Night of the Arts

 When Ellie ran her idea passed me for her Night of the Arts project my jaw dropped.  I was so impressed with the idea. I may have asked her if she heard the idea from someone else.  Bad mom.  The theme this year was Around the World.  She decided to use clay and make a 3D art project.  We bought a Styrofoam ball from Walmart and she covered it with the clay.  It hardened over night, but the next day it had cracked through the whole thing.  She ended up painting it again and that seemed to help a little.  She wanted a little girl that represented her to sit on top of the world.  It looked just like her, right down to the freckles. 

We had a book with all the continents in it.  She copied them and cut them out.  Then she rolled out some clay and used the copy of the continent as a stencil and cut out each one.  Then she used modge podge and adhered it to her globe.  Once they dried on she painted them each a different color.  Then she made a little person to represent each continent.  Her little girl represented North America.  She made a cute little girl, modeled after her Spanish teacher Mrs. Seminario, for South America.  An Ethiopian boy for Africa. For Antarctica she made a little boy wearing a big fluffy coat.  Asia was a little girl, she messed up on the eyes though.  Her words not mine.  Australia was a cowboy. Europe was a little girl that looked like a princess.  I knew she was going to win something. She spent so much time on it and it was amazing.  I am not just saying that because she is my daughter either.  I was so happy to show up and see she had won first place and the Best in Show Award!!  That ribbon was awesome.  So proud of our little artist.  Love you Ellie!