September Art Co-Op

As I'm getting all the birthday pictures together, I'm going to post some pictures from the last art co-op that we had with our homeschool group.  We have at least one event a week, it seems like, to give the kids a chance to get together.  Of course, this is in addition to church and other extra-curricular activities.  (Everyone always wonders about how HS kids have the opportunity to develop friendships, so I added that little bit in there for info's sake).  ANYway, our get-togethers can't always be "just" for fun - sometimes these kids have to learn something!  So, our small group instituted a monthly art co-op so that the kids get a chance to learn an art technique that they may not necessarily get the chance to learn at home.

In September, they created sun prints.  It really looked like they were using blueprint paper, but I'm not positive that that's what it was.  Jmk will have to bring us an old piece from his office to see if we can recreate it.  Anyway, I didn't get a picture of Poodle and Tooter actually making their prints, because I sort of had to help the little man with his.  Thus, I couldn't take any pictures.  But, here's a picture of the other group (the older kids) making theirs.

While the younger ones were waiting on their turns, the teacher/hostess for this event had a great time-killer/ice breaker for the little ones to have fun with.


You can see Poodle in the middle of the shot here.

And Tooter is the wee one in the red shirt and brown'ish shorts.  I think they were taking turns running under the sheet thingy during this waiting period.


It was a good session and I'm looking forward to seeing what else is waiting for us during the school year!