Five engineering challenges for kids – with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It’s a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building sets! These simple materials were a huge hit with my boys. The first time we got them out, Owen (almost 7) spent well over an […]

This Roll-A-Kandinsky art lesson will help you learn all about Wassily Kandinsky and the Expressionist movement he was a part of. You'll also make your own Kandinsky-style art using the free printable and a pair of dice to guide you in which colorful elements to add.

You’ve got to know the lingo when you’re choosing from the immense variety of art tiles. It’s a world that approaches couture in its dazzle and diversity. Here's a tile glossary.

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FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.

A couple of weeks ago I share my blush lace dress that I made myself for my birthday. Today I’m back with the tutorial! This my first time making a dress with full lining, so there was a little trial and error, and a fair amount of unpicking and resewing, but I’m thrilled with how […]

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Create this woven bowl using the free printable template, a paper plate, & yarn. This is a great elementary / middle school art lesson to introduce weaving.

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We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. Please see policies for more information.I love a good paper craft. All you need is paper and maybe some crayons or markers. This origami eye from Krokotak is fun to make, plus once you have the steps down you can make it

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The corset trend is one of my favorites right now because of its historic background which dates back to the 1500's. Originally designed to slim the waist and exaggerate the bust and hips. The construction of a traditional corset is a time consuming process done by a skilled tailor called a corsetmaker. This involves accurate measuring and materials like leather, metal, wood, and plastic for the boning inserted into the cloth of the corset. Now most of us aren't skilled corsetiers and nor do we plan to be. I just like the look of a corset as a fashion-forward piece to add to my wardrobe. It's a great addition to a baggy top and even for cosplay costumes (Halloween's coming). Dritz products make it easy to create your own custom corset using their 2-Part Eyelet Tools and Eyelets. You can even try their Eyelet Pliers which I used for the vinyl corset. Get the details below and make your own corset. Supplies: Dritz 2-Part Eyelet Tools Dritz 2-Part Eyelets (I used the gold but they have silver and gunmetal too). 1/2 yard of fabric (I used a TÉLIO Denim and vinyl) Brother Sewing Machine XR3774 tailors chalk hammer embroidery scissors ruler thread DIY Instructions: You will need a strip of fabric that measures your waist + 5-8 extra inches. The width depends on how wide you want your corset to be. Mine was 6.5" when finished + 1.5" seam allowance (8" total width). The pattern above shows sections of 2" on each side and then 3.5" sections in between. The _" is the middle of the corset which will be the center back. This will be whatever measurement you get at the end. We're basically making an accordion with fabric by folding pleats and sewing them. Begin by marking a line down the 1/2 way point of the fabric. Then mark 2" lines out from the sides. Be sure to mark on the wrong side of the fabric using tailors chalk or a fabric marking tool. Now mark 3.5" from that point till you get to the center. Repeat the same for the other side going to the center. Any remaining space you have left should be in the center. This measurement will most likely not be 3.5". It should look like this when done. You should now have 2 center lines. Fold either one so the marked line is the folded edge and right sides are together. Pin or press flat and sew a 1/4" seam. Sewing a 1/4" seam from top to bottom. It should look like this. Now repeat for the other center line (the mark in between mine is the half way point). The 2 center pleats are wear the arrow is. Now for the additional pleats we will be sewing a curve instead of a straight line. Fold again with the marked line as the folded edge but pin the half way point. When you sew, do start with a 1/4" seam allowance and gradually sew out to about 1/2" by the middle point. Then gradually back to finish with a 1/4"...see below for the photo and you'll get what I mean. Repeat this for the rest of the sections until you reach the last lines marked on each side. For the last lines you will just do a 1/4" straight seam like we did the center (where the arrows are). Press everything nice and flat. The center folds should be going the opposite directions of each other. Press the remaining pleats so they align with the coordinating center direction. Now top stitch the folds/pleats down into place. You can use a different colored thread to get a nice detailed top stitch or use the same like I did. These folds will act as our "boning" for the corset rather than inserting metal or plastic into each section. It's a much easier process... It should look like this on the wrong side. Hem the top and bottom edges. I folded a 1/4" over and then another 1/2" over, pressed, and hemmed into place. For the sides fold over 1" and sew into place. I did sew the raw edge into the seam. It should now look like this. Mark evenly where you want your eyelets to be with a dot of tailors chalk. Mine were spread about 1/2" apart. Use Dritz's 2-Part Eyelet Tools and eyelets to create the lace up front. Applying the grommets and eyelets: Full video tutorial here Mark position of grommet by tracing around inside opening of grommet. Cut hole with scissors. Note: For fabrics with stretch, cut hole smaller than inside opening of grommet. Insert grommet (deep half) into hole from right to wrong side of fabric. Place anvil on a hard surface. Position grommet on anvil. Place insert over center of grommet. Place washer, dome side up, over insert. Insert setter into grommet; hammer using 2 or 3 forceful taps. Center of grommet will roll over to secure grommet and provide a smooth finish. For the vinyl corset everything was done the same but for the holes I used the Eyelet Pliers instead of cutting them myself. This is a great tool for leather, suede, and vinyl materials. You can even apply the eyelets with these. Finish by lacing up with string or cording through the eyelets. Make sure it's long enough to lace through and tie into a bow at the end. Mine measured a full yard. I love pairing these with an oversized t-shirt or men's shirt. They also look great styled with a loose peasant top. It helps accentuate the waist and adds some edge to my look. Great for cosplay costumes as well (Halloween inspo). *In collaboration with Dritz. I received compensation from Dritz®, and some of the materials featured here or used in this project were provided free of charge by Dritz®. All opinions are my own. SaveSave

