kids' choice .....

        Hi ,


             Summer is near , and is the time when your kids are free from the exam fever and need a break ,  some fun time --- apart from their regular TV time ..... As a mother of two ( not-so-little ) daughters' , I've been busy thinking a few things about '' How to .... ''  keep them busy ----creatively !!!     
                                
                             Tough , isn't it ?

            Well , let them make their own hanging mobiles to decorate the corners of  the house ...  A few pieces of coloured clothes , needle and thread ( to hand stitch --- with your help ) , and some cotton for filling ... and boom ! See the happiness on their faces !

            So , go ahead and let them discover the craftiness in themselves ...

                   
                Draw these bell flowers on some bright - coloured cloth or paper ,  cut and paste them on a white or any light - coloured sheet of handmade paper , draw stems and tiny leaves . Get it framed , or slide it in your bed-side photo frame , change it when you make the next craft project ... This way you'll have a lot of creative things to display on the wall or at your side table ...!

           These cute and bright birds will surely look good on your kids' room . Use the cut and paste technique or make stuffed soft birds in bright and contrast colours , make eyes out of tiny black beads and some laces to decorate the birds' body . Hang them on a twig , or make the kid roll some ribbon on a pencil , stick the both ends ! You can also put some small bells for a sweet sound too ...

             The same way you can try these leaves too . Draw some leaves on a handmade paper or any other card sheet , and colour them . Cut them out leaving a little space to punch a hole on the top of each leaf . Hang them ( like the above mentioned way ) , put some small bells , if you like some music with the greenery !!!

                The heart balloons can be embroidered ...

                   The same way embroider these flowers too . Or cut these flowers out of some magazine or  textured paper or cloth . Paste them on paper and draw the stems ... and if you're doing them on cloth then stitch or stick them , embroidering the stems !

           Ooooh ! Lovely bird , isn't it ?  Add a few flowers ( like shown here ) to complete the cute look !

          
          Have a nice crafty week ahead ..........

                Try these crafts for sure and engage your kids with your '' US '' time together --- they'll love being with you and crafting with you . And yes , don't forget the popcorns and music ... Have fun .

                   see you next week .

paisleys-- stained glass effect ...

     Working on glass is so much fun . How a simple and transparent glass changes into something glamorous and so very colourful , is something amazing !!

      This is a '' FOUR SEASON ''pattern.

      The Summer , as we see , is so full of bright and a variety of greens . The Sun , too, is somewhat brighter than any other months...The leaf , in shape of paisley depicts , the Summer ...and the lemon yellow is the bright sunlight...

     Next ,comes the Winter , with it's dull and snowy days . Full of fog and frost , the leaves are no more green , and the sunny days---something of the past ! Everywhere you find the snow-covered branches . The brightness which we've earlier felt in Summer is lost , leaving only a dull and grey effect all over the surroundings...Here I show the fogginess of those days with dull shades because wherever we see its the fog which doesn't allow any leaf or flower to show its true colour...

    Now comes the Autumn , when all the dead and old leaves shed themselves to give space for the new life to enter in this '' ALL - COLOURFUL '' world !! The colours , I chose are all in different shades of yellow and some browns ,too , to show the decay and fall... rarely you find some greens left and a few flowers...so I gave this paisley a few touches of orange and green to show that the dull days are ready to leave giving place for the brighter ones...!

   Now , at last comes our Spring...a new life , a new beginning , a new and bright hope that ''ALL's WELL THAT ENDS WELL ...'' Everywhere you find flowers of all kinds and of all colours ... amazing isn't it ? The Autumn days are over ----''Love's in the air . The bright , blue and clear sky , the sunny days , the cool breezes , the green grass , the rainbows ---all promise a better future , so let's start dreaming in this beautiful world..!!

                                                         ....more patterns , awaiting .