Your recycling bin is the perfect source of junk art materials for your kids to make their own radical robots! They can get really creative using their own combination of: aluminium foil bottle tops and lids cardboard boxes, spools and tubes egg cartons paper bags plastic bottles and whatever other bits and pieces you can… Continue reading Radical recycled robots
When it's hot outside these school holidays, why not cool your kids down with some fun sensory play with ice?! You can try: coloured ice activities, like stacking, smashing and colour mixing excavating things from ice doing science experiments with ice adding other sensory elements to ice (eg flowers, shaving cream, spices) painting on and… Continue reading Sensory play with ice
This is the last post in our series of Christmas crafts for your kids to try this year. Today we are going back to the true story of Christmas - the birth of the baby Jesus - and sharing some of our favourite Christmas nativity crafts that you can make from: decorated rocks/stones drawings and… Continue reading 20 creative Christmas nativity crafts
This is the latest post in our series of Christmas crafts for your kids to try this year. In today's post we are sharing some of our favourite Christmas cards and wrapping paper ideas that kids can make from: painting marbling paper washi tape paint chips buttons leaves felt ribbon Christmas card thumbprint string of… Continue reading 20 creative Christmas cards & wrap
Today we are sharing some of our favourite Cat in the hat crafts for kids! Paper plate Cat in the hat from Glued to my crafts Cat in the hat masks from Like Mama Like Daughter Cat in the hat name craft from Still Playing School Cat in the hat alphabet game from Totschooling Cupcake… Continue reading Cat in the hat crafts
In a previous blog post we talked about the importance of process art for kids, which simply means focusing on the creative process, rather than on the finished product. These process art activities use a range of painting techniques, including squirt and splatter painting, tape resist art, feet painting, blow painting, salt and sand painting, squish/blot… Continue reading Process art with cool techniques
In a previous blog post we talked about the importance of process art for kids, which simply means focusing on the creative process, rather than on the finished product. These process art activities use a range of print making tools and techniques, including bubble wrap, sponges, nuts and bolts, fruit and vegetables, muffin tins, string, forks,… Continue reading Process art with print making
