Spotlight on Art: Back to School

Are you ready for it? It’s coming on quick, and I’m sure those of you with school-age children are making the final preparations and trying to soak up the rest of your summer as best you can. In just a few weeks the school buses will be back, the back-packs will come back out of the closet, and homework will return to the kitchen table. It’s a fun and sometimes hectic time of year, and I’m here with a couple of pieces of artwork from one of our fabulous Art Studio artists to help you get into the spirit of things.

Try out this card idea to add a little more fun to the first day of school. With a treat cup attached to the front and an encouraging note on the inside, it’s sure to brighten your child’s day. If you’re wondering how the artist created the apple, she made it out of a cherry shape from the new Cricut Artiste cartridge! She used scissors to shape the bottom and trim the stem to a more apple-like length. How clever!

This perpetual calendar idea, made using the new Scholastic papers makes a great teacher gift, and can easily be modified for a variety of other applications. You’ll recognize the My Creations Display Album that this calendar was made from. The memory protectors that come as part of the Display Album are easily sewed into four pockets and then cut apart for separate flipping.  You can really have a lot of fun decorating the separate days and months of the school year to slip into the sleeves.