It has been freezing here over the past week… we even had snow a couple of days ago!
Though there was no snow today it was still bitterly cold, and I had a birthday party booked into the studio for 2pm this afternoon – it was 5.1C at this time, so luckily I had loaded the up fireplace a few hours earlier to get the studio nice and warm for the party.
The party was for an 8yr old, and are a great healthy and creative alternative to fast food party venues, and saves parents the clean up if the party was at home! We made treasure boxes using the hollowing out method and then the children painted them with coloured slips. The treasure boxes then dry at the studio and I fire them with a clear glaze to make them shiny. The kids had a great time, as did the adults!
More information on parties – for adults and children – can be found on my ClayMotion website.
Making treasure boxes
Finished treasure boxes waiting for painting
Painting the treasure boxes
Birthday Cake!
The party went from 2-4 pm, and once over I let the fire die own and retreated inside my house…. it was way too cold to remain working in the studio, and I didn’t want to keep the fire going when I had one one roaring away in the lounge room.
I then spent the afternoon making some paper beads, again keeping the winter theme! I live on the outskirts of Ballarat, a regional town in central Victoria, Australia, and for the second winter the council has organised a festival called Winterlude and one of the activities includes ice skating in the middle of the CBD. Advertising for this event includes full page spreads in the local paper and it is this advertisement I have used to make my beads.
I used a guillotine to slice my paper, some skewers and PVA – yes, it is that simple and the effects are great. I have some paper bead jewellery currently in my ETSY shop and plan to add some more with these beads.
I really love the colours achieved with this paper 🙂
Well, that’s about it for today…. I hope to catch up again mid week 🙂
I just love the idea of an art project for a birthday party. The days of over-priced parties at places that are loud and full of video games are such a waste of brains and energy. To actually CREATE something…something you can pass along to your kids once you’re old enough — how wonderful is that? Good for you, my friend!
Posted by Claudia | June 30, 2016, 11:04 amagreed Claudia 🙂
Posted by Dawn Whitehand | June 30, 2016, 5:50 pm