Fairy Winter Garden

I wanted to share with you a special project I'll be making with my art students at this week. This 'fairy winter garden' is the perfect project to make this chilly November. 

If you have kids in the Jersey City area, find out more about my classes at the end of this post!

What you need:

- A sturdy white paper plate

- Round dot stickers

-  Colored Paper

- Scissors, Markers, Glue, Clear Tape

- Faux Snow or Glitter

Optional: Pine Cones, Mini Trees, Moss

Start by decorating some basic dot stickers with markers to make them look like hard candies. Permanent markers work best for drawing if you have them...

 Add the stickers to the plate first to create a magical pathway. 

Next, draw some trees and snowmen. Be sure to leave a 'tab' at the bottom of each that can be folded and taped to the plate.

Add some moss and sprinkle faux snow on top. Glitter also works great! 

If you have pine cones handy, they make great instant trees. Just dip the top in white paint or glitter for a snowy look.

Do your children live in Jersey City or Hoboken? Have them join my 'Fairy Winter Garden' workshop this week at three little birds! 

Scroll down the page here to enroll for Crafting Club with Ashley Lucas. 

This week through Christmas I'll be teaching a different holiday themed craft at three little birds in downtown Jersey City (a short walk from the Grove Street PATH station). Classes are held every Thursday from 3:45 - 4:30pm. They are perfect for children 4+. Hope to see you there!

xo Lady Lucas

Halloween in Hoboken | Linzer Lane Guide 2017

One of things I pined for while living abroad, were the Halloween decorations in Hoboken. About five years ago, I started teaching art classes to kids in the '14th Street' area of Hoboken, NJ. I was walking back to the train one night, and realized almost every single home on Garden Street was decorated with amazing, over the top, Halloween decor. Luckily the tradition lives on today...

So, if you have time this week and want to really get in the spooky spirit, start your tour on 14th Street and Garden, then wander all the way down to First Street. You won't regret it!

Over-sized fangs are always a good idea.

Cast your vote for your fav pumpkin at Hoboken Trader Joe's.

The theme for this year was definitely skeletons. Everybody had them!!!!!!

I wish he was sitting outside of my window.

Beauty instead of Spook.

Don't even know how they did this - but it looks cool!

Where else can you find a street covered in spiderwebs?

I think this is my favorite scene of all time. Just love it.

There's something so sweet about this scene from a local elementary school. Reminds me of childhood.

I hope you enjoyed this little peek into one of my favorite neighborhoods. Please do leave a comment if you have your own fabulous neighborhood to nominate that we can all check out!

xo Lady Lucas