Who's ready for some leftovers? Art leftovers, that is!
And what does it have to do with a butterfly?!
My oldest found this sweet monarch butterfly the other day and take a look at that wing - it's broken. It reminded me of all of the times that we've had pieces of scrap paper, broken crayons and oil pastels, and we wonder - what do we do with all of this...STUFF?
It almost seems like we should throw them out, but there's beauty in the broken pieces and the scraps, if we know how to use them.
A couple months have gone by since the start of the year and the art supplies aren't looking so fresh anymore, are they? They're a little battered, the white isn't as white, and there are broken pieces everywhere.
And then there's the paper. Discarded drawings because a line went wrong, pieces of paper that they've cut out and left on the table...
Yep. Welcome to art leftovers season.
I've learned to keep a special box with those pieces of paper, and to love on my wrapper-less broken crayons. Because sometimes, you just want to create, and having broken pieces makes you feel a little less guilty in using them in different ways.
So let's see what we can do with this stuff - and how to use it for some serious stress relief this season.
5 Ways to Use Up Leftover Art Supplies
