Help finding EASY crafts
pkt
craft shows...problem is she has rheumatoid arthritis and her fingers are
basically useless...she loved her needle point and now can't even hold a
needle. My mother recently helped her paint 2 treasure boxes for my 2 small
boys...but it was basically my grandmother telling my mother where to paint
and stick decals on...does anyone know of ANY really EASY (lightweight)
craft someone with basically no fine motor skills can do? If she doesn't
have crafts she basically has nothing.
Thanks, and sorry if I depressed anyone.
Sarah Blaenau Ffestiniog
be fairly good, if someone can help with the pans, but I suppose you need a
craft that she can do unaided.
I have a look through my library and see what I can come up with.
Watch this space.
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Sarah. Blaenau Ffestiniog
www.geocities.com/craftschooluk/sas.html
www.picturetrail.com/blaenau
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Mayo Florece
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>Thanks, and sorry if I depressed anyone.
Nothing depressing about it. We'll all face
the day sooner or later. Those of us who consider
ourselves artists will think of some way to
continue to be creative, as did Matisse.
Do you know the work of Matisse? In his latter
days, confined to bed, he produced some of his
most memorable (to me anyway) works. These are
his paper cutouts. One need not use scissors or
be precise. You can tear paper any old way you
please, glue it in imaginative ways to a backing,
and have wonderfully colorful works of art.
Get your grandmother a package of art papers in
the brightest colors you can find, a pot of
rubber cement or children's craft glue, some
backing board, and let her go at it. I would
think paper mache creations would be another option.
minjoy
with a large sponge? can she do decoupage? can you have your kids cut or rip
out favorite pictures and sayings from magazines, give them to grandma and
let her decoupage onto a wooden tray? there are very lightweight balsa wood
trays in craft shops.
can she handle a canvas? I know this sounds funny, but I have seen adults
professionally do finger painting, and it is unbelievable what they can do.
Can she pour paint? it might be a stretch for someone who has done fine
needlepoint, but doing 'hand painting' may be interesting.
hers another stretch: not to imply anything, but I have seen pigs, ducks,
dogs etc paint, just making the brush hit the canvas anywhere. the ducks
painting looked strangely like Japanese art, and sold like it was. also,
people without use of their hands paint with brushes in their teeth or feet.
there was a famous artist who used to paint using wads of toilet paper. you
might want to do a search on 'art therapy' . also, a recreation coordinator
at any senior center would probably be happy to share information.
perhaps she can sponge a colorful background on a canvas, then you can
scribe a 'story' on it, or her favorite quotations. or buy blank photo
albums and let her sponge a cover. there are also blank picture frames that
can be decorated, blank greeting cards too. I once used a blank greeting
card, wet it, then with my fingers just randomly smooshed them into
watercolors, then tapped them randomly on the card...it came out
beautiful.(I thought)
I think the key is to stress the fun and creativity involved, and make each
triumph a work of art, with the date and her signature(even if its a just a
fingerprint) and a great frame! "Another Original from Grandmas Gallery!"
there is a wonderful poster--I think you can adapt it to your situation--
sort of hand written style with lots of colors and doodlings on it by a
woman named SARK,
that goes like this:
HOW TO PAINT
Put your ego, critic, judge in a drawer. Lock it.
Go on an art store adventure.
Buy smooth or nubby paper--whatever sings to your fingers.
Tear it into odd sized pieces.
Buy one brush. Choose colors that you love, in ink, watercolor, acrylic oil
or fingerpaints.
Perhaps your painting calls for photographs, or tiny doors to cut to open or
bits of flowers.
Maybe it wants to be a card for your dearest friend, or a page in your
journal.
You can express parts of yourself in painting that come from nowhere else.
There is an interior part of you that has no words and dreams in color.
It is the part that gasps at sunset sky colors, pauses at a pine tree
glistening with dew, and sees the sunlight on a childs hair.
Mix colors randomly or put directly onto paper, experiment. keep going.
Make more mistakes.
Truth. we can all paint.
Laugh at what develops.
Put layers of colors on top of eachother.
Tear the paper up if you don't like it.
The paint will lead you to new places if you can follow the splashes.
Spill paint onto the paper.
Watch what forms next.
This is painting.
You are a painter.
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