DIY Inspiration and In the Art Room - Silhouettes

I've wanted to make silhouettes as gifts for a long time.  I did an art lesson on them with our 4th graders for their Virginia Studies unit several years ago just using my projector and black paper.   For a friend's birthday, I took profile pictures of her two sons, printed them out on my printer, traced on to canvas, and painted.  Voila!

This is the printed photo, just flipped so the face won't show.


Here are the silhouettes I did in class with my 4th graders:
     
The project itself was very easy and low key.  Once we were done, we looked at how silhouettes were made during Colonial times. 

DIY Inspiration - Lego Table

I saw this DIY project on Made by Rae.  Their project was clearly for a playroom as it was quite large.

I made a smaller version of this table for my 5 year old's bedroom.  

The table is an end table I got at Ikea for $7.99 and the stool was also from Ikea for around $7.00.  I ordered the Lego plates from Amazon - I think I paid less than $20 for all four.   It's the perfect size for his small bedroom and he loves playing with it!



DIY Inspiration - Art Pouches

I love these do it yourself art pouches from Chezbeeperbebe.  
You can find the tutorial here: Whip It Up

The kids in my art room could definitely use some organization!!!

 

Photos from Whip It Up