Glitter Art from JoAnn Fabric & Craft Store

My school is closed for almost 2 weeks for Passover so my Ema has been busy trying to keep me entertained.

I wanted to share with you a fun ... and according to Ema ... cheap project that we did earlier this week.



My Ema found it in the Busy Kids Camp stuff at JoAnn Fabric and Craft store and it only cost around $1 per pack.

Each pack comes with a picture and several packets of glitter. You just pull off the tape on the picture and sprinkle glitter on the sticky area to fill in the design.
I made an elephant and a bird and I saved another elephant and bird for my Ema to make later.

Since the glitter packets are so small, we poured each one into a small bowl and I used my fingers to sprinkle glitter where I wanted it to go.

One important lesson we learned is that you should only pull off the tape on the area where you are working because if you pull off all the tape at once, your glitter gets all mixed up and your picture turns out crazy.

I totally recommend this project for anyone looking for something to do during spring or summer break.

But as with most of my art projects, it does get a bit messy so you should probably put a piece of paper underneath your picture and maybe even on the floor.

Happy glittering and have a great weekend.

Love, Zoe

My Passover Art

So I promised you I was working on something special recently for Passover and here is the finished products.

First is my custom, handmade Afikomen bag that we'll use tonight at the Seder. My Aba and Ema will hide a piece of Matzah in my bag and I'll have to find it later. I'm really proud of the beautiful flowers and my lovely writing on the bag.

Next, is my Seder plate, which I hand painted and you can't see it very well in the pictures but I glued the symbolic foods on the back of the plate so you can see them through the plate. My teacher left strict instructions with my Ema that the plate can't be used for food and it can't be washed so my Ema displayed it in our dining room so everyone who comes to our Seder tonight will see it. I'm really proud of it as well.

Finally, the last photo is a collection of Passover art I've made over the years.

The red one is a Matzah cover that will use tonight during the Sedar and the green one is my Afikomen bag from last year. As you can probably see, I'm really progressed as an artist since last year

Have a wonderful Passover if you're included to celebrate that kind of thing and I'll be back with more fun art after I've caught up on my sleep from the Seders.

Art everywhere at my recent debut in a Pesach play

From my great costume to the powerful way I delivered my one line, my recent performance in a Passover play at my school is truly a work of art.

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Fun spinning art with the Rotator Painter

Last year for my birthday, a friend gave me this wonderful Rotator Painter set. It's a bit messy so my Ema only lets me get it out on special occassions, and this past Sunday was special because my cousin Ayla came over to play.

We took turns making wonderful spinning art creations with paint and lots and lots of silver and gold glitter. I always say, a girl can never have too many shiny things.

When we ran out of paper, we decided to see what would happen if we squirted paint directly into the spinning machine.

We thought the results were fabulous, but my Ema wasn't nearly as excited as we were so she took the rotator away from us.

In the end, we made a really big mess on the Rotator Painter and on ourselves, but we had lots of fun and made some beautiful pictures.

Have you ever used a Rotator Painter? Any idea where my mommy can get some refills for me to use cause Ayla and I used up all the paint and glitter and paper : (

Happy art spinning!

Mould & Paint Glitter Princess Kit

My Ema and Abba were going out one night last week. I was really sad they were leaving so I tried to cheer myself up by digging around in the gift closet until I found this really fun Mould & Paint Glitter Princess kit by ToySmith.

I then BEGGED my Ema to help me make the princesses right as she was about to leave. No go. She refused to help me. But all wasn't lost because my Safta soon arrived and she agreed to help me.

Once we got started, I realized I might be a bit too young for this project since the box says it's for ages over 5. Thank goodness my Safta was around to mix up the plaster and help me pour it into the mold because I never could have done that alone.

Next, we had to wait like 30 minutes before the plaster dried, but I kept sticking my finger in the plaster to check it. Safta finally gave in after 20 minutes and let me pop the princesses out of the mold. They came out so easily and I got myself set up with the paints that came with the kit plus a few others I had from other projects.

I only got a few of the princesses painted before I pooped out and had to stop. But I did paint one special princess that we made into a pin for my Ema. The kit came with 2 pins but I lost one of them before I had a chance to use it.

 My Ema loved her pin and wore it the next day. She got several nice comments on it. I'm now trying to talk her into buying me the Mould & Paint kit that has mermaids in it. My birthday is coming up you know : )

Happy moulding & painting.

Passover is coming

I'm working on a surprise for Passover in my class at school. I can't tell you exactly what it is just yet, but here's a sneak preview of me working on it during art class.

Can you guess what the finished product will be? There's a hint somewhere in this post : )

My Wall of Art

I just realized that I've never shown you my Wall of Art and I think it's such a thing of beauty, although my playroom is a bit messy around it.

My Ema and Abba went to this very cool store called IKEA and got this wire hanging thingie and hung it up across one wall in my playroom.

Now anytime I make new artwork, we hang it on this string with a clothespin but as you can see, my artwork has greatly out-numbered the space on the wall and I really need another wire hanging thingie or a really big scrapbook one.

Either way, I love my art wall and it's so great to look at all my projects and remember how fun it was to make them.

Maybe one day, I'll pull each one down and share it with you individually but for now, I'll share the "big picture" with you.

Enjoy and happy art making.

Love, Zoe



Best Friends Forever

I started worked on my very first book this week. It's about a Princess and a Mermaid who become best friends.

My teacher Gail helped me with the words because I'm not so good at that part yet but I figure I'll fill most of this book with pictures anyway.

The cover is a drawing of the two main characters: the Princess and the Mermaid, and the first pages feature more drawings of those lovely ladies.

I have a few more pages to fill before the book is completed so I'll keep you updated on my progress.

It's sure to be a best seller.

Love, Zoe (aka soon to be published author)