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Mommy’s Diary:: Mom & Daughter Portraites

January 17, 2014 By Chie

I saw this cute pin about mom and baby portraits on Pinterest the other day. It is so cute and I wanted to imitate, but this is what we ended up with…baby gymnastics?!

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Mommy’s Diary: Gold Dot Sticker Art

December 16, 2013 By Chie

I wrote about incorporating kids’ art in your home in the past, and today I’m sharing an easy project Kiko and I worked on the other day when it was rainy. Since moving to Tokyo, we have gotten rid of the car due to the fact that parking is so expensive ($300 a month) and we really didn’t need it because we can get around easily with bike, bus and subway. But on rainy days I wish we still had the car. Usually in the afternoon I take Kiko out for a walk to go to a park or the mall but rainy days take too much prep time required to do those usual activities.

This project was really easy and simple: I gave her white copy paper and gold circle stickers and let her put them on any way she wanted. I’m making a small gallery near my sewing studio wall, so this simple dot decoration will be a perfect addition to it. She was very proud when she saw her creation hanging up on my wall, and said “Kiko did it!”.

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Mommy’s Diary: Watercolor on canvas

November 14, 2013 By Chie

After reading this post about incorporating kids’ art into your home, I could not resist tackling this kid’s painting project. The post has many great tips on displaying kids arts in stylish way. I picked up some canvas at an arts & craft shop for 3 bucks each, and water color paint set from 100 yen shop. I layed news paper underneath the supplies and let Kiko just have fun with it! She had a great time mixing the paints, watering it down with water and using the brushes. Even more, she was thrilled when she saw her “art” hung on the dining room wall. She was so proud.