When the kids arrived on W w worm day they found worms on a window for some above and below viewing. I propped the window up on two teacher chairs and stayed close to hold it steady. the kids crawled under to watch the wiggly worms and watched from above to see their funny friend (and worms) through the window. Lou pulled up a chair before class to get a good view. First, we talked about the letter Ww and the sound it makes. We sang the phonics song. We added W pictures to our W page in our class alphabet book. Then to practice our letter, I put the friends in small groups of three and sent them with one of the stretchy bands and had them see if they could work together to make a W. Only one group figured it out. They demonstrated for the others when we came back to the rug. This picture is obviously a work in progress group. To get the worm part of our day started, we read An Earthworms Life by John Himmelman. It has nice drawings and good worms facts. I added in a few more worm facts from other books I had looked at. I used this posted I drew to help point out the facts from the book as well as to review the facts after we read. There are even worm castings (poop) which was pretty funny to the boys. Here are a few other books I had on hand, but didn't get to. Sometimes the day just gets away from us. That usually means we have been having a good day. I showed the kiddos these pictures, which I just found through a google image search. We talked about whether the pictures were fake or real. They are both real pictures of giant earthworms from Australia. Aren't they crazy! Next, each friend was given a worm on a paper plate and an observation page and sent somewhere in the room to observe their worm. Before passing these material out, we discussed what it meant to observe, using our senses, and how we were being like scientist. We also talked about proper handling of the worm. God made worms too, so we should be gentle with them; the kids all agreed and no one lost their worm, although one did crawl off the plate and try to make a break for it. The worm observation pages were later collected into a class book. When we came back to the rug, supplies were collected by our lovely parent helper and we shared some observations we made about our worms. I asked the kids to complete the sentence, "My worm..." Some talked about how the worm looked, others about how it felt, some about what it did, and one commented about how it smelled. Later, I wrote their sentence on the bottom of their observation page. They made some good observations. Then, I asked if any of them had tasted the worms. They seemed grossed out, of course they had not. So I tricked them! I acted like I was trying to make sure I had the right worms and was worried about how long they had been in a closed container. I explained that I had some worms that I had rinsed the dirt off of (who would eat dirt!). I showed them the bowl of worms and then I picked one up and wiggled it. Then I ate it. They were pretty grossed out! I used this recipe for the worms. I offered others a chance to taste and a few started to figure it out. I had two worms for each friend in a small individual bowl, but my leader child for the day had also brought jello worms so we just ate out of their container. There were a few friends who had the worm in their mouths before they figured it out. At some point, we let them crawl through a tunnel like a worm. The craft for the day was painting with worms. They were rubber fishing worms in brown paint. Some friends were really into this and painted most of the 35ish minutes we were in our enrichment room. Here is my Lou's art. I snuck this activity in at the very end of the day. I gave them each a few short gummy worms and told them a letter I wanted them to make. When they had made a few letters, I gave them a regular long gummy worm to nibble on. The kids are really good at working with some food/candy item without eating it, knowing they will get a clean treat to eat later. We sang this song in the hallway while we waited for all of the friends to get through the bathroom. I'd printed it out a few years ago and had it in a folder. I don't know where it came from. Each line gets repeated, echo style" The silliest worm I ever saw was stuck inside my soda straw. He said to me don't take a sip for if you do, you're sure to flip. I took a sip, and he went down down through my pipes. He was my friend but he is gone. Now he lives inside my tummy. The kids were troopers this day and we just kept getting through things and they were eager to keep working. I love those days. I was worried we wouldn't get to these worms. With all the cutting I did, that would have been disappointing. I passed out the worms and sang the worm song below. I got this idea from a similar song I saw in a Mailbox magazine. It might not have been about worms, I don't remember. To the tune of "Where is Thumpkin" Where is Victor worm? Where is Victor worm? (child with V worm brings it up) Here he is. Here he is. What do you say Victor? What do you say Victor? (Kids:) /v/ /v/ /v/, /v/ /v/ /v/. Then we repeated with other names I assigned to each worm. I used the yellow cards to show the letter I was looking for. I wanted everyone to be successful with identifying their letter. I wrote the name on the back for me. We took a bunch of the worms home and Lou and Bee made them up some compost habitats. Next year, I might have the kids in class each make one and take a worm home. Here was snack. Aren't these crazy? Whale cupcakes! They are icing covered Twinkies coming out of cupcakes. Here are a few other worm activities that my super co-teacher did the day prior. She passed out a long (brown/pinkish) dyed sock to each child. They put it on their arm and pretended they were worms. They she sang this song and walked around the circle pretending to be a bird. The kids wiggled their arms. She snatched up a worm at the end of each song. The kids loved it. She's so good at doing fun things like this. They also did some worm weaving, which the kids liked as well. The soil is just laminated brown construction paper that has slits cut in it. The worms must be about 10-11 inches long. There were bunches of worms available. Some kids wove 6 or more. They also pretended some rope pieces were worms. They wiggled them on the floor and in the air, etc. Then they made some worm rope letters on the floor. I guess this picture must be rotated, I thought it was supposed to be a 'b'. The kids are starting to think that since we are getting to the end of the alphabet, we must be getting to the end of the year. Lou agrees. He is counting down already.

