SUNFLOWER - INSPIRATIONAL DRAWING FROM VINCENT VAN GOGH

Today, I am sharing Sunflower drawing by my younger one, inspired by the Sunflower painting of Vincent Van Gogh.

He re-created the drawing as an art challenge activity. Observe the paintings of the artist and draw them as from your memory without re-looking into the original drawing.

This was an activity for Child's observational and memory skills. He truly accepted and enjoyed this activity.

As a parent and a counsellor, these kinds of activities will enhance the child's memory skills. It improves Observational and Concentration skills.

This is the Original painting .

PENQUIN - A bird of Admiration and Adoration

Penquin - definitely a bird of Admiration and Adoration. 

Who wouldn't love to watch this bird in your near vicinity. 'I wish to see Penquins' would be one among the wish-to-see list of many of us. Yes, definitely, it was in my wish to see list.

A dream come true, watched these penguins in a Birdland park. Again, it was an awestuck moment with cheerful tears rolling down. 

Hurray ! Penquins !!! I saw them and excited to feed them. These words were repeatedly whispered to my hubby as I was standing in the queue to feed them. 

Of course, with tears and racing heartbeats, it was a pleasant pleasure. 

Look how they are sleeping in a standing position, amazing to watch them.

They sleep with their feets raised up. Puzzled to see it - how they could stand steady while sleeping ...God's creation.

Sharing these for Wordless Wednesday hosted by Sandee, Natasha& Esha and My Corner of the world blog hop by Betty

WEEPING WILLOW TREE

Green Environment always gives a feel of  happiness and peace. I always a short break in nature trails. 

Today, I am sharing a picture of a Weeping tree for # Treeslove .I

We happened to see this amazing tree in Birdpark, Bourton on Water, UK. It was a memorable sight of  those hanging branches. I learnt about the weeping tree for the first time.

Weeping trees have branches that droop towards the ground. Weeping is generally caused by a mutation that does not grow true from seeds.

Discovering the interesting hidden traits of nature is truly puzzling. 

Linking it with Parul's #Treelove 90. 

Wordless Wednesday

Awestuck moments - whenever you remember those moments, again we will be awestuck. 

I always have a phobia for birds with every close encounter with them but I love to watch them at a distance. Whenever a chick or pigeon or a parrot sits over me, I have a racing heartbeat, sweats and dizziness. 

I had few negative encounters with Hen, Cocks and Crow during my school days. In a 80 acres of Space, my school had more trees, we used to have our lunch in the open ground along with friends in groups. During lunch break, almost everyday, we encountered with crows around. Once, during a school assembly, a crow fell down dead on my friend, who stood right in front of me. I couldn't imagine that sight even now, it gives more pain. Carrying all these sights, I started stepping away from the birds.

But, as years passed by, growing with more strength and courage everyday, slowly started to watch them again. We visited a Birdland park and happened to get sight of this Owl and Owlet in a very close view. We were awestuck with such amazing creatures.

Sharing my awestuck moments with you for #Wordless Wednesday. in Natasha's space. Happy to be a part of Wordless Wednesday

DIY- PEN STAND

Today, I am sharing a simple DIY - Pen Stand. 

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

• Empty Actimel bottles - 5 nos
• Any round shape box lid
• Glue
• Colours

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1. Clean the actimel bottles well and remove the wrappers.

2. Decorate the empty bottles of your choice design. I designed Warli art.

3. Glue the bottles to the box lid. Allow it to dry well for a day.

4. Once dried completely, fill it with paint brushes, pens and pencils.

OCEAN LIFE - POSTER

Hi all,

Today I am sharing a poster created by my daughter for World Ocean Day celebrated on June 5th. This is an art challenge - Paper art. 

As a part of her campaign, she wrote an article in her school magazine.

PLASTIC IS A BIG THREAT TO OUR HOME, PORTSMOUTH 

Plastics give us a helping hand, but they are polluting our land! 

Plastic – as everyone knows is a very consequential issue around the world and now it is the greatest curse to our home, Portsmouth! 

The ‘Curse’ of Plastics is now widely germinating many menaces related to the life on Earth. Most of the things that we use is all, nothing but Plastic! Almost 99% of rubbish composes Plastic. This never spared the marine life either. Many campaigns like #SAVETHETURTLES and #SAVETHEWHALES are conducted to spread awareness about it. It affected marine life simultaneously along with the terrestrial living.  

All our surroundings are getting submerged with it. Currently, most of the plastics are thermosetting plastics. From saucepans to electrical sockets. Now, we need to stop it. Some plastics are told to be recycled and Biodegradable, but none can be exactly disposed. We need to make a change. Plastic causes cancer and when burnt, it releases harmful gases into the air and causes global warming and Respiratory diseases as well, developing into CLIMATE CHANGE!  

We can follow the 5R’s policy. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose and Refuse!! Always throw away plastic where it is to be disposed like the separate bins for plastic waste. 

Recently, the garden arenas of Clarence Pier, near the sea, have been littered around with a lot of plastic right from food sachets to bottles. Tourists don’t take care for the area; no one uses the trash bins to dispose plastic waste. These are places where a lot of public would love to visit and hence should be maintained neat and tidy.  

Plastics don’t just cause harm for human race; they harm our beloved pets as well. A survey reveals that more than 1000 animals are dying in a week due to plastic consumption! Plastic also causes disturbance for the tourists who visit the sea fronts. Here, the blessing of durability of plastics becomes the curse of our ecosystem. 

Go green, no plastic, everything is fantastic! 

TYPES OF ROCKS POSTER

Today, we are sharing yet another interesting school project, Types of Rocks. 

Steps to be followed:

1. Knead a small ball of maida dough. Allow it to dry for few hours or overnight. This will get dried up outside, leaving out some dried patches.

2. Roll small dough of it and roll out and flatten it. Keep this a base for a look alike rock. 

For Metamorphic Rock, we painted it with Glitter colour paint.

For Sedimentary Rocks, attached two or layers of dough and paint two colours at the same stroke to looks like sediments texture.

For Igneous Rocks, glue a small piece of scrubber and then paint to give a porous texture.

3) Glue them to the paper and design your poster on Rocks.

Happy Parenting !