With the start of the new school year, our family is still trying to find its new normal. Transitions from school to home can sometimes be rough. So we've been trying to keep things easy with more downtime in the afternoon. We play at the park, read books, or do simple open-ended crafts. Today I wanted to share a really easy open-ended snowflake craft that my son and I really enjoyed. We pulled out some old stickers and made ourselves some groovy sticker snowflakes!
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Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
Easy DIY Marbled Clay Covered Pens
Ever swoon while you're walking through stationary stores? I looove pretty pens and paper. But I don't always like the price tag that's associated with them. Since we've been doing tons of clay projects lately, my son and I tried our hand at making clay covered pens.
I'll be honest. I wasn't too hopeful about the results. Plastic pens in ovens? Urmm... I worried that they would catch on fire... or melt. But it didn't happen! We turned a couple of el-cheapo-freebie pens into some fancy-shmancy marbled ones. Ooh la la! Aren't they gorgeous?
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I'll be honest. I wasn't too hopeful about the results. Plastic pens in ovens? Urmm... I worried that they would catch on fire... or melt. But it didn't happen! We turned a couple of el-cheapo-freebie pens into some fancy-shmancy marbled ones. Ooh la la! Aren't they gorgeous?
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
40+ Projects that combine STEM with Art!
Seems like everyone's talking about the importance of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) these days. And hey, I get it. We live in a highly technological world that's rapidly advancing in all sorts of new ways. We want our kids to be be creative and adaptive problem solvers.
But maybe you're like me and you deeply love arts and crafts. They're your jam. And maybe you're unsure how to dive into all this STEAM goodness. Hey, I get that too. Hopefully today's post will help. In this post I sharing over 40 ideas for arts and craft projects that also happen to incorporate STEM ideas. Yup. Here are some of my favorite artsy crafty posts...which also happen to have a little STEAM-y oomph to them!
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But maybe you're like me and you deeply love arts and crafts. They're your jam. And maybe you're unsure how to dive into all this STEAM goodness. Hey, I get that too. Hopefully today's post will help. In this post I sharing over 40 ideas for arts and craft projects that also happen to incorporate STEM ideas. Yup. Here are some of my favorite artsy crafty posts...which also happen to have a little STEAM-y oomph to them!
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Fall Leaf Scratch Art (and related books!)
Are the leaves changing colors where you are? Every year I look forward to seeing the beautiful reds, oranges, and yellows. Today I wanted to share this really easy fall craft that doubles as a STEAM activity. It's a science and art activity that helps kids to represent how leaves change colors in the fall.
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Fall Leaf Scratch Art
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Monday, August 29, 2016
Spooky Chalk Stencil Halloween Haunted Houses
Ok. I realize that Halloween is several months away. But I made this city skyline scene with my son and thought... wait a moment... this would be a great Halloween craft to do with kids! Whaddya think? The chalk gives the picture an eerie feeling... don't you think?
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Oooooh! Spooky Chalk Stencil Haunted Houses
Monday, August 15, 2016
Let's Make Clay Dream Catchers
Here's a lovely clay craft to make with the kids. Lately my son has been having nightmares at night. We've been trying lots of different ways to help him through it. Since we've been doing a lot of clay crafts together, I made him this clay dream catcher to help him have sweet dreams at night.
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How to Make Clay Dream Catchers
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
Outer Space Kids Jewelry
As a kid I adored watching Ms. Frizzle. Her crazy hair, her awesome outfits, her magic bus, her love of science... gosh. What wasn't there to love? Well, today I'm sharing this awesome STEM inspired craft. We're tapping into our inner science nerds and making some space inspired jewelry with the kiddos! (Ok, who am I kidding... this would be an awesome craft for any space-loving adults too!)
How to Make Outer Space Planet and Galaxy Jewelry
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So grab your Sculpey Clay, favorite Magic School Bus books, and visit DIY Candy today to learn how to make your very own spacey clay jewelry!
More Space Themed Crafts
Happy making, friends!
Monday, August 8, 2016
Sparkly, Colorful Peel and Stick Window Mosaics
Sparkly and colorful- this removable window cling craft was one of our favorites this summer! We love doing mosaic crafts over here with kiddos. There's something super neat about putting tiny pieces together to create a lovely design or picture. And this craft takes mosaics to the next level. Kids can make their own mosaic pieces AND create beautiful stick and peel mosaics on windows!
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How to Make Peel and Stick Window Mosaics!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
School Supply Hack: DIY Rainbow Marker (in under a minute!)
Can you believe it's August? Goodness. My eldest is about to start elementary school in a month and I've been eyeing all the colorful back-to-school supplies. Since we love making rainbow crafts, I thought it would be fun to make our own DIY Rainbow Marker. Yup. And guess what? It took less than a minute to make. And then- tada! We swiped this marker to create a whole spectrum of lovely colors!
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How to Make a DIY Rainbow Marker
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Dip Dye Kids Art Project
If you're looking for the easiest, funnest, cheapest, and most colorful kids summer art project... you're at the right place. We've been dying up a storm over here and turning plain old paper towels into lovely dip dye art!
