A snowflake costume
So, I picked up the toddler from nursery tonight and we were at home making paper chains just before bathtime, and my husband’s talking about the Christmas party at nursery tomorrow. “Do you want to wear your Santa outfit or your bee costume?’ he asks, innocently.
“No, Daddy! I want to wear a SNOWFLAKE costume”.
Uh. Right.
I’m all ready to say ‘no way’ until I remember that we had something delivered in a large cardboard envelope last week. Maybe, just maybe, if I apply the Draw Anyway approach to costume making - that is, dive in without worrying too much about the end result. Lots of cutting and some painting with acrylic later, we have a costume. A costume that won’t be very comfortable for long, but, hey, I met the brief.
The moral of the story is that sometimes it’s good to hoard cardboard and paint. And I know that this isn’t strictly a drawing post, but I really only have time for one artistic project in an evening. Having said that, I have her birthday party invitations to get cracking on…
Posted: December 19th, 2007 under Loosening up, Me, Drawing with kids.
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