It’s Sunday afternoon – I have four kids who all want to kill each other, and a massive role of bubble wrap. How can I combine these things into something good? Painting and printing with bubble wrap is loads of fun, but I needed more than just ‘fun’. To change the mood from cranky, to […]
20 Ideas for Creating and Learning with Wood
Wood is a fabulous medium for for kids to explore and create with, but it’s not something that is used often. Traditional woodwork offers lots of learning opportunities, but creating with wood doesn’t always have to involve hammers and nails. These creative woodworking ideas for kids will inspire you to think a little differently about […]
Word Drawing
It started out as an easy name activity to keep the four year old entertained and not ‘ruining the big kid’s lives’, but after a few minutes the seven year old asked to join in and within half an hour all four kids were involved and the table was covered with word drawings. All you […]
Water Colours on Wet Paper – Process art for kids
Process art – an activity where the focus is on the doing, not on what you create in the end. When we do process art we don’t have any idea what the finished product will be, and in fact we don’t care much about how things look in the end, because the important part is […]
Beautiful Bugs Playdough Mats – Free Printable.
If you have kids who love play dough, or bugs, or both (like I do) they will love these these beautiful bugs playdough mats. “Don’t you think we need some new playdough mats?” my youngest child askes. It seems he can only go a month or two before he starts nagging me for a new […]
12 Simple Collage Ideas
Gluing, cutting and pasting, sticking…whatever you call it, collage is one of the easiest, open-ended, art activities you can offer your child. All you need is some glue (here’s an easy recipe to make glue at home) something to stick on to (cut up cereal boxes work great) and something to stick (here’s a list […]
Change the Drawing Paper.
Noah loves to draw, but he also loves to watch TV. Recently I’ve noticed his TV hours have been creeping up, directly correlating with how overwhelmed I’ve been feeling. Now there is nothing wrong with a bit of TV, and I am not ashamed to admit that sometimes the downtime it affords me and my […]
Easy Ideas for Outside Play with Kids.
Want your kids to spend more time outside? These simple tips for getting the kids outside will make outdoor play much easier, and these fun ideas for outside play will get the kids outdoors playing and learning without any fuss! This post is sponsored by Three Sun Possums “The sun is shining, spring is here! […]
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