ZWT7~ Pacific Islands~Kids Forum Gauguin-tic Fruit Challenge

[Queenofcamping]

For the Golden Gourmets....
My daughter Kaylee, 13(will be 14 tomorrow) , drew this picture for the Gauguin-tic Fruit Challenge. She loves to draw and write poetry. Some of my other kids were going to do it also but decided against it. I don't really like to post pictures of my children so unfortunately I will not be putting a picture to go with it.

Edited to add that she researched and has given me the names of each fruit pictured....Pineapple, Dragon Fruit, Feijoa, Banana, Papaya, Pepino Melon, Rambutan, Rose Apple, Sapodilla, Passion Fruit, and Sweet sop

[Elmotoo]

For the Emerald City Shakers, I asked my 11 yr old dd to paint for us. We googled Gauguin & she took off running. She assembled all the fruit she could find & went for it! *I* think she should have focused more on the fruit than the landscape but....

Elmotoo wrote:
my sweet 11 yr old dd artist set up shop today

to paint for the Gauguin Challenge


xo Bethie

woops even with the flash they're dark.

here's a closeup....on the island is a table with fruit on it. really!


xo Bethie

[HokiesMom]

My grandson quickly colored this picture from his Garfield coloring book. I asked him to find a food that would be on an island (like pineapple or coconut) and so he chose this coloring page. He rushed through it because I promised him a smoothie after he finished. Maybe I should have kept that quiet until he took his time.



I've also included a drawing my 16 yo daughter completed for her Art Portfolio class in HS. She drew the raspberry using colored pencil as the technique. Raspberries were introduced to the Pacific Islands and are not a native fruit but are now a cultivated fruit. She won 1st place in the County Art Show this past spring for this drawing.

[PanNan]

For the Hot Pink Ladies, I'm posting the picture my grandson, Cole, colored. He enjoyed identifying all the types of fruit and deciding what color they should be. Cole is 3, and was very proud to hold up his picture and have a photo taken of his achievement. He had to go home before the picture was posted on the computer, but asked Nanny to show it to him next time he's over.

[magpie diner]

Both of my children decided they wanted to use a few colouring sheets of fruit for this activity. You can probably tell which is the 4 year old boy's and which the 7 year old girl's. He's into speed, what can I say. My daughter on the other hand looked up exactly what a star fruit looks like before getting started, wanted to get the colour just so. We've got plans to look for a star fruit on our next market trip.

[**Jubes**]

Chef Jean wrote:
for the



My 3 year old son Maddock and I worked on our project for 4 days! He has been learning how to use glue and scissors, so we did a lot of coloring with crayons, markers, pencils and paints. I helped him cut out the pictures. Then he painted a canvas and glued the colored pictures of fruit onto the canvas.

He colored a pineapple, coconut, kiwi, lemon, orange, blueberries, cherries, bananas, mushroom, and fruit basket( I think that's everything!)


He was very proud of his finished project

THankyou Chef Jean and Maddock
Wowsers!...4 days worth of colouring, cutting and pasting!
Fantastic entry Maddock

[**Jubes**]

MomLuvs6 wrote:


My sons have completed the ZWT7~ Pacific Islands~Kids Forum Gauguin-tic Fruit Challenge

My 11 yr old chose to paint his picture with water colors, was not really into it until I told him he could take a picture of it himself. He enjoys taking pictures, so that thrilled him.

Here is his water color painting and pictures taken by him.


My 13 yr old enjoys drawing, so he chose to draw a mango with coconut drinks and palm trees. He also took the picture of his drawing.



ML6

Thanks MomLuvs6 Great work boys

[**Jubes**]

Queenofcamping wrote:



For the Golden Gourmets....
My daughter Kaylee, 13(will be 14 tomorrow) , drew this picture for the Gauguin-tic Fruit Challenge. She loves to draw and write poetry. Some of my other kids were going to do it also but decided against it. I don't really like to post pictures of my children so unfortunately I will not be putting a picture to go with it.

