I am also a Girl Scout leader and my fellow leaders and I have seen on our Facebook feeds a video of a high fashion designer that cuts out his design sketches and then shoots a photo to recreate it later. ( https://www.google.com/…/architectural-pattern-dress-design… )
We wanted to do that with our girls as a part of their Outdoor art badge experience but didn’t want to use adult fashion images because we wanted to to girls just like them little K-2nd graders. I belong to the Little Lizard King pattern group on Facebook and knew that they had some coloring pages for little sewists. https://littlelizardking.com/color-me also if you are just learning to sew or an advanced sewist, please also visit their pattern shop at https://littlelizardking.com . I've been using their patterns for my girls as well as for teaching sewing for 9 years. They are a amazing MOM led company, full of other moms sharing their design skills.
I printed the image on card stock and then sat with a new exacto knife and cut out the fabric areas trying to leave details like waist seams and things in place.😉
I spent the evening the night before we left for camp cutting out enough so that each girl could have one image to work with so that we could easily identify each girl's designs. A sunrise walk was the perfect time to explore our world in a new way, so with the help of a couple of moms and our leadership team we shot many photos of the designs the girls made.
We used the sunrise and ocean first and then continued our walk exploring other plants, trees, signs, and buildings along the way.
I spent the evening the night before we left for camp cutting out enough so that each girl could have one image to work with so that we could easily identify each girl's designs. A sunrise walk was the perfect time to explore our world in a new way, so with the help of a couple of moms and our leadership team we shot many photos of the designs the girls made.
We used the sunrise and ocean first and then continued our walk exploring other plants, trees, signs, and buildings along the way.
The girls had a lot of fun and we discovered that inspiration can come from anywhere.
We learned a lot about our girls by doing this. We could see what really inspired them and what their style is. Is it fairy? Hip Hop? Princess? Dirt and grunge? or is it just follow our friends?
Like I said we used it as a part of our outdoor art badge experience. You can only paint so many murals before you find it boring, and "AGAIN" complete with eye roll. SO we found something new and they were each inspired in a different way.
I hope that this inspires you as you go on your badge earning, homeschooling, STEAM, or just plain artist life adventure.
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