"Balloon" by Lily

"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

This little penguin is using a balloon to visit some flying birds...

"Balloon" by Gracie

"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 8

Assembled from pre-cut paper shapes...

"Balloon" by Isaac

"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 10

Here comes the bride...

Frankenstein's Monster and his Bride
by Lily, for Adam Rex

Bookie Woogie!

Today we are happy to announce an exiting new venture! We've launched Bookie Woogie, a blog where we review our favorite children's books. Today marks our first review!

Visit Bookie Woogie, and feel free to leave us a comment - let us know you're visiting, what you think of the books, what you think of the reviews... Our plan is to post a new review every Monday. Hope to see you there!

Lovely

Pink and Blue
by Gracie

Gracie was experimenting with limited palettes. She made a whole stack of drawings, for each picture using a different 2-color combo. Dad loved this pink and blue one...

Thar she blows...

Whale
by Elijah, age 3

"Vacant" by Lily

"Vacant" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

Doughnuts have a vacant spot right in their middle....

WooHoo!

2008 must be "Contest Year"!
We all did a happy screaming dance this morning when we saw that Lily won the Haiku contest over at Adam Rex's blog... 180 entries, two top prizes. Congrats Lily! Here's the piece of original art she's won, illustrating the haiku she wrote:



(Tickle Monsters must have been on the brain over here... Dad's got a board book coming out in February...)

Much thanks to Mr. Rex and the Judges!

"This is Seewious..."

Wonder Pets
by Lily

...for Elijah's birthday

Warning

Malfunction! Do Not Give Robots Ice Cream!
by Gracie

...out of pre-cut paper shapes

Buddies

Big Guy and Little Guy
by Elijah, age 2

Poem

a Monster Haiku by Gracie:

Fuzzy pink monster,
she dances for kids at night.
I want to see her.

Dark Side

General Grievous
by Isaac

Towering

Castle
by Gracie

...out of cut paper

Hearts

Esme Raji hearts our blog!

We like hers too.

Here are some other blogs the Z-Kids like:

Adam Rex
Tony DiTerlizzi
Mo Willems
Soc Mo
Uncle Andy & Aunt Betsy
Just One More Book
Drawer Geeks

And while we're at it, Z-kids like these sites too:
Illustration Friday
Line Rider
Homestar Runner
Sketch Swap
Studio JJK
Jelly News
Webkins
"Cereal Dot Com"

Packed

It's the 200th post on Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty! In keeping with tradition, I'll take this centennial post to share more cards from our Family Trading Card Packs. And boy are the packs packed now! Dad had to make bigger cases for everyone -- the old ones were splitting at the seams. Here are a few favorite cards, collected over the years...


by Lily


by Gracie


by Isaac


by Mom


by Dad

Tweet

Isaac is taking his brand new Prismacolors for a spin!
Here are a couple of colorful fanciful birds Isaac made for some ladies at the nursing home...

Star Wars

Yoda and a Jawa
by Lily, out of cut paper, for Isaac's birthday...

"Island" by Isaac

"Island" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

A treasure map, complete with burned edges, because, you know, treasure maps have to have burned edges, right? (You can click the image for a closer view...)

"Clutter" for Illustration Friday

What do you call too many butterflies?

Flutter Clutter!
by Gracie, age 8

What do you call too many nuts?

Nutter Clutter!
by Isaac, age 9

What do you call too many scissors?

Cutter Clutter!
by Lily, age 5

"Routine" by Lily

"Routine" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

This ballerina practices over and over...

"Detach" by Gracie

"Detach" for Illustration Friday

by Gracie, age 8

"Sail" #4, by Isaac

"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Mosaic made from our big box of cut magazine squares...

Some Pretty Things We Found On Our Walk Tonight

by Grace


by Lily

"Sail" #3, by Isaac

"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Go ahead -- Guess what Isaac made this picture out of...
Paint? Nope.
Marker? Wrong again.
Give up?

Blueberries!

Yep -- Isaac made this by scrubbing blueberry skins across his paper!

(You've heard of the book Blueberries for Sal? Dad thinks we should call this Blueberries for "Sail"!)

"Sail" #2, by Isaac

"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Pulling a toy boat along a stream...

"Sail" by Lily

"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

A ship full of pirate mice! ( I like the one mopping the deck...)

"Sail" by Isaac

"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Isaac tries his hand at collage...

Skippin' Along

Little Red Riding Hood
by Gracie

Elijah Joins In

While the other kids were gone last week, two year old Elijah took off drawing. And for the first time he's making identifiable things. He gets really excited as he runs up to tells us what the pictures are. Here's his first batch!


Three Octopuses


Spider


Baby Jack Jack (from The Incredibles)

Let's Boogie

Tutu the Dancing Dragon
by Gracie

UPDATE: Wow! Gracie and Isaac won another contest on Tony Diterlizzi's blog! Congrats guys! Check it out here...

Toot

Pistachio the Party Dragon
by Isaac

UPDATE: Wow! Gracie and Isaac won another contest on Tony Diterlizzi's blog! Congrats guys! Check it out here...

"Sweet and Sour" by Gracie

"Sweet" and "Sour" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 7

"Sour" by Lily

"Sour" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

It's a Pickle Person!

Spiderwick

We love the "Field Guides" Tony DiTerlizzi created to go along with the Spiderwick books. Isaac references them often. Here's some Spiderwick fan art the kids have produced recently...

First, three pictures by Isaac:

Goblin
pencil


Wood Elf
colored pencil on black paper


Phoenix
cut paper

And here are some Sprites from Gracie:

Orchid Sprite
cut paper


Flower Head
colored pencil


Thicket Sprite
colored pencil

Be sure to visit Tony DiTerlizzi's website and blog!
UPDATE: Isaac was selected out of 70 entries from around the world to win a drawing contest on Tony's blog! Congrats Isaac! Check it out here...