Claudine Hellmuth is a famous collage artist with a quirky sense of humor, so I was excited to read about a silly challenge she did with a friend that could translate into some serious family fun.
She and her artist friend decided to create a work of art with only items they found at the Dollar Store. They gave themselves a budget and no time to think or plan before they went shopping. They came home with their treasures and went to work. She and her friend were very pleased with the results and considered it a good exercise in creativity.
I’m always looking for new and unusual activities to do with our family, particularly on Monday nights, when we have family night. Usually, we have a spiritually-based lesson and a treat or play a game, or read scriptures. (Last week we watched an awesome movie about the bass player from the seventies band the New York Dolls, but that will be another blog…) It never hurts to try something new, so soon we will be taking the Claudine Hellmuth Dollar Store Art Challenge.
I’ll give everyone $5.00 and twenty minutes to shop, and then we’ll head home where I’ll supply, paint, glue, tape and other basics. We’ll take an hour and see what we come up with. I like the idea of a competition, but I don’t want any losers, so I think I’ll give everyone an award for something (best use of a kitchen sponge?) and then have a Grand Prize Winner, chosen by everyone.
Sounds fun. Anyone want to join me in doing this activity with your family? I’ll post pictures and let you know how it turned out. Let me know how yours turned out, too. We may never look at kitchen sponges the same way again.