Cave Art for Kids

Cave Art for Kids

While drawing on the walls is normally not allowed, this cardboard cave is an invitation to do just that. Become a caveman and make cave art! It all started with a book. I can recite Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson from memory, and truth to tell, I often do. There were a...
Cake Painting with My Family

Cake Painting with My Family

It is not uncommon to see a lavishly decorated cake as a centre piece at a birthday or some other kind of party, and I always have some decorating ideas waiting for such occasions. But then, there are so many other things to do before guests come, and my plan for...
Spray Bottle Painting

Spray Bottle Painting

Spray bottle painting is a fun refreshing way to create art, and everyone in the family can get involved! Additional bonus? It isn’t as messy as it may sound. There are times when art activity is meant to produce results. For instance, when we made a watercolour...
Wooden Bangles for Animal Lovers

Wooden Bangles for Animal Lovers

If you look around my blog, you will find out that wood is one of my favourite materials to paint on. I like how absorbent it is, yet how smoothly paint goes onto the wooden surface, and how well it bonds. Because it is more interesting than painting on a rectangular...
31 Fall Art Projects for Children

31 Fall Art Projects for Children

We like to celebrate the change of seasons. Autumn is so bright, colourful and inspiring when it comes to making art. I collected a few art projects and crafts that we would like to try this fall. There are thirty-one of them, which means that if we do one every day,...
Roller Painting for Kids

Roller Painting for Kids

Kids like working with our big tools. They also like making big projects. This painting experiment includes both: a new fun tool and a really big piece of paper! What will happen if I give my son a VERY BIG sheet of paper? I have been pondering over this question for...
How to Make Matryoshka Nesting Dolls

How to Make Matryoshka Nesting Dolls

Have you ever thought of painting your own matryoshka doll? Here are the basic materials and design elements for making a traditional Russian nesting doll. Educational Benefits of Matryoshkas Matryoshkas are wooden dolls that come in a set: they range in size and can...
How to Make Garden Markers Rocks

How to Make Garden Markers Rocks

Looking for a simple, cheap and cute solution for making vegetable markers? Try garden marker rocks! The post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. Last week, as we were planting our garden, we once again faced the question of how to label our...
Watercolour Painting with Toddlers

Watercolour Painting with Toddlers

When I was growing up, all I had for art supplies were a box of gouache paints and a scattering of pencils that broke whenever I tried to sharpen them . It was not because my mom did not care to develop my creativity – it was just life in a small city in early...
Painting a Cutting Board

Painting a Cutting Board

My one-year-old son and I were preparing to make his first gifts for Mother’s and Father’s Days. After browsing through my drawers of craft supplies, I came back with some paints and… a blank wooden cutting board. When I was a girl, I painted a lot...
Make a Painting Together with Toddlers

Make a Painting Together with Toddlers

Painting and drawing have always been a big part of my life. At times they comforted me, other times they helped me to visualize my ideas. So I could not wait to share this passion with my son, and I first offered him food-based paints when he was seven months old. He...