The Fine Arts team held a spaghetti dinner/art auction to raise money for the trip to Nationals. The kids kept any money they made from their art and split whatever profits there were from the dinner and bake sale. I thought I'd post some pictures of some of the art the girls made.
Cerah went her traditional route and crocheted up a storm.
This teddy bear was made with baby soft chenille yarn so, while it was hard to crochet, it turned out really soft. People couldn't believe how soft it was.
Next up was a nerdy bird. I have one that Cerah made me but mine is purple and pink. This one was snatched up pretty quickly too.
I wasn't sure how this one would sell as it was pretty small but there were a few people there who had small babies and they were all bidding on it.
This girl bunny
and this boy bunny took the longest to make
They looked so cute as a pair that we decided to sell them that way. We actually decided on a lot of modifications from the pattern such as the striped ears, arms, and legs. We also added different eyes and noses. Cerah made up the pattern for the tie as that wasn't part of the original and I made the bow for the girl bunny which also was something we added. We think they are much cuter and have more character this way.
Morgan chose to make different things so there was more variety.
Rob helped her make this cedar box with a stained glass cross in the top. It started out as two pieces of cedar plank and a square piece of glass. They spent a few nights designing, cutting, shaping, sanding, and staining...
But the end result was a beautiful box.
One simple thing she did was just enlarge a picture we had taken in N.C. and buy a frame that we thought looked beachy. It turned out nice, in fact we had a second one made so I could hang one up at home.
She had so much fun making the first stained glass cross that she talked Rob into helping her make another one to sell separately. It's hard to tell in the picture but this one has purple glass as the border and the inside glass has variations of purple, pink, green, and blue in it. It worked really well together.
All in all they both had fun making their projects and were quite pleased with the outcome. Everything sold and they made a decent amount of money. They also took a lot of pride in working toward something important to them. It was a good character building lesson for them.
