Painting & Drawing
Watercolour Painting
Painting with Roll-on Deodorant Bottles
Recycle roll-on deodorant bottles by turning them into roll-on painting bottles for toddlers to make mess-free art! My son has a curious fascination with vessels. In a store, he often eyes the shelves with straw cups, flasks, and bottles longingly, never giving up...
Map Study Watercolour Painting with Children
Are you doing a map unit study with kids this year? Make your own map with different types of landscapes, using a simple watercolour technique! I love maps. Actually, everyone in our family does. If there is a map in a book, it automatically gets a bonus point from...
Friendly Monster Watercolour Blow Art with Straws
If you like making process art and trying new painting techniques with kids, keep this watercolour monster craft in mind for the next rainy afternoon. They are guaranteed to brighten your day! Do all kids have a fondness for straws? In five years, they definitely...
Acrylic/Tempera/Gouache Painting
DIY Fairy Doors from Painted Rocks
Make fairy doors from painted rocks, and turn any old tree trunk into a magical fairy house! People like to hide - and find - painted rocks because they stand out as something unusual. But what if a rock, while still painted and unusual, became a part of the...
Painted Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Rocks
If you like painting rocks, here is a fun autumn craft for you and the kids - turn rocks into jack-o-lantern pumpkins! I don't grow pumpkins every year; it's every other year with me. That's how it goes: one year, I get inspired to plant pumpkins and marvel at their...
How to Paint Space in Acrylic with Kids
Learn how to paint space with acrylics in a simple way that even children can accomplish! This technique works for creating beautiful abstract wall art and decorating craft projects. If you've been around this blog for a while, you might have noticed that we have...
Drawing & Doodling
12 Ways to Stop Global Warming for Kids (with Printable Colouring Pages)
Looking for ideas on how to stop global warming for kids? We created 12 colouring pages outlining some practical and attainable ideas on how to help the environment! My son has been watching David Attenborough's videos ever since he was a toddler. Planet Earth, Blue...
Valentine’s Day Colouring Pages for Kids
Learn about unique holidays and traditions from around the world with these Valentine’s Day colouring pages for kids that turn into a giant Valentine poster! As I was making our study plan for February, I stumbled over Valentine's Day. Over the years, we have made a...
15 Animal Drawing Ideas
Following these animal drawing ideas, discover fun animal facts and create fifteen science-themed pictures! Reading about animals is fascinating, but turning facts into art helps children to analyze the information, interpret it and make it a part of personal...
Printable Crafts
Valentine’s Day Colouring Pages for Kids
Learn about unique holidays and traditions from around the world with these Valentine’s Day colouring pages for kids that turn into a giant Valentine poster! As I was making our study plan for February, I stumbled over Valentine's Day. Over the years, we have made a...
How to Make Paper Insects
Learn how to make paper insects and study insect anatomy with this printable insects kit! Insects are fascinating! For a start, they live very close to us, as a natural part of our surroundings. Compare how often one sees a live bear with how many encounters one has...
Free Printable Summer Paper Dolls
Get these free printable paper dolls ready for summer with a set of light and colourful summer clothes! Having already tried winter and spring/autumn clothes, our paper dolls are heading into summer with a new set of free printable clothes. What do we wear in the...
Sculpting
Planet Earth: Clay Craft for Earth Day & Earth Study
Celebrate Earth Day with kids by making this Earth craft from air-dry clay! I always get excited about trying new art and craft supplies! Our latest discovery was in the sculpting department and, after a few tries, turned out to be my favourite air-dry clay to use...
How to Make Fantasy Mermaid Eggs
If your children have a fascination with mermaids, they might just like making this mermaid egg craft! Made of shells and beach glass, this craft is a good way to use up all the keepsakes from a seaside trip in a little fantasy-inspired creation. The idea was born...
How to Make Fantasy Dragon Eggs
What would dragon eggs look like? As a fan of both Harry Potter and A Game of Thrones, I have been pondering this question for a while. Last Easter my son voiced the question as well, and over the course of a short family discussion, we decided that...
Textile Crafts
Make a DIY Krampus Christmas Ornament from Felt
Decorate your tree with a DIY Krampus ornament, in celebration of the famous Christmas beast from Austria! Made from felt, these homemade ornaments are so easy that even kids can put them together. Have you ever heard of Krampus? He is half-demon and half-goat. He...
Felted Pom Pom Acorn Craft for Kids
Turn your collection of acorn caps into a colourful autumn craft - make pom pom acorns! This is the time of the year I find myself coming back from nature outings with my pockets full. The truth is, I cannot walk past acorns and chestnuts without pocketing a couple. I...
How to Make a Stuffed Animal from a Drawing… Without Sewing!
Make a stuffed animal from a drawing... without sewing! The simple needle felting project will allow you to create a special keepsake for your child. You know those companies that turn children's drawings into stuffed animals? I always find the results absolutely...
Nature Crafts
Pumpkin Fairy Garden for Halloween Display
Build fairy houses from pumpkins and put together a pumpkin fairy garden for Halloween display this year! After I challenged my six-year-old son to build a house from a pumpkin and made one alongside him, we decided right away that we needed more. I've always had a...
Pumpkin House: Engineering Project for Kids
Learn the tips and tricks of how to build a pumpkin house for an autumn STEM project with kids! If I learned something from my son, who loves building, it would be this - anything can be used for engineering constructions! I still remember him vividly at...
Felted Pom Pom Acorn Craft for Kids
Turn your collection of acorn caps into a colourful autumn craft - make pom pom acorns! This is the time of the year I find myself coming back from nature outings with my pockets full. The truth is, I cannot walk past acorns and chestnuts without pocketing a couple. I...
Crafts from Recyclables
Painting with Roll-on Deodorant Bottles
Recycle roll-on deodorant bottles by turning them into roll-on painting bottles for toddlers to make mess-free art! My son has a curious fascination with vessels. In a store, he often eyes the shelves with straw cups, flasks, and bottles longingly, never giving up...
Stained Glass Christmas Suncatchers with Free Printable Templates
Make stained glass Christmas suncatchers with kids! This winter craft comes with four pages of Christmas ornament templates and makes for a quick and easy way to decorate windows in celebration of the season. Stained glass suncatchers are one of our favourite...
How to Make a Castle from Cardboard
Learn how to make a castle from cardboard, paper rolls and other recyclables! Chances are, you have a lot of packing tubes, paper towel and wrapping paper rolls, potato chip or nut containers in your recycling bin. We sure did. At least, until we decided to make...
Other Crafts
How to Make Simple Articulated Robots with Kids
Build a simple articulated wooden robot! It is a great engineering project to teach kids how articulation works and a perfect woodworking project for beginners. My kids have a lot of toys. When I've just tripped over one, I tend to think they have too many....
Woodburning a Cutting Board with Kids’ Handprints for Moms and Grandmas
Use woodburning technique with kids to make a cutting board that would be a perfect gift for moms and grandmas. The keepsake cutting board captures both the child's handprints and handwriting! If you like trying new crafts, woodburning is another interesting technique...
Cardinal Button Craft for Kids
Add some button Christmas art featuring a cardinal bird to your home décor! So easy to put together that even young children can make this winter craft. Ever since my son was a toddler, we have enjoyed making button crafts together. With the setup we had, the finished...