I love the idea of painting on windows with my kids, but the only child height window we have is… ahem… still not painted, so letting my kids loose near all that bare wood with paints that might stain aint gonna happen. I have given up waiting for the damn things to be painted (it’s […]
Melted Bottle Jewelery
My kids have been nagging me to get some shrinky-dinks for ages. But that stuff is not easy to find here, and it’s not cheap either! I’d seen a tutorial on pinterst (of course) for using recycled plastic packaging in the same way, but we never seemed to buy anything packed in plastic that had […]
Foam Sticker Stamps
Sometimes you just need to do something fun and arty and something that you know will work for everyone… Yesterday that ‘something’ was making stamps from the foam stickers Noah got for Christmas. This idea for foam sticker stamps been around for a long long time and doesn’t need much explanation… just stick the stickers […]
Melted Crayon Drawings
I’ve been looking for a way for my kids to play with melted crayons for a while now. The idea of sitting for hours with a hair dryer watching crayons melt didn’t thrill me, so we tried something a little different. We used an electric fry pan on a low setting and had loads of […]
How to Make Fusible Bead Christmas Decorations
These fusible bead Christmas decorations are fun and easy to make with just Perler beads and cookie cutters! This post contains affiliate links. A while back I bought a BIG jar of fusible beads, you know the ones, you might call them Perler beads or Hama beads. My kids love using them to make all […]
Easy Tin Foil Christmas Decorations
These tin foil Christmas decorations are easy to make and look great decorating the Christmas tree! We love using plain old aluminum foil for art. It’s not expensive, we always have plenty of it in the cupboard, and it always makes for a great art project. We’ve donepainting on foil, drawing on foil, collage on […]
Our Ten Favourite Easy Painting Activities
My kids love to paint. Come to think of it I quite like to paint too, which is probably the real reason we do it so often. While I like to paint I don’t like to spend ages setting up or cleaning up fancy activities. My goal is for it to be fun and easy, […]
Ten Awesome Drawing Ideas for Kids
There has been an explosion in drawing at the Pickle Farm recently. Zoe and Izzy (almost nine) have always loved to draw and will spend hours creating books, or drawing huge creations. Morgan (five) has finally found some confidence in his drawing skills and now can’t get enough of it. And Noah (two) has just […]
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