Father’s Day
Well, this post is more than a month overdue. Nonetheless, I wanted to share with you, my faithful reader(s), the creation Jude made for Josh this past Father’s Day.
I got the idea from my upstairs neighbor. She’s a teacher, and thus, crafty. The original idea was to get some finger paint, let Jude put hand prints all over a piece of paper, and frame the picture for Josh. After consulting two friends who are amazing, wonderful, awe-inspiring artists (see Katrina’s work here and Jennifer’s work here), I decided to use acrylic paint on a canvas-covered, three-sided box that would hang on the wall.
Josh was away on a mission trip during the week leading up to Father’s Day, so Jude and I didn’t have to act in secret or try to hide what we were doing. On Saturday, the day before Father’s Day, Jude and I took the L to Evanston and visited our local Dick Blick store. After picking up all the necessary materials, we headed home and got ready for bed.
Early on Sunday morning, Jude and I woke up and got straight to work on creating Josh’s gift. I spread some paint onto a paper plate and helped Jude get the palms of his hands covered. Each time he pressed his hands into the canvas, he smiled and squealed. I wish I had been able to take photos, but I was a bit busy trying to keep the paint on the canvas. He used two different shades of green and brown and he also used white. After Jude finished and the paint dried, I took our newly purchased fancy pen and wrote on the upper and lower edges of the canvas so that Josh would always remember when and for what Jude created such a lovely piece of art.
So, without further ado (and please forgive the poor picture quality!):
What an amazing gift! I will have to remember this idea for next year. I foresee tears on Carl’s part …
Thanks, Louise! Not only was it well received, but it was a ton of fun to make as well!