Easy breezy dot paint pictures. We love ’em. Dot paints make pretty rainbows! And perfect polka-dots… Some gifted kids can dot paint with both hands at the same time. 🙂 A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow… Yellow and blue make green… Have a great weekend!
Art With Children
Making art with my children is one of the greatest joys of my life. I’m so grateful to be able to share my love of the arts with them every day! Homeschooling gives me the freedom to pass on my love for art to my children and the time to learn new things along with them.
Super Art Friday-“Draw 50 Series-Buildings and Other Structures”
For our art project today, my young artist wanted to try her hand at drawing architecture. The “Draw 50” books by Lee Ames are a great way to help kids tackle more difficult subjects. This one shown is the “Draw 50-Buildings and Other Structures” but there are 27 others in the series: birds, airplanes, horses, etc. She […]
Super Art Friday- “Spin Art”
Super Art Friday is back! Sadly, I haven’t done much art with my middle two in the last few months due to so many doctors appts. for our tiny dude, but I’m determined to make time for art again. It’s always one of the highlights of my week! And besides, ART makes you […]
Tissue Stain Hearts
A simple craft kids love: tissue staining! All you need is some sturdy paper, bleeding art tissue, a water bottle and an old paintbrush. Cut up the tissue in pieces and place on your paper any which way. Spray with water and use an old paintbrush to press the pieces […]
December 19th
Today’s photo features this beautiful poinsettia wreath from Paper Source. Similar to the paper sunflower kits I’ve shown before, this kit comes with everything you need to assemble this gorgeous wreath. My 8 year old made it with minimal assistance. I’ve now been amazed twice at how awesome these kits […]
Pressed Leaf Alphabet Flash Cards
Every Autumn we pull out this little book and set it on our side table. It contains alphabet flash cards I made with my daughter, all illustrated with pressed leaves. Posting all 26 would be a bit much, so here are some of my favorites. I got the idea several years […]
“Welcome Baby” Chalkboard Sign
My young artist decided that her new baby brother needed a special welcome sign for his arrival. Armed with her sidewalk chalk, she set to work on a sign of love…
Handmade Necklaces for Two
It’s summer here in Texas and boy is it HOT ! It’s so hot I’m driving my car with two fingers! Every summer it’s a challenge to keep small people occupied inside during these scorching summer months. Having visited a dermatologist regularly for so many years when I was younger, I’m […]
‘Cruncher and Muncher’, or, This Week’s Science and Art
Those are the names affectionately bestowed upon two colorful caterpillars the kids found nibbling on our garden carrots. We looked them up on the Texas A&M online insect field guide and identified them as ‘parsley caterpillars’. We gently relocated them, along with plenty of carrot leaves, to our bug tent so we could […]