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A Super Valentine’s

2/13/2020

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I usually share my own art process on this blog, but sometimes I interrupt my regularly scheduled program to share the art process of my three-year-old. This is one of those times . . .

This week has been a sick week. A yucky cold has been making its way around our family. Having a lot of time at home this week, Ransom and I were able to create some cute little Valentine’s Superheroes to give to his friends at school. We were inspired by these guys, which we made last month from a printable from Messy Little Monster.
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We started the process on Sunday night, when the sickness began and Ransom had to stay home from church. I had him paint a few sheets of paper with red, blue, and white tempura paint. We used a paintbrush, roller and q-tips. He got really into it actually, which always warms my heart because art-making is not always his favorite activity. I think the papers on their own turned out really lovely.
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The next day I cut out a lot of capes, hearts, and circles (for heads), while Ransom colored the “bodies” (aka popsicle sticks).
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Next we glue! He lost stamina at this point, coloring and painting were his favorite. In reality, I did a lot of the gluing myself.
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Ransom drew on all the faces himself — the mouth, nose, and hair. (As you can see in the top of the picture above.). I thought that gave it some toddler-charm. On the back of the capes I wrote a note “You’re super, [name]! Happy Valentine’s Day!” Today, which is actual Valentine’s Day, Ransom was finally well enough to go to school and so we got to distribute his superheroes. He attends a sweet little preschool co-op nearby.

As I said, creating art is not always Ransom’s first choice in activities (he’d rather jump off of things or play Ninja), so creating these little guys was pretty sweet for me.


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    Laura

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