BANANA STALK FLOWER STAMP

This is another art technique my second grade teacher taught us. I so love my teacher because she was able to hone my imagination and creativity. This can also be used in making cards just like the watercolor thread technique.

Materials:
Banana leaf stalk or Gabi (Taro) Stalk
Watercolor
White construction paper folded to into a card

Procedure:
1. Moisten water color with drops of water and dip the banana leaf stalk directly on the moistened color.

2. Stamp the banana leaf stalk on your card in a manner that you will form a flower. If the above procedure does not work, you can apply watercolor on the stalk using watercolor brush.

This is my daughter's work. She had fun stamping.

Have a wonderful day! (*-*)

WATERCOLOR THREAD FLOWERS

This is an art technique I learned from my second grade teacher, Miss Equias (Yey, I still remember her name!) I used this technique to make cards when I was small. Since Mother's Day is just around the corner, my daughter and I made a Mother's Day card for my mom using this art. 

Materials:

8.5" by 11" white coupon bond folded to be a card

watercolor

white string/thread (length is at least 12")

a thick and heavy book

Procedure:

1. First, moisten the watercolor with drops of water. Then place the threads directly on the moistened color. (Don't forget to leave at least two inches uncolored portion of the thread.)

2. After a few seconds, take the thread and lay it on the inside of the card in a manner that it has loops and curves. 

3. Next, close the card and insert it in the book. The 2" uncolored portion should be hanging out. 

4. Lastly, this is my daughter's favorite part, pull the thread. After that, you can now check the outcome.

Done! You just have to write your message on it.

Happy Mother's Day to all moms. =)

HIBISCUS (Gumamela) BUBBLES

This is a classic pastime I used to do when I was a kid. Mom taught me how to prepare Hibiscus (Gumamela) bubbles; and now I am sharing it to my little girl. She enjoyed mixing and blowing those bubbles.

My Gumamela plant

INGREDIENTS:
10-20 hibiscus leaves
2-3 tsp detergent
250 ml water

MATERIALS:
blower
mortar and pestle

Hibiscus leaves, and mortar and pestle

detergent

water

my daughter's old bubble blower

PROCEDURE:

1. First, crush Hibiscus leaves using the mortar and pestle. (I used stone when I was small)

2. Next, put crushed leaves in water.

3. Then, add detergent. Mix.

4. Lastly, let stand for 5 minutes. Afterwards, you can already enjoy your bubbles.

Little miss says it's like cooking.

It's windy; can't really catch those bubbles in photo.

Have a fun summer! =)

HOW TO DETANGLE DOLL'S HAIR

Barbie and Jem, and my little miss

Yesterday, my daughter and I kept ourselves busy with detangling Barbie and Jem's blonde locks. There is not much of a problem with Jem's hair; it just needed a bit of conditioning. Barbie's hair was the one to be rescued. 

To detangle their hair we used Johnson's baby shampoo, Surf fabric conditioner, water, towel and comb.

PROCEDURE:

1. First we gently shampooed their hair using the baby shampoo and rinsed afterwards.

2. Next, we removed the excess water in their hair by wiping it with towel.

3. Then, we applied fabric conditioner on the hair and combed it gently. The amount of fabric conditioner will depend on the severity of the tangle. We left them for an hour for the fab con to seep through; but 30 minutes is okay.

4. After an hour, we rinsed their hair with water; combed it and air dry.

I never knew before that Jem dolls are actually vintage. It was just a hand-me -down toy from my bestfriend.    I never knew her hair was really like that (punk style) until I saw it on the net; I thought my bestfriend murdered her hair. I know vintage things should be kept but not my Jem; she was playing with us since I was a kid. It's my favorite doll; love it!

LITTLE TREASURES II

Here's my second collection of Orange's drawings. I have observed that she is drawing events that recently happened in her life like her recognition day; recent episodes of her favorite TV show, "Indio", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6sR24r0JLc ; and the episode of "Tropang Potchi" in Baguio City last Panagbenga 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropang_Potchi. 

RECOGNITION DAY, March 2013

My 3 y/o little miss just had her recognition in Day Care last month. According to her these are her classmates Franchesca and Ana Marie in their recognition dress. They are also wearing crown. (But during the recognition day they are actually wearing white graduation cap)

GMA 7 INDIO

Orange had watched on TV that the main character of this show, Malaya/Simeon, reunited with his father (Baba) and mother (Eloi). I saw this drawing in her sketch pad.

Baba, Malaya, and Eloi

The lines connecting their hands, according to my daughter, manifest that they are holding each other.

CHARACTERS IN INDIO

"Malaya"

"Malaya with his top"

"Esperanza"

Feet are covered with her long dress

"Rosa"

"Magayon"

The letters on her arms and lines on her legs are tattoos =)

"Lihangin"

But looks like Lidagat or Dalikmata to me. Lol =D

"Ubo Simeon"

Orange loves Indio so much that she even asked me to send this drawings to Simeon (Sen. Bong Revilla), lol =D The triangular thing on his head is a hat; used by Simeon when he went back to Ilawod.

TROPANG POTCHI

Orange saw the Panagbenga episode of this children's TV show. She was so amazed when she saw the street dancing participants in their Igorot costume. She said that they dressed like the little Indio (Malaya). Then, I found this drawing in her pad paper.

She said this is an Igorot Ka-Potchi.

"Miggy, Potchi, Sab, and Len-len"

The kids in tropang Potchi were wearing hooded shirt in Baguio City, that's why the kid on the left has that striped thing around his face.

OTHER DRAWINGS

She drew these dresses when Mama was sewing her recognition dress.

She also copied her toy castle in this drawing.

She was awarded Best in Arts, Best in Storytelling, and Most Thoughtful in her recognition. Yey! =D