Spread the loveMy daughter and I love the famous artists. We also love playing around with different paint techniques. We combined the two for these Monet inspired landscape sponge paintings. The sponge created a wonderful…Continue Reading…
Learn how to make marbled paper using shaving cream and acrylic paint. The designs are so pretty and we made butterflies out of them!
Kids + paint = lots of fun. I always loved that my mom let me paint as a kid! Something about how it splatters! So today I thought I would show you some fun projects
This spring salt painting activity comes with free printable templates - a rainbow, sun, flowers and butterfly. Kids love raised salt painting!
Learn how to integrate art into your plant science activities by having students make chlorophyll paintings. Similar to leaf rubbings, this simple science based art project is a fun and creative extension for teaching kids about photosynthesis.
Looking for fun STEM activities to do outside? Pendulum painting is perfect for kids of all ages. This pendulum STEAM activity is perfect for spring & summer.
With these easy yarn projects for kids, your littles will be inspired to make new and creative arts and crafts with an unfamiliar material: yarn!
Science and art combine in this amazing and simple rainbow experiment. The kids will love to make, explore and paint rainbows,
Keep your kids busy and having fun inside on rainy winter days with this selection of 50 fantastic indoor activities for kids. Easy crafts + games.
Kids will love making these pasta covered monograms to hang on their bedroom door!
Learn how to make small, colorful mushrooms from recycled egg cartons, rigatoni pasta, corks, and acrylic paint.
Northern Lights Art for Kids. A easy winter themed kids art idea that preschoolers and kindergarteners will love.
Thought I should post about this project we did over the weekend, because the kids had a lovely time doing it, and the gift recipient (Grand...
Learn how do hands work with this fun, hands-on human body project for kids. In this working model children will learn about muscles!
this is the ultimate summer craft. why? cause rocks are everywhere!!!! when i started this roundup I didn't realize what an art rock painting is!!! there are some AMAZING ones in here!!!! So this is
These simple drawing ideas for kids is shadow art created with basic art supplies and the sun! Shadow art is a fun STEAM activity for kids of all ages
Summer is my favorite season! I’m always so inspired to create and love being outside in the sun all summer long. This week you’ve all linked up so many vibrant & bright projects, so here are… 25 Summer DIY Projects! DIY Concrete Stool @ The Casual Craftlete DIY Hanging Bottle Decor @ Domestically Speaking Reclaimed...Read the Post
Taj Mahal Hidden Shapes Game
Science and art combine in this amazing and simple rainbow experiment. The kids will love to make, explore and paint rainbows,
Lighting and composition play key roles in capturing great portraits, but creating a powerful story will stir an emotional response. In this article, Meg Loeks shares 3 techniques to help enhance storytelling within YOUR work.
I've recently been looking into making more Chinese New Year crafts together as a way to celebrate the upcoming holiday. With my current infatuation with watercolor crafts, we recently made these watercolor painted paper fans together. Watercolor Painted Paper Fans This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Our Favorite Chinese New Year Books Prior to making the craft, we had already been reading books explaining the holiday. Here are some of our favorites! The Runaway Wok Bringing In the New Year My First Chinese New Year Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year Celebrating Chinese New Year Is it just me or are watercolor crafts like the best? The colors are always so vibrant and it's easy to make lovely, colorful art (and it doesn't require much clean up or prep too- score!) We've recently been going through some transitions over here when I gave birth to my second son. He's been such a gift to our family, but navigating transitions (even good ones) have never been my strong point. Luckily, painting and crafting make me feel happy... so I really enjoyed making these beautiful fans! Materials Needed: Ok, all you need for this craft are: Paper (We use drawing paper for the watercolors, but you can just use plain old computer paper too if you decide to go another route.) Other drawing tools (Markers, Crayons, these cool twistable crayons, Sharpies) Stapler Tape Let's Make Some Watercolor Painted Paper Fans You could go 3 routes when making these fans. Option 1: You could just draw/paint whatever comes to mind.... I made this design by drawing a bunch of dots randomly on the page with Sharpie marker and then connecting them with lines to make triangles. I find geometric shapes to be quite modern and aesthetically pleasing, don't you? Then, I just painted all the shapes in. Option 2: Plan a specific Design- Think in halves! Or, you could try to make a specific design on the fan. We'll be folding these fans in half, so imagine the paper divided in half and draw two different designs on each half. I also wanted to make a dragon fan for Chinese New year, so I drew this pattern out. (You can download it over here Chinese New Year Dragon Printable Fan ). When it's folded it makes a completed dragon fan. My son really liked this one, so he spent most of the time coloring it in... and then telling me that he didn't want to turn it into a fan. Oh well! Once you've finished your design, accordion fold it. Then, fold it in half. Staple yourself a handle and tape the two sides together. Spread your fan out and admire your completed design! Oh! Here's what the stripey design looked like folded. I went a bit crazy with painting and made several. Aren't they pretty? Option 3: Fold first, then paint! And... if you want to, you could also just fold up a bunch of these first and then paint them. That's another option too! (The stripey fan on the lower right corner was painted that way.) Another cute fan craft: Now if you liked making this paper fan craft, you should also check out my folding popsicle stick fans. They're a bit more work, but they also are a bit cooler because you can open and close them! Hope you have a fun time making these with your kiddos. Let's Keep in Contact! You can always find more fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram accounts! Happy making!
One of the simplest and coolest ways to see engineering in action is by making catapults for kids. It's a STEM activity you can play with!
Surprises are good, especially when they happen in art. This folded paper project is nothing short of hilarious.
