after several hours of all my children within 10 feet of me today
i shouted at my kids "YOU HAVE CABIN FEVER!"
to which annie asked "we're sick?!"
i kicked them all outside.
i had had enough.
they played for awhile…enough to give me a slight teensy break and then i was ready to make crafts.
i brought out the box of junk we've been saving for a year.
literally junk.
trash.
things i would find on the floor and if i remembered…i would stick it in the junk box.
soon the junk sculpture became a city.
talby made a sign and gave it a name.
junkywood…not hollywood.
details…details…what do you see?
this is all talby's creation with me in control of the glue.
sean ditched us and went out on his own.
he wanted his own time with the glue gun really.
do you know how much kids love glue guns?! they do!
it's low temp and i was trying to guide him. totally worth the risk i think.
he made his own "world's largest _______" museum.
largest joke (on the popsicle stick)
largest brain (made from the packaging of a watch and pink pom poms…i love it!)
largest feather (as big as the sky scraper next to it.)
good stuff.
talby filled her bottle with goodies before capping it with a marble.
Abby Reed…do you recognize those red marbles? :)
a little free advertising peter.
the bald footless disney princess (thanks waffle) could swing around the strings to the buildings.
such a fun project.
free.
recycling.
creative.
you definitely have the supplies right there at your house.
go for it.
we got the idea from ms. kristin of course.
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business-y things:
thank you for all the goodies you bought from the shop yesterday.
the postman and i are nearly best friends by now.
i love all you bloggy shoppers (and bloggy readers non-shoppers too)
THANK YOU.
AND my next few weeks have opened up a bit for photos.
if you were thinking of having some pictures taken…how about now?
we have a lot of fun.
email me for details at cdduerksen @ yahoo . com.
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lauren - you are a rockin momma. your kids have definitely been graced with your creativity and imagination! so much fun. looks like a great home to be spending long summer days at.
Kameron - I think you should do prints of some of the amazing photos you take in your etsy shop! I’d buy some for sure!
Laura Phelps - I live in Hollywood, and dare I say…it IS a bit junky!
Holly - that is such a neat idea. love junkywood!
carissa... brown eyed fox - I had to send you a “hiiiiiii… woo hooooo… wave wave” as we drive through Kansas!
smiling big & thinking of you!
hugs!
seleta - This is both precious + priceless. What a great idea. Love his title “junkywood not holleywood.”
Thank you for sharing + inspiring this mom of four.
Nicole - What an awesome idea!!
The Countess of Nassau County - You are a rockstar
Sara W - I love this idea. I am constantly throwing away ‘treasures’ like these items.
And I LOVE the sunflowers on your header! They make me smile.
Christina - I think you are one of the coolest moms ever.
Abby - Ahh, the red marbles! Glad you found a use for them, so sorry he did that!!
We will have to start a box once we get settled, I can imagine that I will have plenty of broken bits and pieces to add over time. 🙂
Can’t wait to see the pictures, thanks again for the photo shoot – you were right it was way better than “that other place”
Erica - Peter wants to know: what was that?
And thanks for the shoutout! 🙂
wendy - Great idea! So creative and green. I will file it away and start my junk collection ASAP. As always, thanks for the inspiration Meg.
misty - i missed out on the etsy treasures! =0( I am so disappointed!!! do you do custom orders?
Katherine - Hi! I just found your blog (I know, I’m so late)…i love it! Your photos are fun and I love the pillows & shirts you make. Thank you for sharing! Oh and I wish you were local ( I live in Long Island, NY)!..so you could take photos of my baby! http://www.Kariselle.blogspot.com
CherryTreeLane - Love it–great idea!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - I wish we lived close I would have you do our pics in a heartbeat!! Love your Junkywood idea. You have so many of those;)
Rachel / cREaTe - i love the “worlds largest ______” museum. soooo creative!!! and i totally noticed the business card & thought “free advertising for someone!” before i even saw what you wrote. 🙂 ha cool cool cool. thanks for sharing.
juliann brenner - Oh how fun! My kids (I should say Luke) love to collect things to make 3-D sculptures out of…. He will love looking at these pics and will, I am sure, be inspired!
