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Colour Mixing – What kids learn from this simple art activity

Posted on November 2, 2016 5 Comments

Colour Mixing - what kids learn from this simple process art activity

“Can I experiment and mix my own paint colours?” My nine year old had been looking through our newest art book, Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci (affiliate link), trying to decide which project he’d like to try first. There are so many interesting ideas and beautiful images in this book, but eventually he […]

Scrunch Painting

Posted on October 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Scrunch painting! An easy process art activity

A rainy Saturday afternoon means we get out the paints! My kids were intrigued as I set up this simple process art activity, they couldn’t work out what I was doing with all these odd bits and pieces, but as soon as I said ‘scrunch painting’ they got the idea! Sometimes it’s fun to do […]

Plastic Cup Activities

Posted on September 20, 2016 4 Comments

20 crafts and activities to do with plastic cups!

When I saw the brightly coloured plastic shot glasses at the supermarket I immediately put two packets in my trolley, along with two packets of clear plastic cups. I was not planning to play drinking games at a raucous party till 3 am, I was planning on having a bit of a sleep in on […]

10 DIY Music Shakers and 4 Shaker Activities.

Posted on June 21, 2016 3 Comments

Get musical with your kids - it doesn't have to be hard! Try these 10 DIY music shaker ideas and 4 easy music activities

Music is so good for kids, and for us adults too, and I know some of us are not so confident when it comes to exploring music with our kids. But music activities don’t have to be difficult, and you don’t have to be able to play an instrument, read music, or even sing! One […]

Three Ways to Paint with Rain!

Posted on June 14, 2016 1 Comment

Three ways to paint with rain = try these fun easy rain painting techniques!

Try these three easy ways to do some rain painting! It rained here on the weekend. Usually rain on the weekend would not be a reason for celebration, but despite our cold wintry weather we haven’t had much rain for a long, long time. We are not connected to a town water supply, so all […]

Make a Flying Rocket!

Posted on May 24, 2016 3 Comments

Make a super swishy flying rocket! Use our free printable template and step by step instructions

Boy it’s been windy here these past few weeks. We’ve had clear, bright, sunny autumn days, but the wind has been crazy! Wild windy days always make my kids crazy too. They can’t seem to sit still and when they go outside into the blustery weather they run around like a pack of nutbags and […]

Super Easy Drip Dyed Easter Eggs

Posted on March 8, 2016 5 Comments

Super easy Easter activity - drip dyed Easter eggs

I love doing activities and art with my kids, but I’m all about the easy. It’s got to be easy to set up, east to do, and easy to clean up, so that the focus is on actually enjoying the activity. This goes double for holiday activities, I’ve got enough on my plate without taking […]

Make a Star Garland and Other Starry Ideas

Posted on December 15, 2015 8 Comments

Recycle some old newspaper and make these simple painted star garland.

I love stars. I’m not sure exactly why I love them, I just do. Perhaps it’s because they are so versatile – they work for just about any celebration, they can be fun or elegant, simple or complex – but mostly they just make me smile I needed a few smiles on the weekend, so […]

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