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20 Fun Contact Paper Crafts and Activities

Posted on January 7, 2019 5 Comments

Contact paper, sticky paper, self adhesive paper… whatever you call it, you can do more with those rolls of clear sticky plastic than just covering school books. There are so many fun contact paper crafts and activities to try! Clear self adhesive contact paper is great for making sun catchers, doing mess free (no glue!) […]

Hopes and Dreams Drawing Prompt

Posted on December 29, 2018 2 Comments

Hopes and Dreams - a free printable drawing prompt to record your hopes, dreams and wishes for the new year

This activity started out as a vision board for me. I was mucking around drawing and writing some hopes and dreams and ideas I had for the year ahead when my kid noticed and wanted to do on too. My twins took up the idea and ran with it, filling their paper with all kinds […]

Making Mixed Media Portraits with Kids

Posted on November 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Mixed media portraits with kids - how to start

This amazing post was written by Shannon from Oh Creative Day. If there is one piece of art that I hoard around here, it is kiddy-made portraits, and making mixed media portraits with kids is right up there with the best! High on cute factor, often hilarious, and always steeped in story and imagination. The […]

Four Gorgeous Eric Carle Inspired Art Activities For Kids

Posted on June 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

Eric Carl inspired paper plate butterfly

This awesome post was written by Shannon from Oh Creative Day. Sometimes I quietly sigh when my kids bring me our tattered copy of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to read for the eleventy billionth time. I almost automatically regret this sigh as I begin reading and am swept up in the deceptively simple brilliance of […]

Epicly Cool Stacked Cardboard Sculptures For Kids

Posted on May 2, 2018 5 Comments

Painting your stacked cardboard sculpture

Sometimes just painting with regular paint on regular flat paper is boring. Sometimes you want to create something different, something cool, something EPIC! That’s what my kids told me the other day. Boring old painting on boring old paper was out, they needed something way more interesting. I looked at the pile of cardboard we […]

Make an Easy Rolled Paper Snail – free printable

Posted on April 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

Make an easy paper snail

My 7 year old was struggling to follow the complicated steps to make an origami snail. He crumpled the paper he was working on in frustration saying, “I just want to make a snail, is that too much to ask?” While I tried to hide my giggles at his exasperated use of words, his big […]

Finger Leg Puppets – Free Printable Template

Posted on April 3, 2018 12 Comments

Finger leg puppets

“I want to make a puppet” he said with conviction, “a finger leg puppet.” “Ok” I said, asking what sort of finger puppet my boy wanted to make. “No” he said with frustration, “not a finger puppet, a finger leg puppet!” It took me a while to comprehend that my boy wanted to make a […]

Design a Decoration – Free Printable Drawing Prompts

Posted on December 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Road trips, school Christmas plays, waiting for relatives to arrive, waiting for Christmas dinner to be served… There is often a lot of waiting associated with Christmas if you are a kid. And waiting is boring, unless you have something fun to do. To make all the waiting a little more bearable for the kids […]

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