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 […]
Autumn Leaf Mosaic Collage
It was frosty and freezing here at The Pickle Farm this morning. But the sun was shining and we had to go into town anyway, and I’ve been telling myself we’d stop at the park with trees with the beautiful autumn leaves, so today was the day. We had a quick run around and checked […]
Say Yes to Painting – Dot Paints.
Our big kids all got fabulous water colour paint sets for Christmas which makes saying yes to painting so much more doable. With that same idea in mind I recently picked up a set of ‘dot paint markers’. The set of six dot markers are super easy to use, don’t make much mess and are […]
Easy Art For Kids – Frame a Portrait.
At the end of last year the girls were drawing self portraits as school. They came home with lots of drawings and paintings of themselves, and each chose one of their self portraits to be framed and included in the school art show. Inspired by this we decided to draw portraits of various family members […]
Ice Painting
It was hot here last week, and as I was filling the ice block trays for the eleventy hundredth time a little idea popped into my head. I got out the food colouring and dropped some colour into each ice block, then popped them in the freezer. The next day we donned aprons, found paper […]
Magic Painting!
When your sisters have gone to do something special without you, there needs to be some sort of fabulousness at home to even the score. On this occasion fabulousness for a three and a half year old was painting, but not just any kind of painting…. magic painting! Stuff we used.. An old wax candle […]
Art for Kids – Keep it Simple Collage.
Sometimes I get carried away with ideas for fancy, elaborate, art projects. Sometimes I curse Play School for filling my children’s heads with ideas on how to create ‘a farm with real animals and grass’ out of two toilet rolls and a box of tissues. And sometimes I remember that the kids and I don’t […]
Why Art is Important for Little People.
I have a thing about art and little kids…. I think they should do lots of it. Even though I often don’t want to face a potential mess, or I can’t really be bothered getting out the supplies, or I just don’t feel like supervising my small people when they create…. despite all those things […]