Tips on Hosting a Fairy Hunt

Taking after both her parents, our daughter has always been a bit of a night owl. Luckily she has friends who share this trait. So with that in mind we opted to celebrate her 4th birthday in the evening by hosting a fairy hunt. It was a huge hit!

We used mason jars with screw tops as the "fairies". The jars were filled with stickers (I love the foamy twinkle letters, stars, and shapes available at Michael's) mini toys, bubbles, jewelry and candy available at the $1 stores or in the dollar bins at Target or general stores. NOTE: don't use chocolate... it tends to take on the scent of whatever it's paired with and sometimes foam stickers can be stinky.

To save time, fill the jars before the party. Before you hide them, break up a mini glow stick (glow bracelets also available at Michael's work great) and toss it into the jar and seal the lid.

We hid the jars in the front yard once the sun went down, but a park or field would work as would a house with the lights dimmed. The glowing fairy jars create a fun treasure hunt for the party goers and double as a great take away. To rule on the side of fairness we told each child how many "fairies" they could find.

Once the hunt was over we provided construction paper so pictures could be made with all the foam stickers, but the biggest hit was the glow in the dark bracelets.

The fairy jars will make a great addition to any fairy themed birthday party, but with a little tweaking the jars can be any kind of treasure hunt. No need to wait for a birthday for an evening of fun!

How to Draw Underwater Effect with paper and pencil

Learn to draw people, animals, and so important, but it is also necessary to create the composition of their environment, for life, your work is well suited.

Based on the aquatic environment: the addition of different sized bubbles and small fish to make the world as a composite of the diver.

If you put your characters in the vicinity of the seabed near the bladder and the fish add a few squiggly lines, with a few points to representSeabed. Add some 'creatures of the sea and around some rocks, scattered to deepen the feeling.

Add the impression of depth and perspective in the real world, everything is in 3D, but the screen is in 2D. Then, successfully represented real world on paper, you need special techniques.

In real objects appear larger close to us, as objects that are distant from us. We apply the same techniques to show the depth of a scene on a paper screen. This technique is even more powerfuldrawing objects farther from the viewer with faint lines.

Another thing to remember is that you can always pull for the minor details of objects that are from the viewer.

Why are shadows important: Many beginners make the characters seem to float in the air. This can be easily avoided by the addition of the shadow of your character. Add precise and exact shade can be difficult and time consuming, but fortunately there is no need to draw very detailed shadows. Add small spotsDiscussion forums shade will work well.

To draw in the scene independent of the position of the first floor of the horizon: when you draw in beginners often confuse the composition open position horizon. This can easily be avoided by defining the position of the horizon at the beginning before you draw anything else on the screen.