You’ll need
If necessary, pour the ink into a glass with a wide opening. Dip a spoon into the ink until the bowl is completely covered. Allow the excess ink to drip off …
… and put it on a piece of paper to dry. Prepare as many spoons as needed.
In the upper third, place two hole protectors next to each other. That’ll be the eyes.
For the white belly, I cut a piece of foam to fit into an empty tin and drenched it in white ink. You can simply use a kitchen sponge.
Press one finger into the ink and place it just below the eyes. Repeat if necessary.
Attention: Now the kids should wipe their fingers on the damp cloth. Otherwise, the white ink will come to life and magically appear on every surface ;)
Cut a small triangle from the yellow felt and glue it between and a little below the eyes. From the black felt, cut a crescent-shaped piece and attach it to the spoon’s back. I decided to skip the feet because it would’ve been too complicated for my kinder students.
Now here’s the complete penguin! Isn’t he adorable? Depending on the age of the kids, you can decide how much you want to prepare. I decided to do all the cutting work because we didn’t have much time.
Here are some pics of my proud penguin tamers (the faces are blurred to protect the children’s privacy):
This winter hasn’t brought much snow (yet), but a thin layer is covering our garden and the garden steps. Our cat Joschka didn’t stay outside long, but if you look reeeeally closely, you can spot where he sat watching the birdies :D
Today I made a card which I’d like to submit to 3 challenges. First of all, my newest discovery: The Spotted Chick, a lovely blog full of great cards and wonderful inspiration! My card fits into “The Krafty Thursday #57″ challenge because the card’s base is kraft paper.
The card’s sketch can be found at CAS-ual Fridays. Very versatile, I know I’ll use it again soon.
The color combination of theCR84FN challenge looked so fun and fresh, and I applied it onto the neutral background. My alphabet stickers didn’t have an “e” any more, thus my weird iPhown spelling … well, I like the LOL Cats :D
Oh yeah, I should probably add my card – here it is (click to enlarge):
It was fun to make, thanks to all the great Challenge hosters!
We have an old reed organ which I use as a backdrop for my cards. And it reflects my job because I teach recorder and, in one case, the basics of piano. Just the other day, we were looking at a list of famous composers (Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Liszt), and my student (9) asked me: “Have you seen one of them live?”. Argh.
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From a funny situation to a funny card – I’d like to submit this card to the Simon Says Stamp challenge “Patterned Paper”. It was great because it made me use some cute paper scraps from my stash, and a cat stamp which I carved from an eraser several years ago.
Back to two CAS style cards, inspired by the great class I took. I’m so happy about my brand-new Vagabond and love to experiment with the various dies and embossing folders. Here you can see the result of my “Rays” embossing folder:
The idea to partially color the stamps comes from the same course. The letters are rub-ons, and the stamps are by Viva Decor
That’s it for today :D
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She’s using Fortunaschwein on her website & on the CD cover. And on her current concert poster (which you see to the left) as well. Amy surprised me by sending me her wonderful CD. Yay!
This sketch caught my eye, it’s one of those which I’ll use over and over again. The hearts on my card are cut from an old notebook, a vintage fleamarket find. The red paper is a wallpaper sample, and the clock face comes from my stash of “hopefully I’ll get a chance to ever make use of this” stuff.
This was the inspiration (click to get to the challenge):
It was fun playing along, and now I’m off to visit some of the other participants’ blogs :D
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