Crafting with the Grands

My grandboys are starting to get the idea that I'm the crafty one, and they look forward to doing crafts when they spend time with me. The younger one, 4 yrs. old, tells me that he wants to do "arts and projects."

Last week when the older one (8 yrs old) was spending the night, he decided he wanted to do a craft. I told him to tell me what he wanted to make, and after thinking about it he said that he wanted to make a pop-up card for his brother that had a satellite on it. Their family had just been on a vacation to Big Sur, and the subject of satellites came up and the younger brother became obsessed for the rest of the vacation. He could not stop talking about it. 

So, big brother basically designed this card. I cut the objects out on my cutting machine, and he glued them all to the card and told me what he wanted me to print. I was so impressed with his ideas. Lots of print-2-cut, pop-outs using foam tape, a wobble and one pop-up die where the blue astronaut was popped out about an inch and a half.

All of the elements in this card, except the inside satellite, and including the background night sky/stars came from Creative Fabrica.

The proud boy with the card for his brother. The large satellite inside is on a wobble.

A very happy little brother! He kept saying, "It has a satellite! I love it so much!"

So, the next time the little guy came to my house he wanted to do "arts and projects," and decided he wanted it to include a shaker with, of course, a satellite. This is what we came up with. He gets to use the glue, but is a bit heavy-handed with it. But, we made it work.

This was made with a wooden ring on top of a larger flat wooden keychain blank. Then with added acetate with an overlay of cardstock.

After he had his keychain he decided that he wanted to make one for his brother. It was decided that the theme of his brother's would be, what else for a kid, poop. So, here's what we came up with. Big brother thought it was pretty funny.

And there you have crafty time with EB (my grandma name).

It's Time for Arts and Projects!