Welcome! Thanks for visiting. How did character creating go for you/your kids this month? I’d love to hear about your experience. Please share in the comments or drop me a line!
This month I received completed activity sheets from three grandchildren: EJ (age 14), Kane (age 10) and Audrey (age 8). Thank you for participating and sharing characters with me and the CREATE A CHARACTER community! Your designs are terrific. Nice work!
Let’s talk about this month’s inspiration before zooming in on their delightful characters…
I didn’t travel far to collect shapes! Our backyard has been slowly changing from empty flower beds to speckled green mulch. So, I called my inspiration “Signs of Spring” and took a stroll around our house. Have you noticed the same changes happening in your yard too? It piqued my interest and I kept a steady eye on the plants I photographed. I wondered how much they would grow by the time I posted results (you’ll find out in a bit!).
Let’s start with the familiar plants we see every year: perennials. Notice where my shapes came from in the second block of images (blue shapes)…
Clockwise from top left: orange daylilies, a ground cover plant called Japanese spurge, bleeding heart, English ivy
Two plants changed quite a bit, while the other two did not.
This bleeding heart is one of the first plants to bloom in our backyard. It’s the first official sign of spring for me! What plant is the first to bloom in your backyard ?
These orange daylilies sit right outside our back door. They blossom soon after the bleeding hearts do. My office is in the basement, so whenever I walk up the stairs, these floppy long leaves are waving at me.
Let’s take a look at characters. Scroll to see EJ, Kane and Audrey’s fun designs!
Aren’t they spectacular? Thank you for sharing your characters with me, friends! Each design is so unique. I hope you enjoyed coming up with ideas!
Before I wrap up, my pencil sketches are below. My theme was Giant Squirrels in Unusual Trees. I decided to merge the two bottom shapes to go with the other characters. Do you see a story here?
Thanks for visiting this month! Download Activity sheet #152 on Monday, April 1st. If you would like you/your child’s designs included in April’s post, send them my way by Monday, April 22nd. Include a label for each character along with your name + age. Happy Creating!