I always try to introduce a new craft or art project to Haley when she comes for the day. For a 5 year old, she is very artistic, very smart and very gung ho to take on any project I throw her way and I have total faith she can handle just about anything. Today was the day I thought she was ready to create a portrait of herself.
We went in the cellar to get a 24 x 36 artist canvas. From there we browsed through all my photos I have taken of her and decided on a cute photo from our trip to Maine last August. We took a 4 x 6 photo and cropped it so we could enlarge her head to a 5 x 7 (she really liked that idea) and she cut it out to adhere to the canvas. While she was doing that, I went to my sewing room and found an old dress my mother had given me (a dress she never got around to finishing 40 years ago, and I know why - looking at her choice of material and style, she didn't want to be seen in it - like I would, thanks mom!) and I proceeded to cut a dress out for Haley. She, on the other hand, loved it.
We then found a popsicle fence, buttons and ribbon for the dress, and a bow for her hair. While she was coloring the fence and making it all beautiful and such, I went to work on cutting birds, branches and flowers using my Cricut machine. I then let Haley go to town designing her dress and the scene for her self portrait.
Haley created a glorious masterpiece of herself surrounded by beautiful flowers, bluebirds, and butterflies. A sure sign of Spring. Her portrait now sits patiently on a shelf in her parents family room, waiting for the fireplace and mantel, her mother is patiently waiting for, so it can be properly hung for everyone to see !!
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