Edited to add that she researched and has given me the names of each fruit pictured....Pineapple, Dragon Fruit, Feijoa, Banana, Papaya, Pepino Melon, Rambutan, Rose Apple, Sapodilla, Passion Fruit, and Sweet sop

Thankyou QueenofCamping and Kaylee
Great work Kaylee - your fruit looks amazing- the pineapple looks so lifelike. Wishing you a Happy 14th Birthday

(there's no requirement to post a pic of your children- we respect your privacy and totally understand)

[**Jubes**]

magpie diner wrote:


Both of my children decided they wanted to use a few colouring sheets of fruit for this activity. You can probably tell which is the 4 year old boy's and which the 7 year old girl's. He's into speed, what can I say. My daughter on the other hand looked up exactly what a star fruit looks like before getting started, wanted to get the colour just so. We've got plans to look for a star fruit on our next market trip.

Thankyou MagpieDiner and kids
Beautiful work. Starfruit look so good sliced and on the top of a fruit salad

[**Jubes**]

Elmotoo wrote:


For the Emerald City Shakers, I asked my 11 yr old dd to paint for us. We googled Gauguin & she took off running. She assembled all the fruit she could find & went for it! *I* think she should have focused more on the fruit than the landscape but....

Elmotoo wrote:
my sweet 11 yr old dd artist set up shop today

to paint for the Gauguin Challenge


xo Bethie

woops even with the flash they're dark.

here's a closeup....on the island is a table with fruit on it. really!


xo Bethie

Thankyou Another great entry- I love that your daughter wanted to enter her very own Gauguin. Great work:D

[**Jubes**]

PanNan wrote:
For the Hot Pink Ladies, I'm posting the picture my grandson, Cole, colored. He enjoyed identifying all the types of fruit and deciding what color they should be. Cole is 3, and was very proud to hold up his picture and have a photo taken of his achievement. He had to go home before the picture was posted on the computer, but asked Nanny to show it to him next time he's over.

Thankyou PanNan and Cole
Great work and he did get all of the colors just right!

[**Jubes**]

HokiesLady wrote:


My grandson quickly colored this picture from his Garfield coloring book. I asked him to find a food that would be on an island (like pineapple or coconut) and so he chose this coloring page. He rushed through it because I promised him a smoothie after he finished. Maybe I should have kept that quiet until he took his time.



I've also included a drawing my 16 yo daughter completed for her Art Portfolio class in HS. She drew the raspberry using colored pencil as the technique. Raspberries were introduced to the Pacific Islands and are not a native fruit but are now a cultivated fruit. She won 1st place in the County Art Show this past spring for this drawing.

Thanks HokiesLady - you must make a great smoothie as you still managed to have your grandson do great colouring

Wow! Wow! Wow!!! Your daughter has amazing talent
- her artwork is beautiful- hard to believe it is a drawing and not a photograph. You must be very proud

[KristinV]

For The Hot Pink Ladies my sisters son has come through with the goods No pictures of the little artist but I was offered much explanation!

He was given a helping hand with the colour of the orange but he had creative license with the colour of the other fruit. He chose black and grey for the bananas because he doesn't like them The gold stars were a very important addition to add a little sparkle!

[HokiesMom]

**Jubes** wrote:


Thanks HokiesLady - you must make a great smoothie as you still managed to have your grandson do great colouring

Wow! Wow! Wow!!! Your daughter has amazing talent
- her artwork is beautiful- hard to believe it is a drawing and not a photograph. You must be very proud

Saying I make a great smoothie sounds better than my grandson being in a snit and not wanting to help me out but wanted his treat!

And yes, I'm so proud of her - she works very hard and cries many tears over her artwork. This piece is 18"x18" and will be framed and hanging in my kitchen very soon!

[momaphet]

This picture was done by my friend's daughter Sabrina. Sabrina would much rather ride her bike, play with her dog Mac, or read a book than do any type of craft - so I really appreciated her willingness make this picture. Sabrina just turned 11 while on vacation in Las Vegas to attend her cousin's wedding - could this have anything to do with the inclusion of cherries or that the fruit are lined up in her picture, hmmmm ?!