I
got a phone call Saturday evening from my grandgirl Jade and she
called to say she and her twin Autumn didn't have to work on Sunday
and they wanted to come out and do some crafts. This week is spirit
week at their high school and they wanted to decorate some shirts to
wear on different days. It was still raining from the storm so
depending on the weather Sunday morning, I would come get them. As
it turned out, it was still raining Sunday morning and to save myself
two hours in the car I decided to just gather up all the stuff I had
that I thought we could use and $50 and went to their house. A
couple of trips to the nearby craft store and the girls got to work
with a little bit of help and guidance from me. And I do mean
'little', mostly referring to the driving and paying part though I
did help with the layout of some of the shirts.
Every
day of the week has a different theme and Monday was something to do
with pride in America or something so the twins and their friend
wanted to do the American flag across three shirts. We measured the
field for the stars and taped off the stripes and they sponged on
fabric paint.
For
another day's theme that had something to do with math or science (mathletes), Autumn and Hannah wanted to spell out NERD and
GEEK using the periodic table. They found the symbols (though Autumn
fudged a little leaving the 's' off the center symbol Es and Hannah settled for 'nerdy') they
wanted, printed them out and then made stencils by cutting out the
large letters and hand painted the other info.
while Jade
made a referee shirt for that day's theme.
It sure doesn't hurt that they are cutie patooties! What a fun time with your grands!
ReplyDeleteVery good ideas, you made out well
ReplyDeleteVery cool shirts indeed. They might want to think about careers in retail and marketing.
ReplyDeleteWow, those came out really well!
ReplyDeleteThat was a pretty grand day together. And a lot of precision work, well done.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have an artist grandmother!
ReplyDeleteWOW those turned out GREAT! I did think that "spirit" week would be more about spirits but this will do nicely. Personally not a fan of american themes but good job on the T's! I want to hang out with you...always!
ReplyDeleteThey turned out great! Love the nerd and geek t's the most. I love doing crafts with the gkids too.
ReplyDeleteHow great it must be to have a fun grandmother like you.
ReplyDeletethose shirts are flat-out awesome!!! creative, clever, really well done!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, those are great! LOVE the flag shirts.
ReplyDeleteClever girls. They will be worthy successors to their equally clever and even more artistic grandma. The results of all that effort are splendid.
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