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
“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
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 […]
Monster Blow Painting
Make a cute, funny, or scary monster blow painting! This fun and easy process art activity is great for Halloween or any time of year, and kids of all ages will love giving it a try. We first had a go at blow painting a long time ago, when my girls were still small, my […]
Super Cool Straw Mosaic Art
I went to Ikea last week. I didn’t buy anything very exciting – a chopping board, some bag clips, a couple of rolls of paper, and lots of straws! I just couldn’t resist the packets of straws, even though we already had a huge tub of straws at home, they were such bright, fun colours. […]
Awesome Drawing Ideas and Activities
My kids love to draw, and we do a lot of drawing. We started out with 20 ideas, now there are more than 40 drawing ideas on this page for you to try! Drawing is also a great learning activity with lots of fine motor skill and development, problem solving, language development and social learning […]
Three Quick and Easy Drawing Activities
I hear it in the tone of their voices. Things are about to go to hell in a handbasket and I really don’t have the energy to deal with fighting kids this afternoon. I don’t have the energy to deal with anything, but I still need make dinner and hang the washing so before things […]
My House Drawing Prompt – free printable
Sometimes you just need a little inspiration, a little prompt, just to get you started. “What will your house look like?” “Who will live in it?” “What colour will you paint it?” A few open questions and this fun My House drawing prompt and the creativity started flowing. We had so much fun with this […]
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