The girls completed their rain forest dioramas on Friday. Here is Peanut's. She is obviously my most artistic child! The only thing that mom helped with was hot gluing the rocks in, and suggestions for how she could do her water. Otherwise, she did it all. Now, where to store it??? Sissy is showing the various layers of the rain forest - the floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer. ...

... imagination into a scene and onto a dream. Because I was transported by my Barbie and dollhouse dioramas on a daily basis, this idea was merely a given, nothing new. A few weekends ago, I made a ... and stood back to look. We were very pleased, standing above our African plain. Here are a few dioramas I’ve run across lately. They seem to have come back in vogue, like owls, terrariums and ...

Here are 25 classic scenes from various retro games from ‘duck hunt’ to “Donkey Kong” which have been recreated in detailed paper crafted form. 1.  Tomb Raider This diorama immediately accesses one of the most prominent images of Tomb Raider (other than the obvious!) and is taken from the 2nd game in the series. In a simple

Alas, Dear Readers, it is day three, the final day of Caardvarks' Creative Cuts & More hop. But while it's lasted, I've been insanely inspired by all the posts & the projects--hope you have been too! :o) Today is the "Home Decor" day of the hop. & my first project is a CCM cupcake box...turned into a little diorama: The cupcake box is turned on its side. The ...

I have been having fun making little dioramas on the cabinet in our mud room for the past year or so. Recently, I've been making this bunny diorama for Q. Q is obsessed with bunnies lately. It is possibly her second favorite thing after basketballs. She is delighted with my little paper play, and is at this very moment showing it off to her babysitter. I'm not sure what I'm going to do ...

Mythology dioramas with Peeps "A Peepshow (as opposed to a "peepshow") is a diorama made with marshmallow Peeps--chicks and bunnies--and given a title with the word "peep" or "bunny" in it. Walled Lake Northern High School teacher Mr. Steven Piziks gave his mythology students a simple assignment: make a Peepshow from a scene taken from Greek or Norse ...