Art projects that are fun for kids and bring in big bucks for your school auction!
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to
Make beautiful bubble painting Hydrangea flowers! Fun DIY dish soap paint recipe. Great kids art activity & easy beginner watercolor ideas!
Check out the coolest printable ever! Grab one, color it and glue together to make a totally awesome flextangle!
This butterfly craft is so fun and it's super easy to make! Kids of all ages will love watching the paper butterfly flap its wings just like a real butterfly. The mechanics of the moving wings also add a fun lesson in engineering, making it a great STEAM project. Butterfly Craft We used drinking straws to create the moving wings of our butterflies. It's SO COOL how the butterfly flaps its wings. It really looks like it's flying! This butterfly craft is the perfect activity to go along with a butterfly or insect lesson at school. It's also a great spring
Surprises are good, especially when they happen in art. This folded paper project is nothing short of hilarious.
Learn how to paint fireworks with acrylic paint and paper rolls. The perfect kids craft for the summer holidays, these fireworks paintings are absolutely gorgeous, and they're SO EASY to make! How to Paint Fireworks with Acrylic Paint Who knew that a cut up paper roll could create such beautiful fireworks?! These firework paintings are so colourful and impressive looking, yet they're incredibly simple to make! We chose seven different colours for our fireworks, but you can make it even easier by choosing three or four of your favourite colours - they'll still look awesome. Try red, white, and blue to
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Hands-on STEM fun with paper plate roller coasters! Elementary students will love designing paper plate STEM roller coaster to learn about energy physics.
Articulated Grabber - Engineering Project for Kids: Have you ever dropped something behind the couch and couldn’t get it? Or perhaps your parents keep the best snacks on the top shelf, out of reach? If so, this project is perfect for you! This’ll extend your reach by over 30" (76cm)! I’ll show you ho…
It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this
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Make a 3D paper doodlebug with our printable template. This is a fun STEM craft for older kids, exploring patterns and symmetry in nature
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To begin class, we talked about the basics of portrait drawing: your eyes are in the middle of your head, your head is 5 eyes wide, your neck is as wide as your pupils, etc. I had the students make…
I created this culture jars art lesson for an Art and World Cultures class, and continue to use it in art classes because it is so well received. The word
The anatomy of our hands is complex and intricate. To explore how our fingers on our hands are able to move, build a robot hand with your kid!
Shark activities for the classroom are fun with this Google Classroom activity. Students learn all about sharks while completeing the shark activities.
So many ways to explore some extra creativity! These fun art challenges are perfect for kids and adults to stretch their imaginations!
Learn how to build a catapult cannon in this STEM activity, then play a game that explores physics and math. All inspired by Mr. Bean!
Learn how to make a kaleidoscope in this fun STEM/science activity and craft for kids. It’s such a fun way to explore light, reflections, and symmetry! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! *This post was originally published 2/2/16 and has since been updated. Last week I made these super fun kaleidoscopes with my …
STEM activities are a lot of fun and educational, but the best kind of STEM activities are open-ended, allowing children to think for themselves. In this paper plate maze STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints,
String paint art is SO PRETTY and it's really simple to create! This is such a fun and easy art technique and a great art project for people of all skill levels. You can make pull string art with any kind of acrylic paint and either string or yarn. Pull String Art With Acrylic Paint String paint art using acrylic paint is a great art project for kids, tweens, teens, adults and seniors! I love how bright and bold the acrylic paint looks on the black paper. This is such a pretty art technique - and it's SO EASY! We
Exploring famous artists for kids. There are famous artist inspired art projects for kids of all ages. Art ideas for toddlers, preschoolers upwards ar
Kids can make these Colored Paper Collage Sculptures as a sculpture and colored paper collage project all rolled into one.
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This fun Plant Cycle Craft in 3D is the best way to teach your child about the Seed to Plant Life Cycle. Its easy enough for your 1st Grader to do themself and it's a great science lesson. We love to see how you made yours with #funhousetoyscraft on Instagram!Lets get crafting1. Cut out all of the 4 background's and the single items.2. Fold the background halfway then fold the bottom up. 3. Add glue to the "glue" area.4. Now you have the the first quarter of the Cycle. Make 3 more. 5. Glue the s
Learn how to make a pom pom shooter. This fun craft doubles as a STEM activity for kids. Kids will love learning physics with this fun toy.
Make these fun penny spinners with just a few simple supplies. This project could be an awesome STEM lesson on physics, too!
Lots of EPIC Simple Machine Projects for students to make using things around the house! Learn about simple machines for kids!
Join the STEM Teachers Club and get this STEM Challenge and 500+ more ready to use lessons today! Earlier this fall we experienced multiple hurricanes in and around the United States. As a teacher in Indiana, my students are not very familiar with hurricanes. I wanted a fun and hands on
How high can you build? Your kids will love this STEM challenge and it requires little to no prep from parents/teachers. Start building today!
Engage kids in art projects in a variety of media, with many based on famous artists or art movements.
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These coffee filter flowers are SO PRETTY! This simple craft is beautiful enough for adults, but easy enough that kids can make them too. They make beautiful party decorations and are also a great gift idea for teachers or Mother's Day. Easy Coffee Filter Flowers It's hard to believe these flowers are made out of coffee filters! For pennies you can make a beautiful flower bouquet that won't wilt or fade. Best of all, these coffee filter flowers are SO EASY to make. They're made from simple supplies (coffee filters painted with liquid watercolor paint and tied together with a
A collection of fun and educational shape activities for preschoolers to develop their early understanding of geometry.
Save all your cardboard boxes of all shapes and sizes for these awesome kids crafts!