Art Project #86- Woven CD Garden Decorations
I found some old, bank CD discs and knew right away I wanted to make something fun and colorful with the boys. I love how the CD's sparkle and thought about breaking them up to make a mosaic.. but we didn't have anything to glue the pieces to.
I looked around on Pinterest and showed the boys the different projects I had found. Then I let them choose what they'd like to do. As part of our 100 Days of Art, I am trying to be much more mindful of whether the boys are excited to do the art project or not and I am finding giving them choices helps so much.
Alec and I worked on making a woven garden decoration while Evan just wanted to use sharpie markers to color his disc to look like Captain America's shield.
Evan brought his disc and markers outside. He found a scrap piece of wood to put under this disc and after a bit of trial and error we decided to use Press and Seal wrap to make a mask for the star in the center of the shield.
We really needed something that would allow him to paint all around it while still keeping the star shape for him.
When he was done we pulled the star mask off to reveal the white star in the middle and then threaded fishing wire through the hole to hang it from.
Alec and I started by tying a knot of yarn around our discs. We then wrapped the yarn around making sure to keep an odd number of strands. We used 7 or so and really I wish I had used about 13; it made weaving quite difficult towards the outer edges with the yarn spaced so far apart.
We then knotted a piece of colored yarn (about 12" long) to the back of our CD and brought a length of yarn through the hole in the center to start our weaving; going under and over all the way around a few times.
Once we had quite a few rows around we started adding beads onto our yarn. Anytime we wanted to change yarn color we just knotting the new color to the end of the old color and kept weaving. We found the knots ended up getting covered by the weaving and even some of the beads.
We kept weaving and beading until we decided we liked what we had and wanted to stop.
Our final step was to tie a small yarn hoop on the top to hang it by and to add a few dangly bead strands to the bottom. To do this we tied two strands of yarn around the bottom few strands of yarn. I tied them onto the back to keep them from showing on the front... like this:
Then we threaded some beads onto our strands, knotted the yarn/string to keep them in place and then hung them in the garden... though after a few quick pictures Evan and Alec decided they'd rather hang their garden decorations in their rooms.
I looked around on Pinterest and showed the boys the different projects I had found. Then I let them choose what they'd like to do. As part of our 100 Days of Art, I am trying to be much more mindful of whether the boys are excited to do the art project or not and I am finding giving them choices helps so much.
Alec and I worked on making a woven garden decoration while Evan just wanted to use sharpie markers to color his disc to look like Captain America's shield.
Evan brought his disc and markers outside. He found a scrap piece of wood to put under this disc and after a bit of trial and error we decided to use Press and Seal wrap to make a mask for the star in the center of the shield.
We really needed something that would allow him to paint all around it while still keeping the star shape for him.
When he was done we pulled the star mask off to reveal the white star in the middle and then threaded fishing wire through the hole to hang it from.
Alec and I started by tying a knot of yarn around our discs. We then wrapped the yarn around making sure to keep an odd number of strands. We used 7 or so and really I wish I had used about 13; it made weaving quite difficult towards the outer edges with the yarn spaced so far apart.
We then knotted a piece of colored yarn (about 12" long) to the back of our CD and brought a length of yarn through the hole in the center to start our weaving; going under and over all the way around a few times.
Once we had quite a few rows around we started adding beads onto our yarn. Anytime we wanted to change yarn color we just knotting the new color to the end of the old color and kept weaving. We found the knots ended up getting covered by the weaving and even some of the beads.
We kept weaving and beading until we decided we liked what we had and wanted to stop.
We then added decoration around the outside of the disc using the sharpie markers Evan had brought outside.
Then we threaded some beads onto our strands, knotted the yarn/string to keep them in place and then hung them in the garden... though after a few quick pictures Evan and Alec decided they'd rather hang their garden decorations in their rooms.
Other Projects in this series:
Project 1: Painting with Hexbugs
Project 2: Tissue paper flowers
Project 3: Star Wars Crafts
Project 4: Watercolor compass circles
Project 5: Floral pens
Project 6: Watercolor outlines
Project 7: Scratch art jellyfish
Project 8: Oil pastel flowers
Project 9: Fingerprint dandelions
Project 10: Beaded Sun Catchers
Project 11: Bird crafts and snacks
Project 12: Symmetrical, color mixing, butterflies
Project 9: Fingerprint dandelions
Project 10: Beaded Sun Catchers
Project 11: Bird crafts and snacks
Project 12: Symmetrical, color mixing, butterflies
Project 13: Water gun art
Project 14: Watercolor Kits
Project 15: Dragonfly Silhouettes
Project 16: Painting pet rocks
Project 17: Spray Paint Resist
Project 18: Water bottle windsock
Project 19: Stained glass made easy crafting kit
Project 20: Tin can windsock
Project 25: Making our own rafts
Project 26: Spray Painted Canvas
Project 27: Paper bowl jellyfish
Project 28: Tin Foil Art
Project 29: Oil Pastel Bubbles
Project 30: Chalk Pastel painting
Project 31: Washi Tape Votive holders
Project 32: Drip Painted Pots
Project 33: Sun Art
Project 34: Tissue paper transfer
Project 35: Stained Glass dragonfly
Project 36: Art Museum field trip.