Melissa - Hahaha, this made me laugh because it’s just the kind of things my brothers and I did as kids. Love it!!!
Aubrey - That is a really awesome junk city. Your kids are so creative–it will be fun to see how that develops as they grow up (in a really long time of course).
I wish we lived closer or were doing a road trip RIGHT NOW to have you do our pictures. One day, we will take a trip through your town on purpose for a photo shoot.
adrienne - way cool kids! way cool buildings!!!
Jocelyn Stott - GREAT project. There is so much goodness going on here: creativity, recycling and innovation.
Keri ~ ForeverFoldingLaundry - Creativity at its finest – love it!!
Now if only I could find any junk laying around my house…. (ha!)
cally - genius.
Dina - what a great idea!!! thanks for sharing 🙂
love your blog (and shop)!!
danyele - how fab!!! i can’t wait to do all this stuff again soon with b and jk and s. paige use to create all the time…
my fav, by the way, is the feathers with the bottle caps…ingenious!
Courtney - I love this idea! I would totally have to hide it from my husband though, I can just see him coming home and trying to pry something off saying, “I might need this!” 🙂
Chele - You just keep giving me awesome ideas for my kids! And the junk we could use up! 🙂 Thank you for sharing once again!
Karrie - You’ve got CABIN FEVER??? I’ve got it TOOOOO!!!!
(Love this clip!!! Found it on YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6lY-EQrdA4
Ashley Ann - Simply great…I totally love this idea and will store it away for a year or so until at least 2 of mine are ready for it. Super fun…
Amber - Love this! I actually have an “imagination bin” that is filled with odds and ends and “junk” as you say. It’s a big rubbermaid bin, and I’ll pull it out every now and then and let the kids go to town. They love it.
You are so inspiring, by the way! I love your blog! I’m so going to try the shaving cream thing with my kids when they get a little older. I’m not brave enough to trust my three-year-old to keep it out of her eyes!
Thanks for sharing!
robyn Beckley Vining - I have a junk box/drawer like that, too!!! We put everything in it and are waiting for our special day that we make such a city! We call it the re-purpose drawer, and one day it will find a new purpose in being our entirely recyclable city one we make it 🙂
fun!
robyn Beckley Vining - I have a junk box/drawer like that, too!!! We put everything in it and are waiting for our special day that we make such a city! We call it the re-purpose drawer, and one day it will find a new purpose in being our entirely recyclable city one we make it 🙂
fun!
kristin - oh, i love it. i need to do this. my favorite is the bottle filled and capped.
the wild raspberry - that looks like awesome fun….i love the little purple bear in junkywood and of course hello kitty~she is always a hit!
keep this ideas comin…loved this one.
chasity
sam bush will be in olathe for a free concert tonight…roadtrip!
pve - so glad you found the time to craft (cause I think your etsy shop got bought out) I wanted to buy the bubblegum shirt, darn, it is already gone.
glad your kids found something to keep them busy too, they do have a lost in space sort of look, I hear that happens in Junkywood, just beware when they start asking for “plastic surgery!”
I think you are the best Mom.
YOu make me feel like the worst Mom!
pve
Penny - Oh this makes me remember all the fun times I had with my girls when they were little. My oldest had a group of friends 3-5 grades and they formed the Sunshine Club. I let them meet at our house on Monday’s after school. They did things like this. We ordered sweatshirts with their names embroidered on them and put everyone’s hand prints on the back. They had so much fun! I would make snacks and we would do a craft. We took field trips and had camping trips. It was much like Girl Scouts but we didn’t have to sell those darn cookies. Those were some wonderful times. Thanks for making me remember that! You have some lucky kids!
Lori - I sooo wish I lived close enough to you that you could take my daughter’s senior pictures. You have spoiled me for the studio ones that look so fake to me, so overdone. So if you ever come near Richmond, VA, I will drive to meet you! I am on the lookout for someone local.
Great junk art. And it kept them busy for a while – bonus!
princesslasertron - love this! we made so much junk art when I was little…it was my favorite because it was SO FREE. None of that stuff is “for” anything like crayons are for coloring and legos are for building…
I want you to take pictures of me at silver bella!!