Children's artwork from 2002 Calendar Here's a wonderful way to keep the children close to you. You can now download beautiful art created by the children we serve at Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home and utilize it as "wallpaper" on your computer. In this case the wallpaper art will always be visible in the background of your desktop. The children's artwork is clever, colorful, insightful and sure to delight. There's no cost for adding this art to your system so why hesitate? Let this wonderful children's art be a reminder each time you use your computer of the importance and value you and the staff of Tennyson Center find in children. Art is just one of the many forms of expression that can allow someone to "look inside" a child and witness their multitude of feelings, hopes and dreams. Often, without the ability to verbalize how they are feeling or what they are witnessing, children can allow art to "speak" for them and begin a journey of healing.   Audra Bishop,   Tennyson Center Art Teacher As we said, there's no cost to add the wallpaper art to your system, but of course your generous support of Tennyson Center enables us to provide quality programs and services including the art program. If you wish to make a contribution please visit "Getting Involved" on the home page. Thanks for your concern and support for children and we hope you enjoy the children's art! Jasmine, age 11 Audrey, age 10 Jesse, age 13 Shamekica, age 9 Devin, age 8 Philex, age 12 Kendra, age 12 Samantha, age 10 Brittany, age 11 Todd, age 11 Tamika, age 11 Aaron, age 9 Thomas, age 11 Vincent, age 12 Kyla, age 9 Bobby, age 13   Paul, age 12 How to Download Images from the Web Site. Go to the appropriate browser information that you are using shown below and view the instructions. Netscape Navigator/Windows 1. Position the pointer on top of the image and click the right mouse button to bring up the menu. 2. Move down to Save this Image as... and click the left mouse button. 3. Save the new image as a file on your hard disk or diskette (make sure you pay attention to the location of the image so you can find it later). Netscape Navigator/Mac 1. Position the pointer on top of the image and hold down the mouse button. 2. Holding the mouse button down, move down the menu to Save this Image as... and release the mouse button. 3. Save the new image as a file on your Mac (make sure you pay attention to the location of the image so you can find it later). Microsoft Internet Explorer 1. Position the pointer on top of the image and click the right mouse button to bring up the menu. 2. Move down to either    a. Copy or    b. Save Picture as... and click the left mouse button. Then either    c. Paste the new image into a page you are editing or Save the new image as a file on your hard disk or diskette (make sure you pay attention to the location of the image so you can find it later). How to Create Wallpaper on your computer. You will need a graphic manipulator like Windows Paint, PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro installed on your computer to create a wallpaper. If your not sure what graphic program is installed, use Windows Paint. This program comes standard with all Microsoft Windows programs. Step 1: Open Windows Paint program Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and select "Paint". Step 2: Open the downloaded image Click the File button, then click on open. A dialog box will open allowing you to locate the directory that you saved the image in. If the directory is "kids-photo's", look for the this directory and click on it. The contents inside that folder will be displayed. Click on the image you wish to use and click on the open button. You image will be displayed in the Paint program. Step 3: Set image as a wallpaper The first step to do is save the image as a Bitmap image. Click on File, then "save as" and change the "file type" at the bottom of the dialog box to "256 Color Bitmap (*.bmp)". Now, click the File menu and select "Set As Wallpaper (Centered)" from the menu that appears (shows one image on your screen). You can also select "Set As Wallpaper (Tiled)" if you want the wallpaper to be tiled across the Desktop (shows several images tiles vertically and horizontally on your screen). Step 4:Saving the wallpaper image You can now choose "Save" from the File menu to save the wallpaper for later modifying.You can now close the Paint program and you will notice the art work that you selected is now your wallpaper on your desktop.     back to top of page back to home page