Project 37: Taking a Family Art Class
Project 38: Painting Minecraft T-Shirts
Project 39: Painting Pikachu
Project 40: How to Draw Books
Project 41: Wax resist Watercolors
Project 42: Splatter Paint Canvas
Project 43: Fine line fall leaves
Project 44: Fairy Village field trip
Project 45: Oil Pastel Resist Leaves
Project 46: Tissue Paper Leaf Art
Project 47: Bat Silhouette Painting
Project 48: Beginner Photography
Project 49: Making Harry Potter Wands
Project 50: Drawing Cat Faces
Project 51: Making Homemade cards
Project 52: Learning the Art of Zentangle
Project 53: 3-D printing
Project 54: Gingerbread Train
Project 55: Paint Swirled Ornaments
Project 56: Loom band ornaments and bracelets
Project 57: Candy trees
Project 58: Strand of light chalk drawings
Projects 59-64: Christmas Crafting Kits from Oriental Trading
Project 65: Painting Ceramic Village Pieces
Project 66: Washi Tape Cookie Cutter Ornaments
Project 67: Learning Origami
Project 68: Art Books and Artist Study
Project 69: Playing Go Fish Art
Project 70: Edible Chocolate Art
Project 71: Geometric Hearts
Project 72: Marble Swirled Hearts
Project 73: Solid Tempera Paint Drawings
Project 74: Qixels 3-D Maker
Project 75: Making Cupcakes
Project 76: Window Marker Art
Project 77: Shamrock Zentangles on Scratch Paper
Project 78: Painted Pandas
Project 79: Minecraft Digital Art
Project 80: Charcoal Drawings
Project 81: Chalk Pastel Lighthouse Drawings
Project 82: Dying Easter Eggs With Bleeding Tissue Paper
Project 83: Painting Pottery
Project 84: Drawing En Plein Air
Project 85: African Savannah Paintings
Project 67: Learning Origami
Project 68: Art Books and Artist Study
Project 69: Playing Go Fish Art
Project 70: Edible Chocolate Art
Project 71: Geometric Hearts
Project 72: Marble Swirled Hearts
Project 73: Solid Tempera Paint Drawings
Project 74: Qixels 3-D Maker
Project 75: Making Cupcakes
Project 76: Window Marker Art
Project 77: Shamrock Zentangles on Scratch Paper
Project 78: Painted Pandas
Project 79: Minecraft Digital Art
Project 80: Charcoal Drawings
Project 81: Chalk Pastel Lighthouse Drawings
Project 82: Dying Easter Eggs With Bleeding Tissue Paper
Project 83: Painting Pottery
Project 84: Drawing En Plein Air
Project 85: African Savannah Paintings
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What a great project for the kids! So colorful and fun and I love that they are recycled art as well! Thanks for stopping over!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteThis is such a great project. I'll do this when my daughter is a little older. Great way to spend some quality time with the kids
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun!
DeleteSuch a fun project for the kids. Pinning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pin. :)
DeleteGreat project and looks like a lot of fun. I think that my boys would enjoy this. I can just see them getting very involved. Great crafting:)
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Thanks!
DeleteWhat a lovely make. I picked up a collection of cds a while ago but imagine I got rid of them before the children came along. #mg
ReplyDeleteYeah, I used to have a huge stack of them and after seeing all the cool crafts we could have made with them I'm kind of bummed I was only able to find 4 after scouting around in all the drawers of our old computer desk.
DeleteThis is a really cool craft, thank you for sharing it at The Really Crafty Link Party this week. Pinned!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pin and for hosting!
Deletewow what great creative activity, mine would love doing this. Actually my mums garden would be perfect to decorate with these as she lives on land and has lots of big trees. We have only just planted our first trees as we haven't lived here long. Love this idea! #mg
ReplyDeleteThank you; it was a lot of fun.
DeleteIt looks like you had fun making these, and learn't lots too. Fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun.
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