How to Make Dip Dye Art With Kids
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Sparkly Sand Castle Art
Hello everyone! How has your summer been so far? Visited the beach yet? Well... today's craft is a beach-inspired one. Today we're sharing a fun sand castle summer craft. All you need is some sand and some glue and tada! You've got an easy breezy summer art project perfect for kids for all ages!
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Let's Make Some Sparkly Sand Art
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Family Watercolor Hand print Art
I'm always a bit nervous about transitions in life. And having a new baby has certainly been a humongous transition for our whole family. Diapers, giggles, crying, baby snuggles... we're still trying to find our new groove as a family of four. So I came up with this hand print art project to do with my eldest son. Despite all the crazy chaos that this stage of life brings, I still wanted to celebrate our family.
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Family Watercolor Hand Print Art
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Summer Camp No Sew Felt Pillows
It's time for another easy summer kids craft! Awhile back I tried out a box from Little Loving Hands and made a cute no-sew felt tie heart pillow with my son. It was so fun making that easy pillow that we made another! Today I'm sharing these two adorable no-sew felt lion and sun pillows!
Here's the lion pillow....
Here's the lion pillow....
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Tape Resist Dinosaur Bone Art (And our favorite 10+ Dinosaur Books!)
I love it when an art and science combine to create a beautiful and easy kids STEM project. When I was growing up science, math, and art were always treated as fairly different topics. And I get why they taught us that way... it's easier and we get to dig down deep into each one. But I wish that my kid self also experienced how all three things topics were linked. Don't artist use math and science when making art? Isn't there beauty in math and science? Certainly! And so my inner nerd and artist gets very excited when my son and I do a project that touches on what seem to be different areas.
Ok... but I digress. Recently my son and I visited our local natural history museum's dinosaur exhibit and marveled at the size and design of t-rex bones. (Gosh. Those are some ferocious creatures! So glad they don't live today. Eeek.) So, inspired by that visit and this awesome human skeleton tape resist painting idea, we made our own very beautiful and scientific tape resist dinosaur bone skeleton paintings!
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Ok... but I digress. Recently my son and I visited our local natural history museum's dinosaur exhibit and marveled at the size and design of t-rex bones. (Gosh. Those are some ferocious creatures! So glad they don't live today. Eeek.) So, inspired by that visit and this awesome human skeleton tape resist painting idea, we made our own very beautiful and scientific tape resist dinosaur bone skeleton paintings!
Tape Resist Dinosaur Bone Paintings
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Rainbow Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (2 ways!)
Remember that Skittles commercial where we were encouraged to "taste the rainbow?" Weeeeeellll... I took it one step further. Today I'm sharing yet another rainbow-themed craft. If you're NOT a fan of food coloring, avert your eyes! But if you're ok with using it once in awhile for creativity's sake, then read on, fellow color lovers! Here are two ways to make... (wait for it...) rainbow grilled cheese sandwiches!!!
Rainbow Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (2 ways!)
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Lovely Yarn Wrapped Rocks
Got yarn? Got rocks? Good. Then you have all the materials needed for today's summer craft. We'll be doing some easy rock wrapping!
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Lovely Yarn Wrapped Rocks
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
100 Color Challenge
Ever wonder just how big 100 really is? Lately my son and I have been talking about numbers. While small numbers are easy to imagine... large numbers always seem quite vague. 100? 1,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? We just don't have much experience dealing with numbers larger than 20 in the real world. So I came up with this really easy combination math activity and art activity. We challenged ourselves to make 100 colors together!
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100 Color Challenge!
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Rainbow Paper Plate Weaving Project
I've been a bit down in the dumps lately. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because of all of the transitions happening in my life... or lack of sleep... or both. Hopefully I'll feel better once summer starts. In the meantime, I've been doing quite a bit of crafting to cheer myself up. Recently I took my love of rainbow crafts and combined it with my love for paper plate crafts to make... tada! This lovely rainbow paper plate weaving craft!
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Let's Weave a Rainbow!
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Weaving Cute Baby Turtles Using God's Eye Weaving Pattern
Looking for some fun and unique summer crafts to do with the kiddos? Me too! School is almost over and I've got summer crafts on my mind! Today I'm sharing this fun twist on a God's Eye weaving craft. (Remember collecting sticks and making those in summer camp?) But, instead of making the traditional 2 stick version, we recently made a fun 3 stick version.... that also happens to look like a tiny baby turtle!
(Aww, aren't they cute? My preschooler was in looove with these.)
(Aww, aren't they cute? My preschooler was in looove with these.)
Weaving Cute Baby Turtles Using God's Eye Weaving Pattern
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Button Collages
Ever get in a funk with your art ideas? Lack of sleep, a teething baby, and a sporadically sore back have made it such an effort to pull out the art and craft supplies. So instead of more structured art projects, we've been going the more open-ended process art activity route. (Basically I just throw a couple of art supplies on the table and then see what we end up with.) Recently I pulled out a bunch of old thrifted buttons and gave the challenge to "create art with buttons." Here's what we came up with!
Invitation to Create with Buttons
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