DOODLE DAY ARTS ~ PART DEUX {Pronounced "do" as in "doodle!"}

Our second week of Summer Arts Camp could not have been better. 

{Our doodle tools for the day.}

Again, many of our SAC Alumni were with us, as well as our new favorite SAC Camper Kids!   {But you know by now that we love them all, and they are all our favorites!}

It's tradition to begin each Summer Arts Camp week with "Doodle Day Arts" and this year's projects were fabulously wonderful.

Each Camper Kid put their hand prints all over us...

...with LOVE and JOY...

...and watermelons and strawberries!

We doodled on plates with Sharpies and created marvelous monograms, a riot of rainbows, and some serious sports designs.  

We even created a memento with all the Camper Kids' autographs {from both weeks...which we will keep forever!}.

We made "selfies" and had fun getting to know each other.  

I even had a minute to create my own "selfie" on a plate with a black Sharpie.

It was a wildly creative day and great start to our second week of Summer Arts Camp 2015!

DOODLE ARTS DAY ~ WEEK ONE

Each year on the first day of Summer Arts Camp we start off the week with a warm up doing Doodle Art.

{You can see some of last year's doodle creations ~ our Big Faces ~ above on our banner.}

With a brand new project for Summer Arts Camp and a little inspiration from us, the Camper Kids got busy and began doodling on dishes.

Using a collection of Sharpie markers in a kaleidoscope of colors the children each created their own unique dish designs.

 {Our very own Georgia Peach!}

{A little street scene.}

Boys at work.

{Cinderella's castle.}

The collection was diverse ~ each artist somehow inspiring another in small ways.

{Rainbows of color, monograms, the American flag, puppy dogs, and kittens.}

{♥ this one! Future dinnerware designer, I think.}

When the Camper Kids were finished painting their plates with the pens, we baked them in the oven to set the ink and make it permanent.  {For the recipe, see below.}

Doodle break.

The Camper Kids left their hand prints everywhere!

{Matthew's hand print and mine above.}

With a twist on traditional Mehndi hand prints, a few of the talented hands left these prints with us.

{I ♥ Art Camp!}

But this was my most favorite!

It was a great start to our first week of Summer Arts Camp 2015.  Get ready for more fabulous photographs and work by these Camper Kids.  We had a week packed with art projects we can't wait to share with you.

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Doodle Dish Recipe

Clean porcelain plate with rubbing alcohol.

Let dry.

Doodle with Sharpie markers.

Let dry.

Place in pre-heated 250 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Let cool.

{In oven with oven door open.}

Enjoy your creation!

*Some other recipes you may find online will recommend 425 degrees for 20 minutes, but this totally faded my first design.  Slow and low is my recommendation for a perfect result.