03rd May 2014

MELTED CRAYON ROCKS — A FAVORITE IN OUR HOUSE!

Aren’t these melted crayon rocks beautiful?! This is something we’ve done a few times over the past few years and is one of our favorites. I could have sworn I...

03rd May 2014

RAINBOW-LIGHTED CARDBOARD DOLLHOUSE AND ARTTERRO ART KIT GIVEAWAY

I’ve seen a lot of great cardboard dollhouses around the web lately, and when a friend’s birthday came up, we decided to create our own version as a gift. This...

03rd May 2014

MAKING AN UNDER-THE-SEA BOOK (& AN ARTTERRO ART KIT GIVEAWAY!)

I’m always up for trying out a new Artterro art kit. And I’m always surprised by just how much creative potential is packed into a deceptively compact cardboard box (which doubles...

03rd May 2014

APPLES & BUCKETS :: SIMPLE PROPS FOR CREATIVE PLAY

My four-year-old and her friend Emily surprised me by playing for hours with some little wooden apple sand rainbow buckets. They sorted them, carried them, “ate” them, fed them to their (stuffed) animals, danced...

03rd May 2014

TOYS AND TOOLS FOR THE LIGHT TABLE

At the end of my post yesterday about theheart suncatchers, I promised to share what else we’ve done so far with the light table. THANK YOU FIRST THOUGH FOR YOUR...

03rd May 2014

PLAYDOUGH PRETEND PLAY IDEAS

I don’t have a big post for you today; just wanted to share some photos of the kids’ recent playdough creations and combine it with a list of more pretend...

03rd May 2014

MASKING TAPE ART ON A BIG SCALE

When we built the Fort Magic igloo last week, the kids completed it by pimping out the place with some masking tape art. I promised a post about the tape art carpet “in...

03rd May 2014

BODY TRACING ACTIVITY FOR KIDS

We’ve had a lot of fun with a body tracing activity over the past week or so. WHAT STARTED AS A SIMPLE INVITATION TO WORK BIG TURNED INTO A WEEK-LONG EXPLORATION OF...

03rd May 2014

TWO GREAT EASTER ART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

We’ve been doing lots of Easter arts and crafts these past couple of weeks! Here are two more Easter art activities that we’ve been working on this week: styrofoam printed Easter eggs...

03rd May 2014

WIRE SCULPTURES FOR KIDS WITH BUTTONS, BEADS & FEATHERS

We had such fun yesterday creating sculptures with pipe cleaners and styrofoam blocks. Plus buttons, beads, and feathers… There was no shortage of colorful craft materials on the table. This is yet...

03rd May 2014

EDIBLE ART! GRAPE + TOOTHPICK SCULPTURES

TOOTHPICK SCULPTURES We started with a bowl full of grapes and a box of toothpicks. These grape and toothpick sculptures are much the same as the marshmallow and toothpick sculptures and the soap...

03rd May 2014

AN AUTUMN TREE FOR THE FELT BOARD

I cut out some felt pieces for Maia’s new felt board yesterday. I thought I’d start with something seasonal so made a tree, some fall leaves, and a jack-o-lantern. I have so...