Monday, November 16, 2009

A Little Fun Art Project (and cheap too!)

Well, now that we are almost unpacked, we are trying to decide where we want to hang pictures. We painted our room white with a gray accent wall (you can look at the posts of our house to see) but didn't really think we had any artwork that matched. Since we are trying to not spend too much money, I decided to do an art project with Harrison. I got 2 art canvases n a 16x20 size and some black paint. Then I just striped Harrison down to his diaper and poured the paint on his hand. He loved the feel of it and I just put his hand on the canvas and let him do whatever. They turned out pretty good.
Here we are getting started. He doesn't know what to do with it at first...
He actually was more messy during the cleanup then during the project. I didn't plan that part well enough.
He loved playing in the water but it didn't clean him up so we ended up in the bathtub after this.
These are the finished drying product. We are still waiting to hang them because I am not sure which direction I want them to face. I think they turned out great and the whole thing cost less then $8! Not bad for 2 original paintings!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Fall Festivities

I can't believe November is already here! We had a fun October and amid all the unpacking and moving, we still managed to have some fun Fall activities. Here are some highlights!

We hope everyone else is also having a wonderful fall and I am already getting ready for Christmas. I can't wait!

Harrison and I made and decorated some sugar cookies.
Harrison had more fun eating the frosting then frosting the cookies. The beater kept him busy while I decorated.
Our finished pumpkin decorating.
Harrison enjoyed playing with the pumpkin (I think we tested how many times we could drop a pumpkin and not have it break!) and thought it was a ball. It never broke!
He saw the face on Daddy's pumpkin and decided to kiss it. We have been working on waving at people and giving mom and dad kisses.
Our attempt at decorating...he just ended up with blue marker on him instead of on the pumpkin.
We went trunk or treating and brought our own little frog!
Our cute and always busy frog
He loves to press his face against the Lego top. Sometimes it is a game, other times he just likes to do it to get us to laugh. It always works.