A Found Art Moment

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Feb 7, 2009

Yesterday, my stepdaughter and I found a moment for art before she went to the Princess Ball (a daddy and daughter dance held annually at her school – it’s the cutest thing ever). We wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining that she and her step-brothers switched rooms last week. (we switched them around so she and the new addition to our family, a fifteen year old teen girl, could share a room)

It was very important that this note be just right, so we:

1. Wrote with sparkle gel pens, as a way of symbolizing fairy sparkle dust (similar to what is found in the Fairyopolis books)
2. We used purple construction paper because, for some reason, she believed that is what the tooth fairy likes the best
3. We used a lace corner punch to add some artistic edges
4. We drew vines and flowers around the edges of the note

When we were finished with the tooth fairy’s note, we hung it on her bedroom door with the words, “To the Tooth Fairy” written across the front. The problem was solved, and an artistic moment was found. It was a small artistic moment, but one worth embracing nonetheless. Monday, I’ll be making a dragon book with my youngest son. I love the imaginations these kids have. It’s so much fun creating art based on whatever pops in there mind because it’s rarely uninteresting!