While the Crafty Crow is having a month of book loving we have been loving books ourselves. One of our favorite, favorite picture books is: Augustus and His Smile.
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He pops up all over the place…
![DSC_0132](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/5818810937_cca8ed95cb.jpg)
Even climbing out of the recycling bin…
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So we decided to do some book illustration….
We began with some watercolor stripes… Some deep blue sea…
![DSC_0567](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5816921242_a2dee2e832.jpg)
Golden desert sand…
![DSC_0569](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/5816355529_e524cd7cdc.jpg)
Deep green jungle…
![DSC_0570](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/5816358157_df3d4e1d84.jpg)
Crystal clear sky…
![DSC_0573](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/5816363097_6298e15218.jpg)
Purple tissue paper mountains…
![DSC_0725](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/5816364859_70f2bc875e.jpg)
Colorful jungle plants…
![DSC_0727](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/5816367151_6ffafdbff0.jpg)
Sparkling fish…
![DSC_0728](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/5816369431_173bf75978.jpg)
Feline footprints across the desert sand…
![DSC_0099](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/5816939932_7a1dfd9e4d.jpg)
Some sparkling jungle birds…
![DSC_0101](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/5816376409_f06bb900a5.jpg)
And of course you will need a tiger…
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If you are looking for some happy Tiger fun of the Augustus variety then follow this link.
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Wow, some more easy crafts!! Thank you! You are a legend!! 🙂
Such a fun, easy craft. Thank You.
ps…I know that you are not into this kind of thing but I nominated you for an award on my blog. Have a look when you have a gap.
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Thanks Julia – That is so funny!!! Thanks for enjoying our blog enough to award us and thank-you for the very sweet things you had to say about us… and I loved having a browse through your favorite faves!!! Hope you enjoy your weekend!!!
Hay Karyn!!! Legend!!! We have some great puppets coming this week… lots of fun warning!!! Hope you have a brilliant weekend!!!