{"id":2092,"date":"2009-02-17T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T21:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2023-07-01T21:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T21:46:42","slug":"time-for-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/time-for-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Winter days are great for art! The snow is gone here, and the sun was shining, but the frigid\u00a030 something temperature\u00a0kept us indoors. Oh well, no matter. It is not hard for my little art lovers to find something to do. We broke out the soy and beeswax\u00a0crayons today and they had blast. We colored some greeting cards to send to relatives too.\u00a0On tomorrow&#8217;s agenda is lots of finger painting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pictured are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0010XCT4G?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=natureblog-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockmar Beeswax Block Crayons<\/a>, Prang Soy Crayons, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00110NB4A?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=natureblog-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smencils<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PMCpDk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crayon Rocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For some inspiration check out my <a title=\"Permanent Link to Eco Art Supplies for Children\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/08\/eco-art-supplies-for-children\/\">Eco Art Supplies for Children<\/a>\u00a0post and one of my favorite books, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/07\/young-at-art-book-review\/\">Young at Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2093  aligncenter\" title=\"art time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-032-2.jpg\" alt=\"art time\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-032-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-032-2-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out this dirty face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2094  aligncenter\" title=\"coloring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-005-2.jpg\" alt=\"coloring\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-005-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-005-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2095  aligncenter\" title=\"Coloring with Crayon Rocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-045-2.jpg\" alt=\"Coloring with Crayon Rocks\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-045-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/art-045-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter days are great for art! 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