Art, art, everywhere!

Lately Elijah has been getting more in to arts and crafts. We hadn’t been doing as much because every time we would color or play Play-doh, etc., Eli would play for about a minute or two and then be done. It’s a lot of work to get out stuff for two minutes of fun, so I’ve been reluctant to do much. At BSF during my Monday morning leader’s meetings, Eli and other leaders’ children are watched by volunteers, and one of the times of the morning that they have is art time. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve noticed that the things Eli has been bringing home have been getting more advanced and he’s been participating more (things are actually almost completely colored instead of just a few scribbles). Talking with my cousin Stacy, who has a very artistic older son, Tyler, and a very active not-going-to-slow-down-to-color-two year old, Joshua, she suggested that I try having Eli glue things, since Joshua enjoys that. So Eli and I went out to Michael’s two weeks ago to stock up our art tub with things to glue and stick and all those good things. And when Lexi and Tori were over we gave it all a try. We did drawing dough, recipe courtesy of Catherine and Family Fun magazine, which was a minor hit with the kids, and then we glued and made pictures. And we discovered that Elijah absolutely loves gluing things!!

Trying out the drawing dough!

Tori was a big fan of the dough.

Sweet Lexi poses with her creations
(she's the only one who would!)
Let the gluing begin!

Elijah really likes to glue pasta shapes.

The finished creations!

The next day we painted (the girls love that) and glued too. Since then Eli keeps asking to glue things, so we get out our art supplies every few days now. I don’t know if Eli will ever be super in to art, but who knows? He is definitely more interested now and was just asking yesterday for “nother glue project, Mommy!”

Eli painted for a minute then asked for the glue!

Gluing "pom poms" is another favorite of Eli's!
(and hearing Eli say pom poms is a favorite of Mommy)