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 […]
Absorption Painting – An Easy Process Art Activity
Sometimes the best creativity happens when you least expect it. This absorption painting activity happened by accident, when we’d finished another activity and had some liquid watercolors left over. I went to get some more paper to use up the last of the paint, but when I came back my boys had grabbed the paper […]
Easy Easter Egg People with Free Printable Hats
Use these fun free printables to make some super cool Easter egg people! These tiny printable hats and accessories combined with funny hand drawn eggy faces will turn boring eggs into fabulous Easter egg people! My kids love decorating eggs for Easter. We’ve dyed eggs, painted them, collaged them, drip dyed them, and more. […]
Object Tracing – An easy drawing activity for all ages
A group of kids, all different ages, all looking for something to do. It’s not always easy to find one activity that suits a variety of ages, and keeps everyone interested and happy, but this object tracing drawing activity really hit the spot for this group of kids. I had 6 kids ranging in age […]
Drawing Myself
It is easy to forget that just because I’ve done an activity a hundred times while teaching, or the kids have already done it when they were younger, or I think it’s not so ‘new and exciting’ doesn’t mean that my kids see it that way. It is often the activities we’ve done over and […]
Easy to Make Christmas Star Decorations
Every year we make something new to hang on our Christmas tree. We really don’t need any more Christmas decorations, our tree is loaded as it is, but it’s become a family tradition. So each year, amid the craziness of dance concerts, piano recitals and the end of the school year, we set aside an […]
Colour Mixing – What kids learn from this simple art activity
“Can I experiment and mix my own paint colours?” My nine year old had been looking through our newest art book, Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci (affiliate link), trying to decide which project he’d like to try first. There are so many interesting ideas and beautiful images in this book, but eventually he […]
Scrunch Painting
A rainy Saturday afternoon means we get out the paints! My kids were intrigued as I set up this simple process art activity, they couldn’t work out what I was doing with all these odd bits and pieces, but as soon as I said ‘scrunch painting’ they got the idea! Sometimes it’s fun to do […]
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