Blank Canvas

Typically, one of our Christmas traditions is our homemade gift exchange.  Usually in October the kiddos draw names and then set out to make a "homemade" gift.  We aren't talking just paper and sticks glued together.  Each kid makes their plan and their list of needed supplies and I take them shopping and then they get it put all together.  We have had everything from flannel board stories to bath salts to jumping roping song book to car ramps made out of wood scrap and lots in between.  It is pretty cool to see what they come up with and it is usually the present they all want to save to the very last to open.  This year instead of presents under the tree we opted to furnish our empty basement family room with a couch and T.V (the beanbag and ping-pong table were definitely feeling lonely).  I persistently checked out the Craig's list and the local classifieds daily and it paid off when we tracked down a cool red sectional that was the right size and fit the budget so we could get a new TV instead of used.  So, I suggested to the kids, it might be cool to keep our basement theme with Christmas going and we should figure out wall art as our sibling gifts.  They were all on board and since we had already drawn names they decided that we should each get a blank canvas and paint it in honor of their person.  The only criteria is that it had to have the person's name who it was representing on it (sorry, on my photo I blurred the names so I didn't give anything away).  To give balance to the arrangement, I did one for Senior.  They loved doing it and they turned out pretty fantastic.  Now, when ever anyone is bored they ask me if they can paint a canvas (I had a few left over).  I haven't given in yet but one of these days maybe we will break out the paints again!

Wall Art Christmas 2011 Can you guess each theme? Check "A Little Slice" tomorrow for the answers!
From Top Left Counterclockwise: Junior by Giada, Senior and Chocho by Chocho, Giada by Bernina, Queen Bubs by Slick, Slick by Junior with help from Bernina (Junior did paint the yellow and the dots), Bernina by Queen Bubs