The Holiday Spectacular: Part Two

A few more ideas for you to have a creative and restorative holiday break.

Hello! I took one piece of my own advice and made a spaceship out of a cardboard box. Was it more fun for me than my one-year-old? Yes! Absolutely. 

If you missed last week, The Holiday Spectacular: Part One is a good place to start!

The Holiday Spectacular: Part Two

Build a blanket or pillow fort. 

Clean out a dresser drawer, or two!

Repair something

• How to change a bike tire

• How to sew on a button

• Basic mending tutorial (tip: use an orange instead of purchasing a darning mushroom)

Try your hand at collage, this process is really blowing my mind:

My Collage Process

We’ve been reading so much Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and now I want to make collages out of painting scraps. I remember we did a project like this in elementary school art class and it stuck with me all these years. Eric Carle is a national hero.

A painted scrap collage is perhaps a very good way to continue decorating my cardboard box spaceship.

If I haven’t convinced you to start drawing yet, maybe these will?

• Anni Albers sketchbook  

• Lynda Barry

• Ruth Asawa

I’m off to enjoy this holiday week! Hope you can find something you like here. See you next Sunday.

Bekka