Category: Kids Crafts
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Tissue Paper Mosaic
When I was 6, it was 1976 and there was a buzz of excitement throughout the year because it was the Bicentennial! Red white and blue was everywhere, all year. That July a few families from our neighborhood were in a parade for some reason, and we were to make a float. All I remember…
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Preschool Art Project: Mixed Media
Here we are with a preschool art project- completely open-ended, really rather messy, and totally captivating. I pulled out some random materials and Beckett dictated what he would make, what my role was in the process (I was designated tape-ripper), and just how long he would stay interested in it. We love this weird blue…
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Cool Duct Tape Ideas: Cover Your Furniture
Yes, I am completely obsessed with kids’ bedrooms. Especially the open, individualistic creativity that sprouts behind closed doors. Fen’s bedroom undergoes complete transformations every month or so, and in between times, it morphs and evolves in smaller, more subtle ways. Decorations are changed, mini-shrines are erected and dismantled, furniture is adorned with the soft-and-fluffy-item du…
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Tissue Paper Art: Valentines Hearts
We made tissue paper art for the first time, and boy, was it cool! It takes some experimenting to get a feel for it, but that’s the best part of art-making with kids, right? The finished pieces came out way different than the project I planned. It’s always interesting when you plan a project before…
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Sharpie Shoes
When I was strutting around Target the other day with my main man Beckett, I spied something that stopped me dead in my tracks. A whole bunch of boxes of white canvas Converse All-Stars, right next to packages of Sharpie fabric markers! This is some brilliant marketing I must say. I’m just surprised this setup…
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DIY Temporary Tattoos
What kid doesn’t like to completely plaster their body with awesome tattoos? They’re fun, expressive, and disappear in a few days. Unless you’re letting your kids get the real thing… Did you know about this tattoo paper? It’s such a good idea- you can turn your kids’ drawings into their very own body art. I…
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Blue-Mania: 5 Kids Crafts Exploring the Color Blue
Hey, all! I have a lovely guest-poster today who will give you ideas for exploring the color blue with your kiddos. It’s fun to focus on different shades of one color to explore its lighter and darker versions, which is a great introduction to learning about tints and shades. In any event, please welcome Kelly…
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Color Wheel For Kids: Make A Cool Clock
I’ve been wanting to do a color wheel for kids project. I’ve also been wanting to do a clock project for a long time. In fact, we have a few different sets of clock hands and an old Ikea clock floating around the house, but I didn’t get truly motivated until I found a blank…
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24 Best Fall Art Projects For Kids, Ever!
Well, it’s officially time to embrace Fall. You probably have already, but it takes me a little while to accept the fact that all that cold weather is coming and our leafy privacy screens are dropping all their leaves. What better way to celebrate this season than with a huge roundup of the best Fall…
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Easy Texture Collage Project
We made a really easy texture collage project using lots of different materials- papers, cardboard, cork, burlap, etc, all in muted colors. Beckett, Fen and I each made one, so it’s a fun and quick project to make together. With snacks, of course. Some of the materials we bought at Michael’s, some were found in various bins of…
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2 Leaf Art Projects For Young Kids
We got all leafy up in here, since they’re starting to fall all over our yard and all. Every year I forget how beautiful they are until we pick some up and look closely. Now is a good time to celebrate fall leaves with leaf art projects. I was inspired, so I came up with…
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DIY Halloween Pop-up Cards
I think it may be time for me to post a Halloween project. Yes. Definitely time. How about DIY Halloween pop-up cards? Of course, these don’t need to be given as cards, they can be made to decorate your entire home! Materials: Colored card stock glue stick Scissors Hole punch (optional) We used a piece…