An Egg Artist

One of the best Easter books we read this year was Henri, Egg Artiste by Marcus Pfister. It worked really well with my attempt to expose daughter more to famous works of art, since that’s where the main character finds an inspiration for his egg masterpieces. There is also a nice twist in the book, since Henri’s eggs look “almost” like original paintings, and Anna enjoyed playing “find the differences” game (they are included in the back of the book together with information on artists).

I was very intrigued by alfoil paintings that I first saw on Superheroes and Princesses, and so I set up the same activity for Anna. She was not fully on board at first, since she already spent some time crafting in the library earlier that day, but cheered up when she found out that she will be painting with acrylics. Acrylics is still a big (and messy!) deal around here. She doved right in and first of all recreated the wooden striped egg that her  father made for our seasonal candleholder. Then came Van Gogh swirls (but I started them to give her an idea) and finally some point art. I really like how these eggs came out. I wanted to give them out as presents, but so far Anna only agreed to give away my egg (not pictured). Thank you, Christie, for the terrific idea!