Coloring with my kids
Coloring with your kids and trying new coloring techniques with colored pencils.
I spent some time coloring with my daughter today while my sons were working on their “carpet farm” setup. Normally we go outside, but it was a windy crappy day, so everyone decided to stay in.
My youngest currently loves to color “multi” and has spent hours coloring her favorite coloring sheets at the moment. I’m sad to say they aren’t mine, but anything to keep screen time to a minimum.
She decided to switch to markers for her coloring sheet. We found some free sheets for her favorite episode of Bluey (Hammerbarn)and she went hog wild with some colors on “Jeremy and Tony”. Poor Jeremy looks like he’s having a bad day. I’m not sure why he has black eyes, she could only tell me that he needed them.
She asked me why I chose the colors I did for my truck. I don’t know, I just felt like the windy overcast day needed some more sunshine. I really like this K100 with an Aerodyne sleeper, and I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the visor? I wish Crayola would come out with a silver color pencil. I tried using a pencil to put some bling on the rims, but it sort of failed.
Edited: I stand corrected. Crayola does have a Metallic Pack. I just have to find them. Our Walmart doesn’t have them on the shelf, unfortunately. So now I wish they had more than one Silver in a pack!
Fun with Valentines
An addition to the stock Aldi’s coloring box is discussed, along with the release of some semi truck themed Valentines.
It was kind of a crunch to get ready for Valentines, even though I thought I had been proactive and bought some pre-made Valentines boxes from the Aldi’s seasonal section. Two weeks in advance, which is unheard of for me.
My oldest and I put his Aldi’s box together and then he decided that it was not big enough, so he had the great idea to use some of the (many) truck printouts that I have littering the flat surfaces of our house. It turned out really well, and I am very proud of his creativity.
I got a little creative myself, and put some semi-truck themed Valentines together. Both my boys wanted them instead of the Valentines that came with their premade boxes, so I was a pretty proud mom.
My son colored the pictures and I helped tape them on the box. We cut a hole through the bottom of the Aldi’s truck and the top of the cardboard box for more storage area. We did have to destroy it a little to get the Valentines out at the end of the day, but as we all know, good things don’t last forever.
I put the digital file for the semi-truck valentines up on the DDST website and on Etsy. It’s cheaper on DDST because there are less fees. I am writing this in March because I’m still getting the hang of these blog posts. Consider me early for next year!
Thank you for reading!