Creating with Marie

Hello crafters!

Of course I'm a big supporter of arts and crafts 

for children.  This little one is my granddaughter, Marie

and at this writing she is 2 yrs and 4 months old,

but she is already very crafty.
Last week I was lucky enough to have her 

to myself for the whole day.

I wanted to do a project with her,

so I cut an egg carton in half and pulled out

the paints.
She was happy to be able to paint and do crafts

with G-Ma.

I covered her tray and a plate with plastic wrap,

this sure helps with the clean up.
She got to choose the colors and chose

a light and dark blue and black.

Then she got to work making her 

caterpillar.

She took it very seriously and wanted

to do a nice job, which of course she did

and got high praise from G-Ma.

Spreading the paint over the entire plate

was also very nicely done.

A little bit of paint on the face never hurt either.

After her nap, she picked some eyes from my stash and

we glued them on and drew a smile with a crayon together.

We talked about the fact that a caterpillar makes it's own 

house, called a chrysalis and grows into a beautiful

butterfly.

She was very excited to show Mommy and Daddy

what we made together.

Maybe next time we'll make some butterflies. 

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you'll come again

soon.  Until then,

craft with a child.