Painting & Drawing
Watercolour Painting
Colour Mixing in the Snow
When October suddenly dumps fifteen centimetres of snow on your lawn, you might as well enjoy it the best as you can! We started by wallowing in snow and finished by painting it. In the mind of a four-year-old, the morning of the first snow seems to be akin to...
Painting Rain with Printable Art Prompt
What is the colour of rain? Give the rain painting prompts to children along with watercolour paints and find out! The post contains Amazon affiliate links to the products we used! I love rainy days, and have made more than a few attempts in the past...
Watercolour Pencils Rain Art
On a rainy day, grab your watercolour pencils and head outside to make rain art together with kids! We have had a lot of rain this month. Not quite what we expected moving back to the prairies, but we certainly aren't complaining. Every time the rain is over, our...
Acrylic/Tempera/Gouache Painting
How to Paint Harry Potter Easter Eggs
Celebrate Easter with a set of Harry Potter Easter Eggs! In the early 2000s, were you one of those people lining up outside the bookstore doors, waiting to get the new Harry Potter book at midnight, so that you could spend the rest of the night immersed in the cozy...
Unique Art Gift Ideas for Creative Kids
Are you choosing a gift for a kid who likes drawing, painting or sculpting? Read about our favourite art supplies and art projects we did with them! The post contains Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. I like working on art and craft projects -always have...
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...
Drawing & Doodling
Fall Leaf Suncatchers with Free Printable Templates
Make fall leaf suncatchers that look like stained glass! This autumn craft comes together quickly with five free printable templates and makes for an easy way to decorate windows in celebration of the season. It has been a while since we decorated windows with our...
Free Printable Nature Journal
Learn how to start a printable nature journal with kids using a free template that offers ten creative prompts. This simple STEM activity will encourage kids to go outside, explore nature scientifically, then record their nature finds artistically! Our appreciation of...
Robot Math: Printable Game of Art & Geometric Shapes for Kids
Robot Math is a printable game that challenges children to draw while working on simple geometry – shape drawing and recognition. Roll a die and see what kind of robot you will draw. My son loves to draw, but math isn't currently his strong suit. In order for him to...
Printable Crafts
Printable Activities for Kids
Need a quick and easy play idea? Pick one of these 100 fun printable activities for kids! When my kids were younger, we had a soft spot for wooden toys of heirloom quality and particular indestructibility. But now? Over the last couple of years, printable toys have...
100+ Printable Paper Dolls for Kids
Paper dolls lend themselves to a variety of themes, and we have over 100 printable paper dolls for different occasions. Did you play with dress-up dolls when you were little? I remember enjoying these simple toys immensely, not least because I could customize them...
Free Printable Winter Paper Dolls
Get these printable paper dolls ready for winter with a free set of warm and festive winter clothes! What's winter like, in the way of clothes? Well, that depends on where one lives... But in many northern places, it's usually colder than the rest of the year, with...
Sculpting
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Nature Crafts
Halloween Painted Rocks with Free Silhouette Templates
Make magical Halloween painted rocks using our free printable silhouette templates! This has undoubtedly been a good year for all the rock painters. The new trend of painting and hiding rocks this summer has inspired a lot of fun rock creations! The summer is over,...
How to Transfer Silhouette Designs onto Rocks
You have a silhouette design you would like to paint on a rock, but can't do freehand drawing? Try one of these three ways to transfer designs onto rocks! After I wrote about painting silhouette rocks, a few people wrote to me asking whether I have stencils for them...
Magical Landscape Silhouette Painted Rocks for a Rock Hunt
Decorate rocks with elegant landscape silhouettes drawn over a starry twilight sky! Now you can also read about how to transfer designs onto rocks instead of doing freehand drawing. This summer has brought a new artistic trend into the spotlight. Some of my friends...
Crafts from Recyclables
Black Glue & Sharpies Butterfly Suncatcher
Want to make a cheery butterfly suncatcher with kids? It's surprisingly easy with nothing but black glue, sharpie markers and some recyclables. The post contains Amazon affiliate links to the products we used. When I first saw drawings created with black glue,...
Space Stained Glass Suncatchers
For kids who are interested in the cosmos, make these stained glass space suncatchers from... plastic plates! I enjoyed experimenting with my stained glass paints, and I wanted to share the experience with my young artist. The only problem, the stained glass paints we...
Stained Glass Space Painting
Learn how to paint space with stained glass paints in a simple way! This technique works for creating beautiful abstract wall art and decorating craft projects. Birthdays and Christmas approaching, my family usually ask me at some point. "Any ideas on what you'd like...
Other Crafts
Stained Glass Shamrock Suncatcher
Make a stained glass shamrock suncatcher with kids! Quick and easy craft in preparation for St. Patrick's Day celebration, that you can make with nothing but black glue, sharpie markers and some recyclables. We enjoy making stained glass suncatchers with kids. First...
Woodscrew Art: Introducing Kids to Screwdriving Tools
At three months old, Anselm preferred his wooden hammer over his other toys. By twelve months, he had acquired five different hammers, and he has loved tools ever since. Whenever Jeffrey was fixing something around the house, Budster could be seen squatting next to...
Button Heart Gift Wrap for Valentine’s Day
Feel like wrapping a gift creatively or maybe making some Valentine's Day art? My 3-year-old and I made a button heart gift wrap! When we wrap presents, most of them get wrapped quickly - between throwing together lunch and washing up after. But we like to choose a...