Art Day!!!

On Monday, we got to go the Upstairs Art Gallery with our playgroup. Jackie's parents own the gallery, so we got VIP treatment! It was so much fun. Our kids filled the room, and they all sat so quietly and attentively as the teacher explained each project. We parents were given strict instructions that this artwork was to be our kiddos work, and not ours. I was happy to let Laney let her creative juices flow!
Their first project was to paint a flower! They started with a paintbrush and painted the green stem with leaves.
Once her stem was finished to her satisfaction, Laney decided that the table needed a little bit of green as well!
Here is cute G modeling what the stem and leaves was supposed to look like!
Laney loved using her fingers to paint yellow on to her stem. It was supposed to just make the center of her flower, but she was having way too much fun to make her stop there.

I couldn't convince Laney to put her red fingerprints on her flower. She was determined to paint all over the paper towels right next to her flower. So, her flower ended up with just one little red petal! Messy hands....and arms....and legs....and feet! That is half the fun though!

Once Laney found the snack station, she had a cookie in hand at all times. Maybe she realized that I would not be the biggest fan of that plan, so she snuck under the table to eat. If you notice, though, she has a cookie with her for the remainder of our pics, so obviously I am a pushover!
Eyes on your own paper please!
Next up, coloring grass on our papers and making cotton ball ducks. Laney's grass was awesome. Not alot of fine motor skills necessary to scribble green lines on your paper!
Now, time to glue the cotton balls onto the paper in a manner that resembles a duck body. Got that Laney?? Sorry no help from Mama! Make it work!

Laney had to take some breaks from all that hard work. It was a little difficult to create masterpieces with a cookie in hand.
Once I moved Laney's chair closer to Tessa, she had a renewed interest in artwork! Anything is more fun if Laney gets to do it with Tess!
Laney was sharing her lemonade with Tessa. She is such a nurturer, even when someone doesn't want nurturing! Tessa is ever indulgent with Laney though!
This piece of art was supposed to be Laney's name written in marker with tissure paper pieces glued on the letters. Laney decided to turn it into lemonade art, began dipping her napkin into her drink, and smearing it all over the glue and marker. She definitely had ownership of her project!
After all the artwork was "completed" most of the big kids headed over to the gallery portion of the museum. We didn't figure that the little ones would fully appreciate/respect the works of art, so they stayed behind with a few mommies to clean up. It was so cute to see just all of our little ones together.