100 books!

At the beginning of the summer I gave Abi a challenge to read 100 books over the summer. They had to be chapter books over 60 pages. I bought some book journals in the dollar section at Target and after reading each book she had to fill out a page about it.

Then we would hang a piece of paper with the book title onto our book chain. 

Every ten books she got to pick a small prize out of a basket. They were usually pencils, stickers, 

When she reached 100 she was able to pick out a bigger prize. 

Here she is (the day after the art show) with her book chain of 100 books and her prize. She picked the My Little Pony Equestria Girl Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer doll set.

Art show: part two

This is "The Sprinkle Shop" ( watercolor on canvas and then glue and salt)

and  "Minnie Doopdy's First day of School" (glue and salt and then food coloring)

by Maddy

Abi's mosaics...

Abi's " The Sprinkles" and "The Heart Sprinkles"

Abi's "Sugar and Spice" drawing of the Power Puff Girls

and  "Pinkie and Opal"

"Sparkly Paint Drops" by Abi

inspired by Jackson Pollack

favorite of Grandpa

"The Sunflower" by Maddy

pencil

"Strawberry Field" by Maddy

inspired by Jackson Pollack

favorite of Wendy

"The Park of the Magical Fairy Garden" by Abi

melted crayon dots

favorite of Dan

"Orchard by the Golden River" by Maddy and Me

melted crayon dots

"Rainbow Explosion" by Maddy

inspired by Henry Mattise

favorite of Grammy

"The Collage Mountain" by Abi

inspired by Henry Mattise

"The Alicorn" by Abi

watercolor

" Happy Flowers" by Maddy

watercolor

We played a game of Simon Says with drawing and the girls had to draw the same things to see how different their drawings would be.

Abi's:

Maddy's:

The refreshments: Lemonade and cupcakes

This is the sign we put on the front door..

The girls modeling by some of their art work. It is so hard nowadays to get a picture where both of them are smiling, looking at the camera, and not moving. Well, it's always hard to take one of Maddy that doesn't end up blurry because she is always in motion.

Aunt Wendy and Mishael

They brought the girls each one single pink sparkly rose.

Doug's mom (Grammy) brought them each a cute little basket. Abi's had a pack of pencils and a watercolor set in it.

Maddy's had a pencil set and a package of twistable crayons..

Doug, my sister Steph, Doug's sister Wendy..

my niece Courtney, Doug and his mom in the back...

It was SO much fun!! One of the highlights of the summer!

Art Show: part one

The girls were so excited about their art show! 

We scheduled it for the last Saturday of the summer. 

I made lemonade and pink lemonade cookies... but the cookies were a disaster so I made a last minute run to Walmart and got a bunch of mini cupcakes. 

Then I hurried to get all of the art mounted on the walls with titles and inspirations by them.

We had a good turnout. 

My parents, Doug's mom, My sister Steph, her husband Dan, and my nieces Mckenna and Courtney, and Doug's sister Wendy and her fiance Mishael.

I gave everyone stickers so they could put them next to their favorite Madeline painting and their favorite Abi painting. It was fun to see what people chose.

So here we go...

"The Mystery of the Hidden Rainbow Forest" by Abi

A black and white pencil drawing

"Summer" by Abi

marker

"Laffy Taffy" by Abi

inspired by "The Scream"

oil pastels

"The Laugh" by Maddy

inspired by "The Scream"

oil pastels

favorite of Steph and Daddy

This is how most of them were mounted...

"A Starry Night in Minnie Doopdy Land" by Maddy

inspired by "Starry Night"

watercolors and crayon

favorite of Karen and Grandpa

"Starry Night in Windy Lane" by Abi

inspired by "Starry Night"

watercolor and crayon

favorite of Mishael

"Musical Animals" by Abi

watercolor, lemon juice, and black marker

"The Ocean" by Maddy

watercolors, lemon juice, and black marker

favorite of Dan

"The colors of Beauty" by Abi

inspired by "improvisation No. 26"

Paint

" The Royal Patch Bedroom" by Maddy

inspired by "improvisation no. 26"

paint

"Self Portrait" by Maddy

inspired by Van Gogh's self portrait

black marker, crayon

"Self portrait" by Abi

inspired by Van Gogh's self portrait

black marker and crayon

favorite of Mommy

"The three girl musicians" by Abi

inspired by "Three Musicians"

construction paper

"The Three Girl Musicians" by Maddy

inspired by "Three Musicians"

construction paper

"The Royal Pastel Flower" by Maddy

inspired by "Abstraction White Rose"

oil pastels

"The Rose" by Abi

inspired by "Abstraction White Rose"

paint

favorite of Wendy, Grammy, and Daddy

"The Water Lily Pond" by Maddy

inspired by "The Water Lily Pond"

watercolors, oil pastels

favorite of Grandma, Mishael, and Courtney, and Mommy

"The Bridge of Beauty" by Abi

inspired by "The Water Lily Pond"

watercolor, oil pastel

Abi's descriptions of her pet rocks...

Abi's pet rocks...

Maddy's pet rocks....and descriptions

"The Ponies Pets" by Abi

adding googly eyes to paper and then creating around them

favorite of Grandma, Steph, and Courtney

"Mom" by Maddy

she did this with marker. It was not part of our art summer but I was so impressed that she wrote mom on top of it without any help that I wanted to show it.

"The Natural History Museum" by Maddy

adding googly eyes to paper and creating around them

more to come...