Pinterest Paper Plate Owl Awesome Sauce

Yeah, we fucking did.  Paper plate owls are ALL OVER Pinterest, so I said "Let's jump on that wagon, girlies!"  Well, sort of.  Actually I said, "Who wants to make paper plate owls?" and they were sold.  I went through my little scrap bin...

This bin makes me happy for some reason.

 And cut some wing-y goodness...

Small and big for the layering fun.

We headed outside for the painting...

Most of which actually made it on to the plates.  YAY!

Can I craft yet, Mom?  Almost, sweet baby.  Almost.

I got the supplies together while the paint congealed and we set to work.  Lots of glue, design, eyes, wing options, etc!  When we finally completed our owls for the final time, for REAL, we had this:

Tertia needed one more eye, for some reason.

Prima OWNED this craft!

Secunda also nailed it.

And mine.  I LOVE doing crafts with the girlies!

Letters and tape and paint, oh my!

So it seems all my best and messiest projects begin with a muffin tin full of paints.  We were generously given some amazing homeschool activities from a recent friend (whom I'd like to adopt as my honorary grammy for lots more reasons) and I decided to try the painting letters one.  It was our Science/Reading day, so this tied in nicely.

I got out my never-ending stack of paper plates and some masking tape.  I drew the letters on the plates and showed the fairies how to cover them with tape.   I cut up some old sponges for the smearing/stamping/free-for-all and let them have at it.

 All three had a fantastic time smooshing the sponges in the paint, but Secunda was TRANSFIXED.  She's very sensory without the (occasionally) concomitant behaviour issues.

So we spent the morning stamping away...  And had a great time.  Plus LEARNING.  Thanks, faeries!