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Optical Drawings Looking at these images created by Japanese artist, Nagai Hideyuki, really makes me wish I could draw. He uses charcoal and pencils to make neat 3D optical illusions. Cool, huh?    Source posted by Sunny Add Comment Using Trees for Art!     Posted by Julia.Wouldn't life be more fun if we had more slides in every town?
Posted by JuliaToys With Feelings Kimochi means “feeling” in Japanese. The Kimochis Mixed Bag of Mini Feelings is great for helping kids lean about their emotions. There are 12 feelings: Happy, Mad, Sad, Loved, Hopeful, Curious, Excited, Sorry, Silly, Sleepy, Cranky and Brave. Each feeling pillow has a word on one side and a facial expression on the other side. What a cute idea! 
Source posted by Sunny Homemade Crayons Ever wonder what to do with the last bits of crayon left in the box, those little nubs of color hoping to be big again? This is the perfect solution! You can use either the broken bits of crayons you have left over, or you can start with a fresh box of crayons, it's totally up to you. You will also need some silicone trays, an oven and adult supervision. Here's how you make your very own, cooler than store bought, crayons! 
Take the wrappers off of your crayons that you want to use for this project. Next, break the crayons into small pieces if you can. 
Take out your silicone molds. 
Stuff your molds with crayon bits. 
Then place the molds in a pre-heated 250 degree (F) oven for 5-10 minutes…….peeking in on them every so often. Also, place tin foil down on the rack below the crayons, in case there are any spills. Crayon would not be fun to clean out of the oven. When you have noticed that the crayons are almost all the way melted, use a toothpick to gently poke at the crayons……..releasing some of the air pockets. 
Let the molds cool either on the counter or in the freezer (if you're really anxious to start drawing right away!) Then run warm water under the mold to help the crayons pop out. 
Look at the beautiful crayons, ready to be used! Source posted by Sunny Starry Night - Vincent van Dominogh Artist FlippyCat Domino creates cool pieces of art with dominoes. In this recreation of Van Gogh's "Starry Night," 7,067 dominoes were used. The first attempt at its creation didn't work. The second attempt took 11 hours. That's a lot of patience, but the result is pretty cool, don't you think? Source posted by Sunny World BASE Race Peter Pan flew. He was fictional. These BASE jumpers fly for the thrill of it. A step beyond sky diving, base jumping, or BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for the four categories of objects from which one can jump; building, antenna, span, and earth. This looks too scary for me to try (and it is really dangerous to do), but the photos are spectacular. 
Source posted by Sunny Wooden Phones This is a new phone made by Sharp. The cell phone body is made entirely of wood, namely Japanese cypress. The phones are pretty, but what got me was the video for it. Drill Inc. built a 144 foot xylophone in the middle of the forest, using only sustainably harvested wood. The sheer beauty and scale of the instrument is so simple and beautiful. Posted by Sunny Learning Can Be Fun!     Posted by Julia |  ArchivesJanuary 2013 CategoriesAll |
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