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Dear friends, Today's post will be very special for me. For those who follow my work it won't be a surprise to say that my biggest love is art journaling. I adore the freedom, experimenting and pure creative fun. is my best way for you ! I love challenging myself, to create something different each time but still stay true to myself. All my journals are very special for me but those that are done in the evenings are closer to my heart. Why ? Well, usually they are made very quickly, with not many art materials but with my heart and soul. Most of the time I just felt like creating NOW! So, without much thinking I was going to my art table to grab one of my journals... to make something. Today I will show you my latest creations which were shared on my Facebook & Instagram. I love Instagram... it's complitely different world out there. You can find so many amazing people and inspiring projects. If you wish to see more photos with my art, sneak peaks etc - please go here to find me on Instagram ;) Here they are my journals, created by night... mixed media love & fun ! Do you own a journal ? 'Don't forget to fly' I was asked so many times about the stamp used on this page ;) so here is the link to The Scrapbook Diaries store where you can purchase the set of stamps :) 'I love this day' with another great stamps from The Scrapbook Diaries store! --------------------------------- I love sharing sneak peaks of my work in progress ;) You can always find them on my Instagram. Here you can click to see VIDEO tutorial on my YouTube channel and to see how this page looked when it was finished :) This page is a part of M&M YouTube challenge with MixedMediaJenn! ------------------------------------ ... this is my travel journal with no art materials, page created on my holidays... I used tea, coffee, pen and pencil ;) ... and few more journals created by night ! I was so lucky to have my very first journal publication in Histoires de Pages magazine. I am over the moon to see my make printed! Go here to find & follow them on Facebook ;) Lastly a little treat ;) Small video tutorial with my coloured journal series! I hope you will enjoy my video :) - go here to visit & subscribe my channel for over 100 videos! Wow a hundred! I know, I know I was shocked myself when I saw how many videos I made in only 1 year! Check them out here ! As you can see in nealy all my creations I use Artbasics mediums from Mixed Media Place & Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays from Lindy. I cannot leave withouth them ;) click on the logos it will take you directly to the shops ;) Wow this is one of my longest post! haha ;) I am sending you my creative hugs, I hope to hear from you on my Social Media Places! I am so proud to be part of 21 Secrets Color, Color, Color! So many of you asked me about online class... here is it :) I created a very special class from my most favourite art journaling! I hope you will loooove it! This is something you have been waiting for! :) In short, 21 SECRETS is a 150+ page downloadable eBook filled with 25+ hours of videos, full colored photos, templates, and clear instruction intended to inspire and deepen the way you approach art journaling. What makes 21 SECRETS even more special is that you receive all the content at once — YOU get to pick and choose which workshops to do and when! No waiting around for your favorites and no need to feel rushed or falling behind — these workshops are YOURS TO KEEP! In the Color, Color, Color! edition the teachers were asked to focus their attention on how color influences their creativity and is an important element in their art making. The workshops will be released on September 26th 2016 but... Wednesday - Friday (17-19thAugust) is our Early Bird Sale!! use discount code: COLOR and receive a $10 discount All you need to do it click the image below or Click This Link to register for your classes ! Also :) by using this link you are giving me a chance to earn a small commission as your teacher. Thank you a lot in advance! Wish to know more about 21 SECRETS??? What will you receive when purchasing 21 SECRETS? • A downloadable 150+ page eBook that contains 21 art journaling workshops packed with 25+ hours of videos, full color photos, templates, and clear instructional content that is yours to keep. 
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