Thursday 31 May 2012

Finding Fun #5

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Carolyn’s challenge this week is hands.

I remembered that the material for the Covenant Service from the Baptist Union has this image

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This reminds me of those times in the playground, where two of us would lock hands and make a seat for a friend, who’d put her arms round our necks and we would carry her, giggling up the path. These hands support one another and work together.

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These hands were drawn in 1932- designs for Mickey Mouse – and the beginnings of the ‘three-fingered-cartoon-hand’ tradition.[On the Simpsons, only GOD is drawn with four fingers!]

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This lovely quilt is based on the traditional Shaker saying “Hands To Work and Hearts To God”

I have that saying on a bookmark stuck on the shelf above my desk

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I love the Mendhi patterns my Asian friends paint on their hands [they brush them over with lemon juice to make them last longer]

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But my ‘handy’ fun was at Sunday's Fun Day. I am too old for Face Paints, and anyway they are not pleasant in such hot weather. But I had my hand decorated with a lovely butterfly.

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It lasted all afternoon! Two Jessie Willcox Smith ‘hands’ pictures

Playing

patacake

Praying

say grace

4 comments:

  1. I can see you really got into the spirit of Finding Fun this week Angela. The shaker inspired quilt is lovely, and I noted it down in my "Anya book" as we could make a lovely one cutting and sticking paper, and use it to teach her bible traits. Which is a plan later.

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  2. What a wonderful handy post. Love your butterfly, that was a great idea.

    I've always wanted to have some mendhi on my hands, I love the designs.

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  3. Hi f-r! There are LOADS of h&h craft ideas

    The bookmark is one I made with a Sunday school class years ago - I used a hand punch and heart punch and prepared lots of shapes beforehand, and then we used gluesticks to make the book marks.
    At Christmas I use my hand and heart cookie cutters to make hand biscuits with heart holes - and also salt dough ones for tree ornaments.

    Loved YOUR post today with DD pouring water - brilliant maths and science for toddlers

    blessings x

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  4. A biker chick with a 'tattoo'!
    Jane xx

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