December 9, 2010

Little Tree Window Display


With a little painter's tape and some Crayola window markers A and I collaborated to make this colorful Christmas tree window display.


Taping off the tree only took me a couple minutes, but filling in the tree kept her busy for a good half hour. Long enough for me to get started on some home made Christmas gifts!

Little Tree by e.e. cummings & Chris Raschka

Little TreeWhen Christy @ Superheroes & Princesses posted about this book, I knew I needed to find it. Luckily for me our library had it! I can see why Christy has added it to her collection. The illustrations are superb: colorful, primitive, and yet complex, they captivated both A and myself. The story tells about a little tree who is happy to be taken from his forest to be sold to a little family and decorated for Christmas. The story is based on an e.e. cummings poem which is printed in its entirety at the start of the book. Strangely enough, A was restless through most of the story - I ended up improvising a toddler-abbreviated version - but she asked me to read the poem out-loud and listened quietly to all seven stanzas. Just shows the power of good poetry!

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13 comments:

  1. Oooh . . . that's cute. We have those window markers, and I love the idea of taping off a picture to color.

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  2. My four year old could not sit through this book until this year, but she has always enjoyed the poem too!

    I love your window decoration. My kids love to use window markers, so we will have to try this!

    Thanks for the link.

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  3. I just picked that book up from the library, but we haven't had a chance to read it yet. Terrific window art - I love the use of painters tape!

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  4. I do believe the kiddos an I need to decorate our windows this way...

    THANK YOU for the inspiration!

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  5. I literally just bought those markers as a stocking stuffing for my girls.
    I'm excited...it looks like they work pretty well.
    FUN!
    Happy holidays to you and your family!

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  6. This beats using window clings! First I've heard of the window crayons. What fun! I know I've read a version of that story, but not that particular book.

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  7. I love this book -- and almost everything by Raschka -- too.

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  8. Oh, my two would ADORE painting on the windows... they wouldnt get enough of it. Will have to check those crayons out! Very cute activity!

    Maggy
    Kids Get Crafty

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  9. JDaniel would love to get to draw on the windows.

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  10. oh this is delightful, love it, so simple but so cute.

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  11. We read the book too - I still have mixed feeling about it, especially about the text. Great window art to go with it!

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