Okra Ornaments?

Remember this okra?
This is the okra out of my garden drying.

Well I picked up the Grands one afternoon and
 decided that I would let them help me work on our Okra Craft!
It started out great with popcorn, coke, and the okras to paint.

Then it changed when I told the girls about making the flowers out of gift tissue paper.
Look at "Angel" working so hard.

They caught on so quick.  They loved making flowers.
I think they forgot about the okra painting.
Didn't they do such a good job?

Then they decided that they wanted to go outside
 and find some more things to work with like pinecones and other stuff.
"Sweet Teen" found this flower and I could see her mind working.

The next thing I saw is "Sweet Teen" painting a flower like she picked.

Look at this when she got through!!!

Isn't it beautiful?

Now "Brother" was over here still using the paint
but he had found some more goodies outside that he wanted to use.
You may notice that his shirt is off......when he gets serious about something
he always takes his shirt off for some reason. He is hilarious.
He is telling Paw Paw what all he is doing.

"Sweet Teen" just couldn't get enough of flower making.

By now" Brother" had got bored with painting
and the next thing we knew he was on the floor
with the tissue paper making robots!!!
Just like a boy!!!

Then "Sweet Teen" found origami on the internet
and she made this butterfly.  She amazes me.

Wasn't this post about Okra?  Oh yes.
The Grands kind of forgot about painting the okra but they
accomplished a lot.  They love craft time at Gran's house.

When I went to see my BFF, Vicki the other day
she gave me a plastic bag full of painted okra
from years ago when we had done this.
I haven't got those done but I can't wait to work on them.
Thanks Vicki Lou!

Here are some of the finished okra.  My "Sweet Hunter" has a very
gifted artistic aunt and she showed me how to make these years ago.
She made me a block of wood with holes in it for the okra to stand in and dry
after painting them.  She even painted the wood red for me.
I haven't saw Aunt J in a long time but I would love for her to know that
I will always remember that she taught me how to do this.
It is now a tradition for me.
Okra is good for more than just eating.  Once you dry them they make the best
Santa Claus Ornaments for your tree and they last forever.