Art Journal with Kids - Summer Sunflower

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My daughter and I started our art journals today.  I bought one for each of the kids but I have a feeling it will mostly be the two of us working on them.  It was the last day of school today and I told her we would work on them this summer so here we are.....Summer has officially begun!

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We drew flowers onto pieces of paper from a French book I bought used in Paris.  It is titled "La Qualite De La Vie, Ecologie - Phytotherapie" so I believe it is perfect for these type of little projects.  I found a Japanese book yesterday at the Goodwill but I didn't buy it because I want to make sure it doesn't have some horrible subject before I use it for craft projects.

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Liquid water colors, pretty tape, blue oil pastel and paint pens (which are now pretty much ruined after using them on top of the oil pastels).

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We wrote a couple words that makes us think of summer around the outside of our flower.  Hopefully I'll get the boys to join us for the next entry.