Here is one of those spaces. I actually started thinking about it when we moved in, and it has slowly evolved...I wanted Olivia to have a corner to herself ( of which she occasionally shares with her brother) to do her "art". If you don't know Olivia , she loves, no.......PASSIONATELY loves to do art. And she will sit and do it for sometimes an hour at a time , by herself, using mixed medias, and will just create things. I recently informed her that she actually could grow up and "be" an artist, she was very, very excited. So here is an example of "her" space.
The table is one we purchased when she was 18 months old. It was a pottery barn kids floor model, so it already had dings and nicks in it..perfect for kids. The things hanging from the ceiling were decorations from a party store that I used for her birthday this year and then decided to hang in her room because, well, they just looked good. The tree is not a painting..it is a decal from Target. She loves this corner of her room..it is private and next to a window ( not in the picture but to the right of the table).
My next goal is to give Finn a more intentional space. This is a much harder task as he shares a room with Wyatt. Hmmmmmmm...I will have to put on my thinking cap. :-)
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Love this! I think kids don't think of it as "art" but as creating, because kids ARE so creative by nature. Zoe has an art table with everything imaginable to go with it, but her favorite thing to create is to take playdough and to stick it all over the house. She is really very serious about this, and she calls it "decorating". To some parents, this would be messy and not appropriate. We have decided to let her go for it and not to follow behind and pick it all up!
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