I saw this silhouette idea while I was researching for my Today's Mama Father's Day crafting roundup post. I knew I wanted to include it in our gifts of {love}, but I also knew I wanted to adapt it just a little bit. I already had all the supplies to put it on canvas, so that's just what we did.
I had the kids paint a background on an 8X10 canvas. Then I took a picture of their side profile. That was enough for one day. Day two involved me putting a white sheet of paper over my computer screen and lightly tracing each kid's profile. I suggested they make a collage of the things that describe them. Joshua loved the idea. Emma G opted to draw herself instead. Don't you just love the braid hanging down?
After gluing their profile on, I covered the whole thing in Mod Podge to seal it. I absolutely love how these turned out! They truly were a gift of love that the kids proudly gave their daddy on Father's Day!
Linking up with the lovely Jennifer@Studio JRU for Sneak Peak Friday.
I had the kids paint a background on an 8X10 canvas. Then I took a picture of their side profile. That was enough for one day. Day two involved me putting a white sheet of paper over my computer screen and lightly tracing each kid's profile. I suggested they make a collage of the things that describe them. Joshua loved the idea. Emma G opted to draw herself instead. Don't you just love the braid hanging down?
After gluing their profile on, I covered the whole thing in Mod Podge to seal it. I absolutely love how these turned out! They truly were a gift of love that the kids proudly gave their daddy on Father's Day!
Linking up with the lovely Jennifer@Studio JRU for Sneak Peak Friday.
18 comments :
These are fantastic!!
so fun!
I love how the finished products reflect their personalities! But I also love just the photographs you started with. Beautiful!
What a great Father's Day gift! I just might have to try this next year! --Sadee@aPicturebookLife
Love this, Jen! Have to do this!!!
love this. It is such a cute idea.
What a fun take on silhouettes!
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These are terrific! I love this idea - I'll have to try it next year!
You have the greatest creativity!!! How fun--and I love that you actually did this...I have a lot of ideas saved, but haven't done many of them!
Love these. What a great gift and so much fun to make! Love the braid. Love the fruit loops! :)
How beautiful! I love your idea...I need to try that...as a project with my kids. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, these are cool! I will have to book mark this for NEXT Father's Day!
Blessings,
Cindy
Oh, and I do l.o.v.e. the braid...how creative she is!
Ahh..those are too sweet...it reminds me of the class I took at Art n'Soul...there is actually a name for this type of painting created by a famous painter: Archimboldo! Who knew right? Here's my link for that class: http://con-tain-it.typepad.com/love_shack_studio/2011/05/im-lovin-it-art-soul-in-the-studio-this-friday.html#more
Hope you have a wonderful week. Fondly, Roberta
So wonderful...what a great gift!
Super adorable spin on the silhouette trend - love it!
These are BEAUTIFUL and to have them truly from the kiddos' artistic space = LOVE LOVE LOVE!
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