I’m always so busy posting about beads and fusing and mosaic that I continue to neglect the stained glass community and that’s just not right. My problem is that I don’t do any stained glass. There just aren’t enough hours in a day…but I have to find interesting things for you guys. So here’s a sight to help you with tutorials and other information about stained glass. I teach at a stained glass store regularly but have I tried it? Nope. I guess I really like melting glass. But for those of you with an aversion to fire check out this site www.creativity-in-glass.com. They have a newsletter you can sign up for, patterns and tutorials as well as information on tools and supplies. Seems like if you’re interested in starting to work with stained glass this is a good place to start.
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Try This Fun Bake Off Drawing Challenge with a Group of Kids
My daughter is 16 and one of her favorite things to do on school breaks is watch The Great British Bake Off. It’s such a soothing show, as well as being creative and fun, and it’s low stakes enough that it isn’t stressful, which is just the thing you need when you’re on a break from school.
If you don’t have an oven or want to do your own real Bake Off challenges, this baking show inspired drawing challenge from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls is a great alternative. This works best if you have a group of kids to play, but you could also do it along with a child at home.
The post includes a bunch of different “baking” challenges for kids to draw. As an example: “Draw a dozen delicious doughnuts! Be sure to include at least two different flavors of icing. Challenge yourself to think of as many creative toppings as you can.”
Give them a set amount of time (maybe 10-15 minutes) to draw their creations based on the prompt. Then have each child present their creation, explaining what they chose to draw and why (and what the different flavors are if it’s not obvious).
There doesn’t have to be a winner, but kids can vote on their favorites or you can “award” things like most colorful, tallest creation, etc. Sarah suggests if doing this with little kids you can come up with an award for everyone, but there need not be prizes involved.
With older kids you might do a couple of rounds and pick winners so that you can have a “star baker” just like in the show.
This is a game that would be a lot of fun for kids of different ages, and you can do it multiple times with the different prompts.
Get all the details and the challenge cards from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.
[Photo: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls]
