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 […]
We Play – Making an Autumn Crown.
A few weeks back the Picklebums and I attended the opening of Eco Toys and Baby store. We went along to do a craft activity for any kids (or adults) who were visiting on the day. Our activity of choice? Making Autumn Crowns. Inspired by these gorgeous crowns over at Heart Felt Muski and I […]
What Can We Do Today? Blow Painting.
What with wrecked backs and sick kids and crossing off number one on my list I’d totally forgotten to blog this fun blow painting activity that we tried way back in the term 3 holidays! You’ll Need – Watered down paint, food colouring or liquid water colours. A cup or container for each colour. A […]
Holiday Painting and Printing.
So it’s school holidays for us at the moment… well kinder holidays. We’re still running at a mile a minute, with birthday parties and this crazy family wedding, but this week I was determined to do something fun with the kids, something they’d wanted to do for ages. We got out the paints. I was […]