{"id":1192,"date":"2010-07-10T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:22","slug":"glue-dots-for-toddler-collages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/10\/glue-dots-for-toddler-collages\/","title":{"rendered":"Glue Dots for Toddler Collages"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/10\/glue-dots-for-toddler-collages\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F07%2F10%2Fglue-dots-for-toddler-collages%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Konan-20mos-GlueDotsCollage01-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1195\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; float: left;\" title=\"Konan-20mos-GlueDotsCollage01-sm\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Konan-20mos-GlueDotsCollage01-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Konan working on collage\" width=\"265\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>As a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twittermoms.com\/forum\/topics\/2000-in-prizes-up-for-grabs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glue Dots Summer Bonding Project<\/a> for Konan and I to do together, I decided that a collage celebrating wealth and his heritage would be a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>It was quick, easy, creative, symbolic, looks good, and it&#8217;s something that he was able to do nearly all by himself.<\/p>\n<p>As a 20-month-old toddler, projects that fit all those parameters aren&#8217;t easy to come by!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we did step-by-step&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1. First I let him paint a piece of cardboard with various colors. I helped him open the caps, but he chose the colors and applied them to the artwork himself.<\/p>\n<p>2. Then I chose some coins &#8212; some American and some Canadian, since he&#8217;s a dual citizen &#8212; and applied Craft <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gluedotsfans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glue Dots<\/a> to one side, leaving the backing plastic intact. Glue Dots are a safe and easy-to-use alternative to tapes and glue guns.<\/p>\n<p>3. After the paint dried, I peeled the backing one by one off the coins and let Konan stick them to the painting wherever he wanted them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The result<\/strong>: a colorful collage of international coins:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GlueDotCollage03-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1196 aligncenter\" title=\"GlueDotCollage03-sm\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GlueDotCollage03-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Glue Dot collage\" width=\"428\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GlueDotCollage03-sm.jpg 428w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GlueDotCollage03-sm-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Definitely a project worth doing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclosure<\/strong>: I wrote this as part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twittermoms.com\/forum\/topics\/2000-in-prizes-up-for-grabs\">blogging   contest from the TwitterMoms community<\/a>. There is a chance this  post  could be randomly selected to win a $30 Amazon GiftCard, so wish  me  luck! For more details, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twittermoms.com\/forum\/topics\/2000-in-prizes-up-for-grabs\">view   the contest page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Glue Dots Summer Bonding Project for Konan and I to do together, I decided that a collage celebrating wealth and his heritage would be a good idea. It was quick, easy, creative, symbolic, looks good, and it&#8217;s something that he was able to do nearly all by himself. 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