Cardboard Box Dinosaur

Cardboard Box Dinosaur

“I’d like to make a dinosaur car!” my son exclaimed, bursting into the kitchen. For a moment, I was puzzled. But I thought I could solve the mystery of “a dinosaur car” pretty easily. A minute ago, Budster finished watching a cartoon...
DIY Owl Easter Eggs

DIY Owl Easter Eggs

If you like decorating eggs for Easter, this craft tutorial will show you how to paint eggs as a couple of cute owls! I’m hardly a big owl fan, but somehow owls keep sneaking into my art again and again. When I attempt to explain it to myself, I think that owls...
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...
How to Make Galaxy Easter Eggs

How to Make Galaxy Easter Eggs

Kids will love making galaxy Easter eggs! They are so easy and fun to paint. My two-year-old toddler made two of these space eggs.  This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Easter is a time of joy, especially for children, and what better...
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...
Baby’s First Christmas Craft: the Gingerbread Man Ornament

Baby’s First Christmas Craft: the Gingerbread Man Ornament

Involving every member of the family in preparation for the holiday season can be challenging if one of them is a well-meaning but little baby, not yet one-year-old. That’s why a year ago I felt particularly happy whenever I could think of a Christmas activity...
How to Make Wooden Monster Blocks

How to Make Wooden Monster Blocks

Last year, we had a little Halloween party for the babies we knew. All of my son’s friends were under one year old, like him, so sweets were not the best option for the party favour bags. Yet, I wanted them to have something special to remember...
Magnetic Moon and Stars: Build Your Night Sky

Magnetic Moon and Stars: Build Your Night Sky

The nights of August are clear and warm, and it is a perfect time for stargazing, as we are witnessing the Perseids – one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year. We are always taking Budster for a walk before bed. During one such walk, he noticed the moon...
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...
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...