Whew! I've been wanting to share this for awhile, but it's one of those projects you have to work on when the kiddos aren't around and there's not a lot of that time to be had around here! I suppose that's why it seems like I've been working on it forever, when really it's taken me only 4 Wednesday nights (Scott has fire meetings on Wednesdays, so I don't feel guilty working all evening!). Please pardon my less than perfect photos...daylight's pretty scarce right now!
I painted the roads, trees, flowers, etc. onto the canvas, then stitched clear vinyl pockets onto it. I solicited photos from family, took photos, and searched photos on the web. I plan to add to it as we go, but for now we've got everyone's house, the Camas DQ, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Sam's Club, our local library, Kelsey's school, Fishie Grandma's school, and a few others. The pictures will be laminated and then the kids can customize the mat for playing by swapping out the photos or just rearranging them. After I hunt through my kajillion photos I can add some places we visited this summer (clam beaches, dog sled rides, the Sealife Center, etc.).
I hope they'll have lots of fun with it...
I painted the roads, trees, flowers, etc. onto the canvas, then stitched clear vinyl pockets onto it. I solicited photos from family, took photos, and searched photos on the web. I plan to add to it as we go, but for now we've got everyone's house, the Camas DQ, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Sam's Club, our local library, Kelsey's school, Fishie Grandma's school, and a few others. The pictures will be laminated and then the kids can customize the mat for playing by swapping out the photos or just rearranging them. After I hunt through my kajillion photos I can add some places we visited this summer (clam beaches, dog sled rides, the Sealife Center, etc.).
I hope they'll have lots of fun with it...
That turned out way cool!
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