God's Creation

I've learned that God created everything in six days, wow! huh! cool! We must take care of His creation because it's so beautiful. God created us in a special way means a unique way.

By: Otnie

Jack-o-Lantern - Halloween Lantern

Materials: Toilet paper, Glass Jar, Paint brushes, Poster Paint, Black art paper (jack-o-lantern face), Candles

It was our first time to make jack-o-lantern in used glass jar. First, we tried to paint the used glass jar, then failed. Secondly, we're having a hard time gluing the parchment paper at the glass jar....but we're failed again.

At last it works! YahOooO!!! my husband gave an idea! instead of parchment paper, why not trying to use toilet paper. So we used paint brush to damp the toilet paper at the used glass jar with poster paint.

Here's some example for printable pattern of jack-o-lantern face. Thanks SheKnows for wonderful templates.

Sun

Otnie loves artwork. It was early at night, i made an easy artwork for him, so that to keep him busy for a while.

Materials:

Sponge, white cardboard papers or bond papers, poster paint, paint brush

Bloop!....Bloop!...Fish

today's meal...!

Otnie got an idea and he designed a happy face breakfast meal.

He enjoyed eating it.

His cousin (kuya rommel) gave a cup of yogurt. He's watching his favorite tv shows, then...at the same time he's eating yogurt for his snack!...   :)   it's very nutritious and delicious!!.....hehehehe at last!! i tasted some of it!! (about half teaspoon only)

my toys

Otnie loves fixing toys. No matter how really bad the toy is, he still cares for it. When i'm going to throw some of his "no use at all toys".. he always told me "no.. mommy, it might be useful and i could still play with it".

It all started with his dad. His daddy loves to fix anything!... :) and store things that we might think "no longer useful at all".

God wants us to be a good example to our kids because they always see and imitate us. But the most important is to let them learn and experience to love God.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6).

Wet Market

Otnie had a lot of friends at the wet market. When he's not with me, they asked me panicky "where's otnie?!? where's your baby?!?", it seems they know otnie well than i am...hahahaha

I wanted Otnie to have a good relationship with them. You know...how naughty he can be, at his very young age he doesn't know what is right or what is wrong, as a parents we should guide our children. In Proverbs 22:6 says "Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it."

One time I caught Otnie playing those vegetables by throwing or juggling at it. I warned and explained him 3 times, but he didn't stop, so i asked him to say goodbye to them. When we got home, i disciplined him for disobeying and messing the store. Then i hugged him and said "mommy loves you very much, Jesus is so sad if you do something bad. The owner of the store wouldn't like you anymore because you messed all their stuff and the food they eat came from what they sell, so how could they sell those if it spoiled up? God doesn't like playing those vegetable because it's what God had provided us for food and He doesn't like it to be wasted."

 I guided and helped Otnie to make a sorry card and at the back of it that says "I'm sorry for messing your store."

broom!! boom! birthday card

It was Otnie's first time to draw a birthday card for his papaton (uncle)

  How to do the birthday card: fold the paper into half

draw a simple truck

trace and color the truck using crayon

draw a simple balloons using crayon

draw a muffler (rectangular shape) and smoke (twirl shape) using black crayon

paste 2 cotton balls for the wheels

write the name of the birthday celebrator

write a simple greetings

land forms and water forms

Lately, Otnie studied about land and water forms. While he was exploring and discovering the land and water forms, he's amazed and very appreciated the beauty of God's creation.

I let Otnie to watch the movie WALL•E, so that he may learned something new. While he's watching the movie, he saw lots of garbage, the air are polluted! then he said "yeow! oh!!..it's dirty!...lots of garbage and with stinky shoe", i said "the world will be like that if we are not concerned to our surroundings."

Otnie learned how to take care the land and water forms by:

• conserving water.
• taking care of the plants.
• throw the garbage on a proper place.
• always make the surrounding clean and orderly.
• recycle - used ice cream container into a storage for crayons/pens/any school supplies or as a pot for the plants or toy drums to play with. Used BBQ stick/used egg cartons for art crafts. Used soda bottles for any kinds of liquid re-filler or drumsticks to play. It taught Otnie to be resourceful and creative.

For Artcraft:
piece of brown art paper cut into a big triangle for mountain

then paste it.


draw some waves using blue crayon or color pencil for sea


Put glue all over the sea and mountain parts, then sprinkle some sands


draw a sun using orange and yellow color crayon or color pencil


draw some birds using brown and black color crayon or color pencil


Otnie learned that if we are not concerned to our dear world very well, God will be sad and we don't have place to live including animals. So...it's never too late and let's start taking care of it.

Bracelet

a birthday gift for otnie's friend...ate angel

a graduation gift for otnie's cousin...ate tikya


Materials:

• Stretch & Elastic Cord for Beading
• Beads
• Scissor

How to make the following:
line-up the beads in sequence

inserting the beads


Making a bracelets is not for art craft only. Otnie learned to be a cheerful giver, giving gift to someone must be special and unique, he also learned in math terms by counting and making sequence or pattern. It helps to improve the hands motor skill.

circle

Otnie's first drawing of circle. He learned that in the beginning of God's creation was circle.. like planets, stars, moon and sun. And the way the planet moved. They harmonized in circles.

A Very Big Boat

In the story of noah's ark (bible: Genesis 7-8), God made a rainbow as a symbol of His 3 promises.

1. Never to flood the earth again.
2. There would always be seasons of the year.
3. Day would follow night.

Otnie learned that he will never forget to say thank you to God and to others.

A Stick Full Of Hearts

Valentine's Day is not for lovers only, but for people that you love or closer to your heart.

Otnie made a valentine's gift for his friends, cousins, uncles, aunties, grandparent, and...of course!! the last but not the least... for his daddy! and for his mommy too! :)



How to make the following:

use art scissor to cut a heart shapes (1 for the face, 1 for the head)

At the back of the head, write the name to whom it will be given

At the face:

1. paste 2 googly eyes
2. use thumb to make a heart shape lips

paste the stick in between the 2 heart shape face and heart shape head

Printer with scanner

Lately, we (otnie and i) prayed that God will provide a good printer and suited for our studies and art works.

Finally!! we bought canon MP258 3-in-1 Printer with continuous ink in affordable price at Frequency. Their staffs are very friendly and approachable.. means if there is something wrong, they could easily assist you.


Thanks God for His provision.

birthday cake card

How to make the birthday cake card:

[BACK]

Make a "connect the dots" cake shape

[BACK]

connect the dots in ascending order (numbers)

[FRONT]

1. Dip the toothbrush at the poster paint or any artwork paint.
2. Rub the toothbrush on the kitchen's strainer.
3. Repeat 1 and 2 until it's done.

[BACK]

Cut the guide line

after cutting the guide line

Fold at the center then cut using art scissor

Fold triangular

Birthday Card for Achi Bianca

fold the paper into half


cut the right side edges using art scissor


thumb paint for flower's petals


paint the pencil in green for the stem


thumb paint green for leaf and pink for bees


punch hole

paste