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My latest masterpiece – a house for toy farm animals! What my son learned from a day making art at home
Fed up with dragging your children out the door to visit famous artworks they’re too grumpy to appreciate? Channel your inner Miffy and you’ll find inspiration all around the house There’s a book about Miffy – the little white rabbit created by Dutch author Dick Bruna – going to a gallery that I can recite by heart. A fellow art critic friend posted it to my son soon after he was born; back then its pages were pristine, now they’re crumpled and torn. Another Miffy book on our shelves (the bunny’s a firm favourite) follows her as she makes half a dozen pictures at home, and, at the end of the day, puts them up on the wall. “That looks wonderful, Miffy,” says Mother Bunny. “It’s your very own gallery.” Her very own gallery in her very own home. We’ve been to museums and sculpture parks across the country. We’ve braved family drop-ins and an underground gallery dedicated to digital art. We’
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According to The Guardian’s source item, My latest masterpiece – a house for toy farm animals! What my son learned from a day making art at home, Fed up with dragging your children out the door to visit famous artworks they’re too grumpy to appreciate? Channel your inner Miffy and you’ll find inspiration all around the house There’s a book about Miffy – the little white rabbit created by Dutch author Dick Bruna – going to a gallery that I can recite by heart. A fellow art critic friend posted it to my son soon after he was born; back then its pages were pristine, now they’re crumpled and torn. Another Miffy book on our shelves (the bunny’s a firm favourite) follows her as she makes half a dozen pictures at home, and, at the end of the day, puts them up on the wall. “That looks wonderful, Miffy,” says Mother Bunny. “It’s your very own gallery.” Her very own gallery in her very own home. We’ve been to museums and sculpture parks across the country. We’ve braved family drop-ins and an underground gallery dedicated to digital art. We’
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- My latest masterpiece – a house for toy farm animals! What my son learned from a day making art at homeThe Guardian - 2026-06-01T05:00:08+00:00
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