We have to toot our own horn with these sweetly unique pot covers for popular drought friendly succulents. Yarn adds a lovely twist to natural beauty for crafty display. Just wrap your pot like crazy with your yarn of choice. We love how they turned out!
Solid as a rock…
That’s what this creation is.
Getting inspired while at his cousin’s birthday party yesterday, Lathan found rocks were more fun than he had thought. He started playing around with different formations, stacking them, lining them up and here, giving them a wild personality.
How clever he was to see the cohesiveness with the three rocks he put together with outstretched arms no less. So simple, yet so not obvious! It took a special connection to inspiration and some help from mom with the hot glue gun to make this fun and funky rock man. He sure is cool.
Rock Man
Lathan
7.5 yrs
A glass apple sauce jar inspired Gayle to make a wisdom jar, a place to keep those little tea tags and fortunes, sayings to inspire. With a bit of hot glue to spell the word and fun acrylic paint colors this jar became wise and ready to inspire.
Wisdom Jar
Gayle
Adult
Cardboard saves the day..
Even though Lauren knew she wanted to make an owl when she arrived at CReATE she needed some time to formulate the kind of owl it would be. There was a lot to consider, should it be round, soft , flat or 3D.
Staring with a fresh piece of cardboard was just the right move. She had a nice base with which to build on by layering her pickings one by one to make the happiest owl created with lots of fun textures and just the right pop of yellow.
Owl
Lauren
11yrs
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.”
Wayne Dyre.
Watching someone get caught up in a creative moment when they are not expecting to is a bit like watching them dance to music that that was too infectious not to move to. It’s inspiring.
A cardboard coffee tray seemed to be the conduit for this resourceful character. Believe it or not, I had never seen these simple pieces put together to make a caricature. Now I’ll see trays and hangers a different way , as potential bodily components beyond their lines and shapes.
In this process I was given a different view and now I see different possibilities.
Now isn’t that what art is about?
This weeks wow is a family affair. Mama Sharon and two of her brood, came in for a CReATE date! Lennox had something special in mind, a chair for her Barbie. After family consults the chair idea was expanded to include a dining table which looked best with place settings for six.
The whole family worked on this lovely process to make a meal fit for a queen. They added the tiniest of details like straws (made of toothpicks) in glasses of milk (made of cut straws filled with glue)and shell plates with salad (beads). Every detail was thought of, even the napkins were pressed.
I hope I get invited to dinner.
Barbie Dining Set
Sharon, Axel and Lennox
What started as a stuffed sock evolved with bold fabric scraps and trims to make up this whimsically tribal looking doll.
Macy mixed and matched all the pieces she was drawn to and with her moms help put them together in a most intriguing way.
No tribal great one could be complete without a head dress and satchel filled with special potions, foods and tools- she thought of all the details to make this doll complete. No doubt he will stay in the family for many years to come.
Tribal Doll
Macy
8yrs
It was so fun to watch three generations of women creating the other day.
Daughter, Mother and Grandmother were all a buzz with ideas and possibilities as they mined through bins looking for that one thing that was going to ignite their creative process. June enjoyed watching what her daughter and granddaughter were doing as her creative juices simmered.
She knew what she wanted to do, but how to build it was the question. I became captivated with the layers she used to develop the form into the smart looking owl it became. Under his feathery exterior lies a core plastic water bottle along with a section of plastic apple packaging. Then fabric, then more only textury on the surface. The feathers, by the way, are fake leaves cut into the feathers that now rest on this who’s who of an owl’s span.
Here is art imitating nature.
Horned Owl
June
Adult
Who knew that puzzle pieces could be so versatile? Mama Amy got inspired when sifting through the bin of puzzle and game pieces. Amazing how something so simple, just gluing puzzle pieces together could make such a statement ( I must admit, I love initials too).
Imagine a whole name in puzzle letters! Wow!
A
Amy
Adult
Nicholas gets a nod for most ingenious and practical reuse of non recyclable materials!
He cleverly played with two heavy plastic materials that when put together the way he did became a fetching end table for his room (he plans to spray paint it red). He didn’t know the primary table components are not so earth friendly but with his touch they became somewhat so. Now his table with a conscience will provide his room with flair and a good place to set things down.
End Table
Nicholas
9yrs