Dark gloomy days call for crazy fun activities don’t you think? On the weekend we broke up the miserably grey days with a very silly pasta drawing prompt! Inspired by the Rockin’ Art Moms (a fabulous group of arty bloggers), who issued a macaroni challenge, I challenged my kids to use a variety of pasta […]
Sea Drawing Prompts
If you follow me on instagram you probably already know that we are having a bit of a holiday in Tasmania! Tasmania is the island at the bottom of Australia and to get there were traveled overnight on a ship! The kids were super excited about this big adventure. None of us have ever been […]
Change the Drawing Paper.
Noah loves to draw, but he also loves to watch TV. Recently I’ve noticed his TV hours have been creeping up, directly correlating with how overwhelmed I’ve been feeling. Now there is nothing wrong with a bit of TV, and I am not ashamed to admit that sometimes the downtime it affords me and my […]
Free Printable Monster Drawing Prompts!
Halloween is not traditionally celebrated here in Australia, but over the last few years it has become more and more popular. The shops are filling up with costumes, and decorations, and Halloween lollies (candy), and my four year old has begun to notice and ask questions. A few years ago Noah was scared of anything […]
Road Trip Drawing Prompts – Free Printables.
We are taking a bit of a road trip! Yay! When you stuff four kids and two adults into a car for hours on end, you need a few distractions to stop you all losing your minds. These road trip drawing prompts will help with that! When we go on long car trips we usually […]
Drawing and Exploring With Geometry Tools
We are working on pencil grip for a certain school boy in our house. He has a weird way of using his middle finger where his pointer should be, and he doesn’t like being corrected. So I’m trying to come up with a few new drawing and writing activities that are so cool and different […]
Easy Tin Foil Christmas Decorations
We love using plain old aluminum foil for art. It’s not fancy, we almost always have plenty of it, yet it always looks so spectacular. And since Christmas is the time for a little something ‘spectacular’ we modified our drawing on foil idea to make easy tin foil Christmas Decorations. What You’ll Need… Scraps of […]
Ten Awesome Drawing Ideas for Kids
There has been an explosion in drawing at the Pickle Farm recently. Zoe and Izzy (almost nine) have always loved to draw and will spend hours creating books, or drawing huge creations. Morgan (five) has finally found some confidence in his drawing skills and now can’t get enough of it. And Noah (two) has just […]