Artist Trading Cards

Ok, i just found this unfinished post that i had started a couple weeks ago, and then forgotten about, so I'll just finish it now.

I have mentioned a few times on my blog, the awesome teen program at our library. Well, a few months ago, they started an artist trading card board on the wall. Artist trading cards a little peices of art on a card the size of a baseball card. There's just a bunch of little clear slots on the wall full of cards. Then you can trade the cards you make for other cards you like. It's been so much fun making cards all the time, and i think it has inspired me to explore lots of types of art that i don't usually make, and i like that. I have collected over 100 trading cards now! I'm so excited! It's one of the things i look foward to every week, just going to the library to see what new art is up on the wall. I took a few pictures of all my cards.....

There was also an article in the paper about the Trading Cards! You can read it here.

Chinese dragon finger puppet

this week at the library we made chinese dragon finger puppets!
i made mine green =)



they're really cute!



it's made out of felt, a foot of a feather boa, and googly eyes!

i haven't thought of a name for it yet. =)

Wildcard Wednesday

Today was Wildcard Wednesday at the library. We always do fun stuff. Today we made leaf pendants out of clay. I did a maple leaf. We picked a color of clay. I used orange. Then you have to warm it up in your hands and make it soft. Then we rolled it out and made the shape of a leaf on the clay with a wooden skewer. Then we took the excess clay and made a little snake out of it to make the loop at the top. Then we put this glitter powder stuff on the leaf. It makes it shimmer. Then we baked them in a toaster oven for a little bit. Put on some cord and voila! Now i have a really cool necklace!

Wildcard wednesday

Today wildcard wendnesday started back at the library. They dont do them in the sumer time, just during the school year. Well today we made some marble magnets.

Here is a picture of a few of my magnets






What you need for this project is...

some of those clear marbles that are flat on one side
some old magazines or small pictures of things
small round magnets
scissors
and glue

we had a bunch of old magazines and we looked for pictures about the size of the marbles. then you put the marble on the paper and trace it with a pencil. cut out your picture and then put a tiny bit of glue on the back of the marble and put the picture on it facing the marble. press the air bubbles out of it (the glue will dry clear) and then glue the magnet on the back.
they are really cute and fun to make. i like wildcard wednesdays. :D