TOM'S TOYS

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has become a grandfather for the first time.

Tom's first grandchild could give him the perfect excuse to dig out his most treasured toys, as he recently admitted he still loves playing with his kids' miniature cars and planes.

Tom said:  "I play with toys all the time.  I play with the little goofy things my kids still have like cars and planes and I hold them up and imagine the same stories I did when I was a kid."

He added, "My own toys weren't collectibles - they went through hard use so any toy I had was eventually pounded out of existence or they broke.  They went the best way any toys can - they were played with out of existence."

News article courtesy of Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation http://www.mb.com.ph/

THE MODERN PLAGUE

Savion: "Did you know that in the olden times people lived up to 958 years old?"
Nicolas: "It's because there was no cholesterol."

HAPPY IN "HEVEN"

"How Is It In Heven" by Nicolas Garcia 

(2008 Birthday Card - Materials Used: pencil & crayons)

MY ABC'S

 "Lola Linda" by Savion Garcia 

(2007 Artwork for Grandparent's Day)
See Lola link: http://ipisnippets.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-matreshka.html 

NICOLAS' PIZZA

"First Pizza Creation" by Nicolas Garcia 
(Ingredients: Hungarian sausage, mushrooms, cheese, tomato sauce & crust)

HAIKU

I just bought this mag.

I like it so much it's cool.

I hope it will last. 

Savion Garcia (Haiku for his fave magazine)

Haiku |ˈhīˌkoō; ˌhīˈkoō| - a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.  Origin: Japanese, contracted form of haikai no ku ‘light verse.’

TRON

"Tron" by Nicolas Garcia 

(Materials Used: paper (back of his exam sheet) and pencil)

WHY DO YOU STUDY

"It's not about beating my classmates.

It's about getting better. "

 Nicolas Garcia, 8 years old

(in a conversation with his grandfather, Ising)

DOUBLE BOOSTER ROCKET

 "Double Booster Rocket" by Nicolas Garcia 

(Materials Used: paper and pencil)

THE LONG ELEPHANT

 "The Long Elephant" by Nicolas Garcia 
(Materials Used: paper, pencil and yellow crayon)

ARTIST SIGNATURE

 Nicolas Garcia's 2011 Artist Signature

GOODBYE HELLO (2011)

"Goodbye 2010. Hello 2011."
Goodbye Hello (Series) Since 2005

 

DOUGH BOYS

 Savion and Nicolas learned how pandesal is made.
Ad'Laine Bakeshop, Baguio City

FAST FOOD, PLEASE

As we looked for a restaurant, hurried and hungry Nicolas said, "We can't eat there.  Look, it says, 'Slow Cooking'."

VELOCIRAPTOR

 "Velociraptor" by Nicolas Garcia 

(Materials Used: foam paper, tape & eye sticker)

MAN & MANTIS

Savion's hand and a praying mantis

(Cavinti, Laguna) 

LETTERS TO SANTA

WHALES in WALES

 "When whales wait in Wales,
winners watch them."

 Tongue Twister by Savion Garcia

"The Killer Whale" by Nicolas Garcia

(Materials Used: pencil & oil pastels [craypas])

FUTURISTIC GUN

 "Futuristic Gun" sculpture by Nicolas Garcia 

(Materials Used: apple and teeth)

ROBO BUDDY

 "Robo Buddy" by Nicolas Garcia

(Materials Used: paper, masking tape & orange juice box)

ORIGAMI

"Bouquet of Flowers" by Nicolas Garcia (a gift for his teacher)

(Materials Used: paper)

Origami from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper") is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami.

CYCLOPS

 "Cyclops" by Nicolas Garcia

(Materials Used: marbles)

MASSKETBALL

Nicolas: "What part of the mass is this?"
Savion: "The homily."
Nicolas: "Is this HALFTIME?"