I’m all about the easy art project. Every now and then we go all out and do some kind of spectacular, messy, or fancy art activity, but mostly I’m for quick to set up, easy to do, low mess activities. If it takes more than five minutes to organise or requires some fancy item we […]
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Pasta Drawing Prompts
Dark gloomy days call for crazy fun activities don’t you think? On the weekend we broke up the miserably grey days with a very silly pasta drawing prompt! Inspired by the Rockin’ Art Moms (a fabulous group of arty bloggers), who issued a macaroni challenge, I challenged my kids to use a variety of pasta […]
Print and Fold Easter Gift Boxes
This year seems to be flying past so fast, I can’t quite wrap my head around it. One minute it is January and long lazy days of summer holidays, the next it is the end of March, and Easter is just around the corner. But with two weeks school holidays, hot cross buns and a […]
Map Drawing Prompt: Free Printable.
Recently a fellow blogger and author, Allison Tait, sent me a copy of her new book – The Mapmaker Chronicles, Race to the End of The World. My kids couldn’t agree on who should get to read it first, so I settled the argument by reading it aloud to them all, one chapter a night. […]
Magnet Madness – Three DIY ways to play with magnets
“Do you think you could get the front off our old washing machine?” I am pretty sure my husband wasn’t impressed by my question at 3pm on a holiday Monday when he was painting our new laundry. But he was the one who kept the broken washing machine, you know, ‘just in case it might […]
Catch a Bug! Free Printable Game.
This free printable ‘Catch a Bug’ game is easy to put together and fun to play. There are three ways to play, that all focus on practicing different skills. Kids are complete contradictions sometimes. My youngest is both fascinated with insects, and petrified by them at the same time! His siblings are always digging up […]
Circle Printing Art for Kids
Circle printing is a super easy and super fun art activity for kids of all ages. With a few basic art supplies and some household items you can try this fun circle printing activity and create some beautiful art. This post contains affiliate links, as an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I […]
Easy Art for Kids – Make a Lantern
I really wanted to make autumn leaf lanterns like these, but by the time we got around to trying this out we found our big bag of autumn leaves had dried out and just crumbled when we tried to wrap them around the jar. With three disappointed kids I had to think fast. We already […]