May I present to you my second handmade skirt!!! This skirt is way simpler to make than the first but in terms of workmanship, I should think this is better :) Don't know if I can make a top next, we shall see (^;^)
Krissa's Tee Shirt Art - 07/11/2009
K proudly wore the tee shirt art she createdI'm so happy with the curriculum in Krissa's art school - Art Loft. The teachers really put in alot of effort in planning the activities for the children. Not only do they try to expose the children to different mediums where they can create art on, many a time, the children will learn precious and useful knowledge along the way too. This time kids learnt that they can create art on cloth using special fabric markers and scraps which can be recycled. In this way, not only do they learn about recycling (of course K is kind of too young to understand but there's no harm in starting them young!), they get to wear the tee shirt they've created too! Hahahha....this tee shirt is meant to be an art apron i.e. to wear on the outside to protect their clothes. Any additional stains in future only serves to make the tee look more interesting!
I Like Company!! - 06/11/2009
Krissa having loads of fun with Dylon gor gor & Racquel jie jieAfter K had finished decorating her shakers, our neighbours came to play. It was K's first time playing with them and boy did she enjoy their company! When they left, K lingered at the door for a long time and asked: "Gor gor where? Jie jie where?" Hmmm.....maybe its high time K has a sibling of her own to play with. I think it would do her good too...hmmm.......
Shakers Fun! - 06/11/2009
K having a great time with her creations!
Our materials to decorate the containers. The green beans and paper clips will each go into a container.
A butterfly glued onto the cover of one of the containers.
K first decorated the yellow wrapper with dot markers,then glued the surface with sequinns.
K puts the paper clips into the first shaker
The beginning of the second shaker
Yes, darling?
Glueing of the poms poms
Filling the second shaker with green beans
Shaker fun!
The finished products!We were told to make at least one shaker and bring it for lesson at Mandeville on Saturday. I managed to dig up two containers at home, so we made two! Both K and me had great fun doing it and apart from decorating the containers, her fine motor skills were reinforced by having to transfer the green beans from the plate into one of the containers and to pincer grip the small sequinns to glue them onto the container. She was able to call out aloud the crayon colours which she wanted on her containers and correctly took them from the crayon tray. We are still on butterfly, so I glued a butterfly onto the cover of one of the containers. It proved to be a hit with K! Finally, when we were done, K had a fun time playing with her new creations!!!
Pretty Girl + Pretty Dress - 01/11/2009
I just have to take this picture and show it to the world! Hahahaha.....I love, love, love the colours on this dress! Erm..actually it is a tunic top but K will wear it as a dress first and when it becomes too short, she can wear this as a top! Another piece of fabulous handmade. Please support handmade!!!Pictures were taken on our way to Caden's 1st month celebration.
Our 2nd Caterpillar Kit - 28/10/2009
Our newly hatched butterfly takes to the skies.
May it stay safe from all her predators.
Life cycle of a butterfly
Having learnt our lesson, we dashed for home after we had bought the kit and immersed the plant in clean water immediately. We had better luck this time :) K liked the caterpillars and would request us to show her the caterpillars every so often. She would say hi and goodbye to them. This real kit was very useful for she was able to associate the caterpillars and chrysalis with the real illustrations in the Busy, Busy Butterfly book. It was a real pity that K did not see the butterfly. Hmmm.....a 3rd kit, maybe?
Leroy's 1st Performance - 29/10/2009
29th October 2009 was a big day for my nephew Leroy for it marked his first time performing on stage! It was not difficult to tell that Leroy was shaken and overwhelmed at the sight of the crowd, so he didn't exactly did what he was taught during the rehearsals and towards the end of the performance, his tears welled up in his eyes and he looked as if he would burst out crying anytime. To sum it up, Leroy had stage fright but it was an experience for him and he will definitely do better in future.
