Adorable Chibi Harry Potter Art Video
Cabot and Riley finished another fun art video by Cabot (aka The Nerdy Artist). This one is cute Chibi Harry Potter art — Oops, I Missed the Snitch. (= Enjoy! Read More
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Birthday Board – Harry Potter Theme
We do a Birthday Bulletin Board for Riley’s school each month and I think this month is our favorite yet! (= Check it out…… Here’s the song the Sorting Hat is singing in case you can’t read it on the photo. Not to Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Read More
Art Adventure: Reading Posters! (=
In today’s Art Adventure with Cabot’s class we did Reading Posters –in honor of “I Love To Read” Month. (= We started by discussing what the purpose of posters is: to CATCH PEOPLES’ ATTENTION and to CONVEY INFORMATION. Then we talked about various ways posters can meet Read More
Bowtruckle for Character Day at school
Cabot(10) is going to be Newt Scamander for Character Day at school. There’s not a lot of Newt costume stuff available at a day’s notice — but, we were able to make a quick Bowtruckle from pipe cleaners and sharpies that we found around the house. (= Read More
How we make our Reading Pillows
I gotten a lot of questions about how we do our pillows, so I thought I’d share our process & some in-progress pics. (= First I sketch out a rough pattern design of the character on large paper. Then the kids & I search through the fabric supply in my mom’s Read More
Digital Art: Dobby from Harry Potter
I’m trying to teach myself how to draw in Adobe Illustrator… Dobby isn’t done yet (he needs a stack of hats still, obviously) but he’s starting to look somewhat like Dobby. (= Read More
It looks like the Owl Post arrived with the birthday presents
It looks like the Owl Post arrived with Cabot’s birthday presents. (= I just ran across this picture from Cabot’s 8th birthday, and I still love it. We wrapped all of his presents in brown paper bags (turned inside out so you couldn’t see the Target labels, of Read More
Last Minute Gift Idea For Harry Potter Fans (=
If you’re looking for a last minute gift for a Harry Potter fan, copy Cabot’s idea. Give cozy socks with an Albus Dumbledore quote tag, “One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair.” Cabot drew Read More
Giant Harry Potter Book Cover
Cabot is working on a gigantic Harry Potter book cover for part of his Lego League Program presentation (nothing to do with the Robot Competition part of the competition, there’s lots involved in FIRST Lego League…) and I think he’s doing an amazing job!!! (= Read More
Fun Mail Day – Harry Potter Care Package
Care Packages are FUN – both to send and to receive. And, I think they’re even more fun when they come in a decorated box. (= The boys and I put together a Harry Potter Care Package for a cousin, and I thought making the box look like Platform 9 3/4 would be super Read More
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