Stamping is a simple way for kids to be creative, and can be used to create lots of different shapes and patterns on paper or fabric. You can display the artwork in your home, or use it to decorate greeting cards and wrapping paper. Stamping is also great for strengthening fine motor skills. Paint stamps… Continue reading 25 DIY creative paint stamps
Did you know that you can make your own paint at home? All you need are a few simple ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen and bathroom, and you can get painting! You can make paint with: crushed chalk yogurt and instant pudding cornflour and corn syrup baking soda and vinegar sorbolene cream… Continue reading Make your own paint
Do you have a pile of fabric scraps lying around at home? Don't throw them away! You can turn them into some fabulous things, like: hair accessories dolls, games and toys keychains and bracelets hot/cold packs and small bags wreaths bookmarks flowers belts bunting and wall hangings twine Here are some of our favourite fabric… Continue reading Fabulous fabric scrap crafts
Do you have pine cones lying around on the ground near your home? Why not get the kids outside to collect some of them and make some beautiful pine cone art and crafts! Just add a few other natural or inexpensive craft materials to turn them into: mobiles and decorations animals and birds fairies and… Continue reading Beautiful pine cone crafts
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
