It's no secret that children today know as much, if not more, about technology than their parents. We recently had a friend over who did her best not to laugh out loud when Lotti, nearly 3, wandered in and asked "where's Dad's work-ipad" and then her sister called out it's location and added; "don't dribble on it or Dad will freak out!" What a world it is where a child whose still young enough to love her dummy-pacifier is also old enough to operate an ipad!Which brings me to another post on kids with digital cameras. If your children enjoy taking happy snaps on the family camera, they might also be old enough to start experimenting with software such as picasa and enjoy making a picture from pictures. I talk about picasa a fair bit, I know, but I have it and it works a treat for plenty of basic fun. Take the collage in the corner. It's literally one photo of pegs in an empty laundry basket, cropped to a square, and then rotated around to make a new intergalactic pattern using the collage tool!
And that's it. Being crafty can be quick. I love a 15-minute challenge, and something like this easily fits the timeframe for a bit of fast, fun experimentation with the family. There are plenty of other ways you can collage; I've used examples of the photo pile in a previous post, and the multiple gridded images I use (such as yesterday's post) all come from the same software.
Once you have a collage (or two+), print them out for cards, homework, frame a favorite one for their bedroom wall, or make several and temporary-tac them to a wall and hold a mini exhibition for family and friends; kid-canapes optional!
