The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.
My girlfriend and I can be kind of gross, in a sweet, synchronous way. She is also participating in Delaware Fun-A-Day and we were independently inspired to create toadstool homes.
She drew while I built and we kept our creations secret until they were almost finished.
I was struggling with whether to have a resident or not when I got to see her drawing.
Her spider visitor gave me the idea to add some creatures.
Frog is very shy, can you find him?
A homeschool mom joined the kids in having fun and built a costume party with an unlucky baby as the featured guest.
Steampunk is a favorite theme that is hard to explore without the right palette.
Classic ship elements like the sextant, spyglass, and pirate wheel (although used in an unusual way here with the single rotor), complement the brown shades of this amateur aviator’s craft.
My older son assisted our resident mythmaster in creating Medusa’s cave and an unfortunate adventurer.
I particularly appreciate the stone figures with various missing limbs and the detail of her latest victim starting to turn to stone.
My younger son partnered with a friend to build after I proposed an adaptation of Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
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They researched how to make waves out of Lego and learned a new technique to create the curved shape of a wave.
Once the centerpiece was complete, they added a beach with animals, texture, and a sand castle.
I love fun. Spinning tops are simple toys and not the kind of thing one would expect at an art show.
Our mythology enthusiast struck again with a sassy Apollo leading the sun across the sky.
An impromptu fire provided the perfect backdrop.
It was an exciting day of building. Four different creators worked independently and together on amazing projects.
One young lady was inspired by Greek mythology to recreate Pandora’s Box.
I helped with a couple engineering problems, but she brought all the creativity and focus.
Day 1 of our 31 Days of Lego comes from one of our home education friends and includes lots of ways to have indoor fun.
Tomorrow we join over 300 local creators in making art every day in July with Delaware Fun-A-Day.
I’ll be building alongside my sons and our home-educating friends. Each day we’ll piece together a Lego sculpture and ultimately put them all on display at the Fun-A-Day Art Show in August.
I used painter’s tape to mark out our approximate display area, then played with different configurations while I figured out the maximum dimensions for each sculpture in inches and, most importantly, Lego studs
Although this last design allows for more than 31 builds, I want to give our creators many options for starting points. I want to add some round templates and let the kids see what they fancy.
I’m excited because I rarely build for my self. I’m usually sorting or facilitating someone else’s build. This month I get to play with all the inspirations I get from regularly watching kids bring their imaginations to life.