…tie dyes together
Happy birthday, Grandpa! This weekend, it was the Virginia family’s turn to tie-dye! The six of us won t-shirts in the SAAC Art Contest this summer, so we celebrated with a tie dye party. Continue reading …tie dyes together
Month: June 2020
Batiks together…
The art of batik uses wax and dyes on material to create beautiful designs. But….. for children, crayon batiks are fun and kid friendly. McKenzie is showing her beautiful rose. I can’t wait for our next creative project. signing off. Ruth Bethea Continue reading Batiks together…
… ZOOMs together
Beth here…. We just had a wonderful afternoon of family stencil painting together via ZOOM! Anna & McKenzie McDonough in Naples and Grandma (Ruthie) in Ormond Beach. Because if you can’t be together, why not ZOOM together! Anna loves the sunset color scheme, so as her background she blended yellow & orange & red onto her canvas. McKenzie choose a background to match her sitting … Continue reading … ZOOMs together
…..fashion designs together
What a great blog & tribute to an amazing lady! I’m loving this idea and look forward to seeing everyone’s creations. Ann-Marie here…..Estelle, Betty’s 7 year old great granddaughter has been enjoying trying her hand at some Barbie fashion designs made from balloons. She’s created tops, skirts, dresses, necklaces, headbands and even a Coronavirus styled Barbie with a face mask. Continue reading …..fashion designs together
…boardgames together!
One of our favorite things to do is play board games. Owen and Thomas enjoy deconstructing games and building them with new rules or new pieces. This helps them to better understand the game and put their own spin on it. The game Ticket to Ride has so many cool variations. There’s the original US map, Europe, Africa, UK … but there isn’t an edition … Continue reading …boardgames together!
… marbles together
Beth here… During what we’re calling Camp Grandma, we did marbling. It was on our list of crafts for the week, and all week I envisioned using actual marbles, but mom set me straight. It’s a technique that results in a marbling pattern on paper. We first filled a shallow pan (9×13) with a special thickened marbling solution. And after dropping special paint onto the … Continue reading … marbles together
…grows together
Start them journaling while they are young. This is McKenzie McDonough, Betty’s youngest great-grandchild. She is working in her journal after a day at the beach. I think she expressed her feelings pretty well. Continue reading …grows together
…competes together
Some of us Krausmans live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We’re big fans of the Staunton Augusta Art Center, which brings amazing exhibits to our town and offers events and classes for all ages. When we heard about their Summer of ’20 Art Contest, we jumped at the chance to participate! Here are our entries for the past several weeks: You can still vote … Continue reading …competes together
…styles together
Overall painting day was a big hit. Beth and her family are still visiting, and we were joined by Noel and Izzy. Chrissy drove over with Hayden and Zachary and of course Grandma Krausman joined us. We spent the morning sketching, throwing ideas back and forth, painting, visiting and bonding through art. Continue reading …styles together
…tie-dyes together
Beth McDonough here, daughter of Ruth Bethea. Tie-dying is a family favorite of ours and this time we tried a couple of different folding techniques— a crinkle effect & the American flag fold, in addition to our tried & true spiral fold. Mom helped us fold, dye, & rinse these festive shirts that we can’t wait to wear! Another creation we made was a series … Continue reading …tie-dyes together
The Family That Creates Together... 