordinary, unfussy subject matter.
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Typical Americans learn a lot about our own country, but little about the countries that border ours. Thanks to the education my children are receiving, I now know all the provinces and major geographical spots in Canada. But Mexico? I know even less. Like….I know that Mexico is there…. And I know that some folks take what look to be wonderful vacations there. And I think once when I was a kid my dad went there on a business trip and came home with some bracelets that he got from an open air market…..and that’s about it.
How do we let this happen? Good gravy! Thanks to the new Mexico: Coloring Book and Geography Study, we can do better than that! (like, I just learned that Mexico has 32 states! I’m sorry to say that before today I didn’t even know that Mexico *had* states. At all. Derp.)
Recommended for grades 3-6, this downloadable, reproducible study will give you and your kids a good introduction and overview of the geography of Mexico while using the notebooking skills you love! One thing that I think is super cool is that you can also get an all-Spanish version of this resource, so you can reinforce the Spanish language with your kids, if you are studying it, or even go all Nathaniel Bowditch on the thing and compare the two languages side-by-side! Â What a great opportunity!
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You can also get some free printables just in time for Cinco de Mayo, which, crazy as it seems, is coming right up! Â (Hint-hint: Â If you go get the freebies, you *might* just find that you get a coupon for the Geography of Mexico products!)
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I love, love, love to spend time with other homeschool moms that have their radars up for ways to enrich their homeschools and family life, so I created the Enrichment Lifestyle group on Facebook. This space is meant to be shared by home educating women that want to encourage each other, share ideas and cool enriching stuff, make some new friends, laugh, and have a fun space to share the ups and downs of the homeschool journey.
Welcome to the Enrichment Lifestyle Blog! I'm so glad you're here. :) I'm Erica Johns, and I love to encourage homeschool moms and help them enjoy more of the beauty of the arts in everyday life.
About me: I started my homeschooling journey in 1997 and graduated the last of my six children in 2021. Amidst all the hard work, crazy days, uncertainty, and lost pencils, what I think we really gained was the gift of a lifetime: TIME TOGETHER. So awesome! Click my pic to learn more.
