Birthday card for Nanny

I wanted to share with you a craft that we have been doing since Little Boo was ten months. It is making contact pictures, it is wonderful as I have seen how the pictures have improved with time.  Nannies Birthday is today so we decided to make her a card using our contact picture.

All that is needed is

• Two pieces of contact paper (Usually used to cover books) whatever size required.
• Whatever is wanted to fill it with. (We have used sequins, foam shapes, and pieces of magazines, tissue paper)

First of all lay the contact paper sticky side up.  I remember when Little Boo was younger even this was funny as she would just keep on touching it.

Add what is wanted

Little Boo wanted to cut some pieces of paper as well to  place on there

The finished contact with a printed message. Now place another piece of contact on top of this to sandwich everything together.

We made ours into a card for Nannies Birthday so I made a border on a card

Then attached it inside.

The possibilities are endless with these contact pictures.

More ways to display children's art work

I am really pleased to see how many people have viewed the page about "Displaying children's artwork" so decided to share this with you.  Below are images of canvas that Little Boo completed a few months ago. It was only when going round a local shop (The Works) that I realised how cheap the small canvas were and thought it would be great for Little Boo to do painting on.  We were also in the process of moving home so I asked Little Boo to make them for me with Nannies help (who also loves crafts) for me to put up in my new study.  It was lovely as I knew what they were doing but had no idea what they would turn out like so it was like a moving in present from Little Boo.

Apparently Little Boo loved doing this, squeezing out the paint and choosing what to use to decorate them.  It is wonderful that each of them is completely different.  They were completed over a few weeks as Little Boo would put a bit of paint on then revisit it to put on decorations.  This also gave the thick paint opportunity to dry.

Sorry there are no images of Little Boo actually doing the paintings maybe next time as I plan to change these every year it will be lovely to watch how she progresses.

Would you think of displaying your children's art work in this way? Go for it they look amazing and will always make you smile.

The masterpieces displayed in Mommy study