Driveway Art

Goodness! I just stumbled across these pictures. This was one of my favorite summer nights which was now a few weeks ago of course. I'm playing catch-up here!

We have one of those rolls of white paper in our basement that's 300 feet long by 3 feet wide. It makes a great table covering when you want kids to be entertained for a week by drawing on the table (like those restaurants that let you draw on the table with crayons) or for rolling out on the driveway for big art projects. We like to do both often. And, I just discovered a fun project to do with this paper and fall leaves which we will be trying too!

This particular afternoon we were in the driveway tracing our bodies for life-size art pieces!

First, and most importantly, all outdoor summer projects must start with what our family likes to call around here "A special drink". All special occasions call for a Special Drink. Mommy has her hard lemonade and Kayla has her grape juice/7-Up in her special glass (aka wine glass). We're ready to begin our project!

The Artist

 We are re-creating Kayla in her Ariel bathing suit.

 Like 1,000% of the time, Khloe is running through the sprinklers.

 The finished masterpiece! Well, actually, the finished masterpiece was cut-out and hung on our kitchen wall. Fun summer times!

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I love that Kayla loves to do crafts. There must be a "craft" gene that she inherited from me (and definitely not Aunt Amy). One afternoon this past Labor Day weekend she said to me (like she often does) "Let's do a craft!". Then she thought about it for a moment longer and said "Can our craft be to get out the fall decorations and put them out?" So of course we did! It's fun to go through a seasonal decorating bin when someone else is as into it and excited about everything as you are. A girl after my own heart!