I’ve had two fantastic weekends and a Blinding Flash of the Obvious – the BFO can wait until tomorrow.
But the weekends . . . I try to squeeze as much creativity into the day-job as I can and because I work mostly with primary school teachers, supporting their practice in the classroom, I sometimes manage more than a bit of creative problem solving.
I worked with a group of children scraping paint onto A 2 sized paper to make some books. It was pretty slow so I finished them off over the weekend before last.
While the students will be writing about the skills they are developing in class, mine will be about learning to play again!
I’ve been making these booklets in various sizes in the classroom for years and just in case you want to make one too, here’s an explanation of how to do it that I found for you on You Tube. They can be made from any size sheet of paper – the booklet ends up 1/8 the size of the page. I usually glue the pages after I have finished all the folding and cutting.
The painting was so much fun that I decided I would make some more the next time my grand-daughters came to stay – and that was last weekend. So there we were, a old painting drop sheet on the floor, jars and tubes of cheap acrylic, old credit cards, brushes, corks carved into stamps and some sponges.
By the end of the weekend, the whole family had had a play, the dining table was covered in supplies and everyone is feeling very satisfied with two watching Milo and Otis. 
The dining table is still covered with bits and pieces . . . one of the few joys of not living there during the week is that I get to walk away and leave it all behind waiting for next weekend’s playtime. 
And as if having family to stay wasn’t joy enough I had mail! 
Quinn McDonald was celebrating reaching 1500 posts (I’m up to 55) and sent out these wonderful journals . . . where will I send it on to? Any takers? I’ve not got supplies here at my little mid-week abode so next weekend . . . there is much smiling going on here!
late start studio 