Activity: A photo shoot with your pets

For two weeks I've been covering creativity and your kids. Now I get to share some of the projects we've tackled around here. I told the girls that one day this summer we would have a photo shoot with their pets, complete with props.  The day finally came.

I photograph things for the memories. Photography is not my hobby. So our standards are not high. Perhaps that made letting the girls use the camera and edit the pictures easier? We giggled our way through posing the beloved guinea pigs with different hats and props (the pigs were very cooperative). 

To edit the photos,  the girls had fun using one of our favorite, free web sites(you don't even have to register) called PicMonkey. It is a super intuitive photo editing site. On my blog, I use it to resize images, to add "Pruning Princesses" in the corners, and to make simple edits. The girls like the more exotic special effects like the frames, the text, the odd color variations like Polaroid.  We didn't use the the slimming effect or the airbrushing or the makeup, but the girls love taking photos of people they know and adding their own makeup. 

I highly recommend letting your kids try a pet photo shoot. It was super fun, ate up a whole afternoon and gave me a way to let my girls know that I think their favorite rodents are special too. (Note: We have a charming parrot too, but he won't less us dress him up!) The girls are still trying to decide if they want to make a collage poster or a photo book out of their images. 

Drumroll...Guinea Pig photo shoot staring Astro and Nibbles and my girls.