I have really been working hard to encourage more creativity in our home. Danny's kindergarten experience hasn't been the best (so far) at fostering creativity, although I have enjoyed the artwork he has done with his art teacher. So.... we do spend a good amount of the time on weekends making things. Sometimes we finish our projects and sometimes we don't, but I have been enjoying these times with Danny.
A couple of weeks ago I checked The Book Book out from the library. It is AMAZING!!!! Basically, the book gives ideas and inspiration for using everyday objects to create the art in your book and also some help starting a story. Unfortunately my pictures don't do it justice, but it is so fun to look through.
Danny and I poured over it one evening, which got Danny all excited about making his own book. He took the book to bed, and this is how Randy and I found him later that night.
He had even written a list of ideas for the different chapters of his book:
We started our book the next day. This is the Queen and the deer.
The fox and the prince.
And that is all we have done so far. The items we scavenged and some blank pages are all stored in a little box for when Danny feels inspired again. Someday I'll buy this book! It has the potential to be used for many, many years!
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