Thursday, September 12, 2013

Painting Bird Houses

When the grands were here this summer, one of our projects was to paint birdhouses.

I told the grands that these birdhouses were really special to me, because my dad made them.  At the time he gave them to me, I never dreamed my grandkids would be painting them.

Those kids realized how special these bird houses were, and they did an excellent job!

Grand #2 designed his house to be a log cabin, like our friends Mike and Kate's!!



Grand #4 thought about what she was going to do for quite a while before she started painting
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She made a 'bird' birdhouse!!!


The littlest Grand did what I would call 'art deco'

Her finished product!!!


Grand #3 thought long and hard about what she was going to do.


As soon as she had an idea she got right down to business.



They were all so proud of themselves and their birdhouses.  As they should be!!



Before I could get the paints cleaned up they had their hands dipped!!



and left their marks on the 'clubhouse' wall~~



And that's the way it is.................

21 comments:

  1. A clubhouse?? What lucky grandkids!!! And how fun for them to paint the birdhouses. Looks like they took their jobs very seriously.

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  2. I love the birdhouses. They did a great job and those will be lucky birds!

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  3. Now the birdhouses are extra special.

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  4. How wonderful for you all ! They look great ! Papa and I are building bird houses as a winter project in his shop ! Lovely photos ! Thanks for sharing . Have a good day !

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  5. they all look great to me.. great job grands... love the hand prints to. what a fun day

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  6. I love the way these birdhouses have come full circle....now art from grands

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  7. You provide such wonderful experiences for your grandies. And just think of all the memories they'll have!

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  8. What a fun and meaningful project! They did do a great job.

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  9. What a fine job they all did!!!
    Made extra special by the fact that your dad made the houses.
    What a great idea to have the grands paint them.

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  10. LOVE this!!! sweetness for years to come...

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  11. Oh my goodness.... this is so special! They did a GREAT job!!

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  12. They all did an excellent job. How sweet - very creative and personalized!!

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  13. What a wonderful project for your grand kids, tying the generations together, too.

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  14. Great project, all artistic and special in their own way...what fun for you! :)

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  15. ooohhhh I LOVE this, you are the funest person I know!!

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  16. Your grandkids are so lucky to have you! ;))

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  17. Those are now family heirlooms...and so cute. What a great idea to have your grands decorate what you Dad made...sigh.

    Jen

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  18. How fun for them....one day they will look back at them and remember this day....your such a good grandma.

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  19. Fun for them and what a great idea Grandma. Every time you look a them you willkeep that smile on your face.

    From Your Grandchildren and as they get older in teens. They will be smiling also. When they become adults. It will be very

    blessed memories. We did theis for Grandma us kids.

    How very nice. They did a great job. Oh that last ending.

    Hand marks left. Priceless!

    oh Joy!

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  20. Each child expresses their own individuality. Looks like a great and fun project.

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  21. Painting and decorating birdhouses seems like a good activity, and one that kids would enjoy. Thanks for posting.

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