Toddler Art Journal

LILMUALLIM # 3 GETS CRAFTY

Every few weeks or sometimes months, Lil Muallim # 3 "Green Journal" and ask to work in it. As I've mentioned before he's quite persistent with his choices. Barakallahi lak !  

Rainbow Loom Epidemic

RUBBER BANDS EVERYWHERE

Lil Muallimah has been following tutorials and keping busy to make the following. May Allah bless her in her skill and creativity Ameen.

Cereal Bow with Fruit loops and a spoon!

Swaddled baby

Friends

Cherries

Bracelet and Ring

Pretty Flower

This ones my personal favorite! Lil Muallimah later attached this to a metal hair clip and wore it with matching dresses :)

Allahumma Barik!

Toy Story Art Journal

LIL MUALLIM # 3 NEW ENTRY

Latest entry in art journal, click on pictures and guess what we've used... :) Lil Muallim # 3 really surprises with me how particular he is with how he wants it and what he wants to use....! 

Allahumma Barik

Paper Fun

Lil Muallimah gets Creative

Time and time again children surprise you with their creativity and creative expression. The other day Lil Muallimah served me with tea and cookies Lil Muallimah style:

• Tea bag with brown paper in the cup and a tea bag tag fixed with a ribbon hanging from the edge of the cup,
• chocolate chip cookies
• crackers
• yellow and pink paper strips for banana strawberry smoothie (if I wanted to drink something cold)

It was just too adorable Mashallah!

Art Journal

GOT TO LOVE ART JOURNALING

Don't know when and if the kiddos will reach this level but they are thoroughly enjoying their creative exploration at this point.

While I intend to write a detailed post of our first Art Journaling experience, here are some sneak peaks from their Art Journals .

Lil Muallimah's

 Lil Muallin # 2

and of course Lil Muallim # 3 did not want to be left behind........ he was quite particular about what he wanted and where he wanted it!!! 

Bead Art

When Science and Art come together.....

After a lesson in parts of a plant Lil Muallimah wanted to do some arts and crafts.......

The result was quite surprising and cute..... Mashallah !

Ball Painting and More

CHANNELIZING ENERGIES WITH COLORFUL FUN

Got the idea from Rawdah tul Ilm, I really liked using this idea when  the Lil ones were feeling quite energetic but I needed them to be  not so rowdy. When we sat down to do we turned it into a lot of eploring and experimenting. Lil Muallim # 2 and LIl Muaallimah thoroughly enjoyed this one. 

 

 

Both my little ones LOVED rattling the box turn by turn.

OTHER THINGS WE USED

Lil Muallimah # 2 especially liked predicting what the end result might look like, based on how he thought the chosen objects would move. I was really impressed by his thought process Mashallah! 

 

 

 TA DAAAA!!!

After all this kids wanted to paint by themselves, I asked them if they wantedto learn some cool tricks. Check them out in our Painting Effects post.

Painting Effects

PAINTING WITH ODDS AND ENDS

Right after our Ball Painting fun, kids wanted to paint by themselves. I thought I would use this opportunity to teach my Lil Muallims unconventional ways of painting. I wanted them to have fun and think out of the box. They learnt special effects can be given by using other things besides the brush. The pictures are pretty self explanatory. Not the the utensil used to get the desired effect.

Check out the pictures below to see what we did.

LINED TEXTURE WITH STICKLE BLOCKS

MIXING COLORS WITH FINGERS AND MAKING RAYS WITH A FORK

 USING A PLASTIC TOY TREE TO GIVE FOLIAGE EFFECT

USING A FORK TO GIVE THE EFFECT OF GRASS

We had a lot of fun doing this.... in the end our play room was filled with papers spread to dry form both of our painting adventures that day!