Babysitting Alien and Scribble Drawings

Ok. So this little treasure tells very little about my abilities in drawing, but gives a little insight into what I get to do when I work. For the time being, my work is babysitting, for three different families of girls. One of the girls I babysit for, K, is almost just like me when I was younger, except a million times more disciplined and she has way more potential to be anything she wants to be "when she grows up." So K and I get along really well, and we spend a good chunk of our time doing crafts or drawing or, more recently, writing. Plenty of times we've sat around wondering what to do, and then one of us will think of an awesome idea. I forgot whose idea it was to do this project, but regardless: we folded the paper into thirds, one person drew the head and the legs (K, in this picture) and the other person drew the body (me!). The trick is that you can't see what the other person drew when you draw your piece, and obviously you choose to make the feet a different style from the head.

Another awesome game we like to play is called scribble drawing. You have to be just the right person do be a scribble drawer, I've only really met one other person who can do it the right way. Basically, you do a small, continuous scribble on a piece of paper, and then the other person looks at the scribble and tries to find a picture in it. You only add a few lines or curves, you don't draw over the scribbles to make a new shape - you have to use the scribble as a part of your drawing. It's super awesome! Here, I'll have my husband give me a scribble real quick so I can show you:

So here's the scribble my husband gave me. I made him redo it twice because he added extra lines and it's important to have a CONTINUOUS scribble :) haha

My first inspiration occurred when I turned the page a little. 

I added some hands, feet, and a head and here is a leaping man. 

Using the same scribble, but erasing my additions, I made this: 

A shocked bunny. 

A jovial seal. 

And finally: an ugly cat. 

Obviously these are pretty ugs, but you get the point - it's a great way to stretch your creativity and it's really really fun. All of my preliminary training for this game came from countless hours hanging my head upside down over the side of the couch, staring at the ceiling and making pictures from the popcorn paint as a child. Now my ceiling is made up of smooth square tiles with one chipped corner.

Please enjoy playing your own scribble drawing games - it never gets old because you'll never have the same scribble twice! (Well, unless you draw in pencil and erase your marks like I just did... sorry, I'm too literal).