Ever try
out a project, expecting one thing and then getting something
completely different? That’s what
happened with a recent art adventure. I loved this stained glass art with toilet paper rolls and never had a chance to try it out. It seemed so easy. Stamp, wait, then paint! Boom.
Easy and colorful kid art!
Well, my preschooler and I've started making Valentine's Day Crafts and made a Valentine’s day
version….with unexpected results!
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Friday, January 15, 2016
Friday, June 26, 2015
Make Your Own "Exploding" Chocolate Candy
I'm not a candy eater. But for today's post... I made an exception. Today is Friday, which means that it's a Kids STEAM Activity day! In honor of the fourth of July, we made some chocolate candy that explodes and pops in your mouth!
Yup. You read that right. While eating these exploding chocolate treats, you'll definitely feel tiny fourth of July fireworks popping in your mouth. Curious? Read on!
Yup. You read that right. While eating these exploding chocolate treats, you'll definitely feel tiny fourth of July fireworks popping in your mouth. Curious? Read on!
How to Make "Exploding" Chocolate Candy!
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Make Pasta Frames with Kids!
Ah, pasta. It's cheap, always in your cupboards, yummy...and a GREAT crafting material! Today I'm super excited because my fellow Rockin' Art Moms and I came up with 14 super fun, beautiful, and easy pasta art projects that you can make with your kids!
And... *drum roll please* we want to see YOUR pasta creations and we're also hosting a GIVEAWAY too. Yippee! So definitely check out the bottom of the post to see the giveaway details and all the other ladies' awesome posts.
Chuck and I decided to use our pasta to decorate painted picture frames!
And... *drum roll please* we want to see YOUR pasta creations and we're also hosting a GIVEAWAY too. Yippee! So definitely check out the bottom of the post to see the giveaway details and all the other ladies' awesome posts.
Chuck and I decided to use our pasta to decorate painted picture frames!
Make Pasta Frames With Kids!
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Paper Airplane Valentines
We're just "plane" crazy for planes and transportation crafts over here. And if you're looking for a Valentine that soars above the rest, then you'll love these awesome paper airplane Valentines. They don't take very long to make and would be perfect to hand out to classmates!
Paper Airplane Valentines
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Piranha Plant Valentine Card box
Note: This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
Recently Plaid Crafts sent samples of craft paint and Mod Podge to a couple of craft bloggers. They challenged us to create funky, fun, and unique Valentine Card Boxes. Paint? Mod Podge? Fun Card Boxes? Oh yeah. You can bet that I was all over this challenge to celebrate Valentine's Day with Plaid Crafts!
Ok. So it's beena zillion years awhile since I've been in school. I really wanted to make a box inspired by my own childhood, so I went old school and made a Piranha Plant Valentine Card Box. (I think my younger self would have totally dug it.)
Special promotion code from Plaid:
Recently Plaid Crafts sent samples of craft paint and Mod Podge to a couple of craft bloggers. They challenged us to create funky, fun, and unique Valentine Card Boxes. Paint? Mod Podge? Fun Card Boxes? Oh yeah. You can bet that I was all over this challenge to celebrate Valentine's Day with Plaid Crafts!
Ok. So it's been
Piranha Plant Valentine Card Box
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Easy Kid made Valentine Chocolate Gift
Handmade gifts rock. This week's Creative Preschool Collaborator theme is Valentine's Day! Since hubby REALLY loves chocolate, Chuck and I made him a special chocolate Valentine's gift. Shhh. Don't tell him about it. It's a surprise!
Aren't they cute? They look so fun and colorful... almost like cupcakes! We had a ton of fun making this plate of goodies. Chuck even enjoyed it more than our Kiss Wrapping Paper! So keep reading to see how we made this lovely gift and check out 4 other great Valentine's activities and crafts from the other members of the Creative Preschool Team.
Kid Made Valentine Chocolate Gift
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Super Cute Personalized Pencil Toppers
Often times I just wanna make something, cute, kiddy, and fun. And that's totally the vibe that I was feeling when I made these personalized pencil toppers. *Insert girlish squeal* Colorful perler beads? Lovely letters? Hearts? Too. Much. Cuteness.
So satisfy your inner elementary school girl and stop on by DIY Candy to see how I made these bad boys.
And if you feel like making more super cute and fun kids crafts, check out the links below!
Personalized Pencil Toppers!
So satisfy your inner elementary school girl and stop on by DIY Candy to see how I made these bad boys.
And if you feel like making more super cute and fun kids crafts, check out the links below!
5 Super Cute and Fun Kids Crafts!
- Valentine's Day Arrow Through the Head
- Marbling With Nail Polish
- Kids Glow-In-the-Dark Jellyfish costume
- Make Corn Syrup Paint
- Crazy cute Paper Plate Purses
Let's keep in Contact!
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Shark Valentine Card Box
Sometimes I wish I could be a kid again just to experience the magic of different holidays. Do you ever feel that way? As a child New Years seemed cooler, Christmas seemed more magical, and Valentine's Day was way more romantic. Now that Chuck's getting older, I see him getting excited about holidays too.... and I LOVE it.
Here's a fun Valentine Card Box that I recently designed with Chuck in mind. (He loooooves sharks.) Isn't it hilarious that the shark "eats" the Valentines?
You can find out how I made this Shark Valentine Card Box at MollyMooo Crafts!
And if you're looking for 3 other cute Valentines day crafts, check out the links below!
Here's a fun Valentine Card Box that I recently designed with Chuck in mind. (He loooooves sharks.) Isn't it hilarious that the shark "eats" the Valentines?
Shark Valentine Card Box
You can find out how I made this Shark Valentine Card Box at MollyMooo Crafts!
And if you're looking for 3 other cute Valentines day crafts, check out the links below!
Let's keep in Contact!
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Happy making friends!
Happy making friends!
Monday, January 26, 2015
FREE Valentine Printables
Today I'm continuing the funny Valentine Day Series with these 2 free Valentine Printables! To see the other funny Valentine's day crafts in this series, check out the links below!
- #1- You "Rock my World" Rocks
- #2 - "Set my heart aflutter" butterfly notebooks
- #3- Send "High Fives" To your Valentine!
Funny Valentine's Day activity #4: 2 FREE Valentine Printables!
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Kiss Wrapping Paper
Love reading with your child? Love Valentine's day too? Well then you're in luck! Today is Read and Play Day! Today, several kid bloggers and I are sharing 27 great Valentine's books and corresponding activities and crafts on our blogs! You can check out The Pleasantest Thing for the full list of all the great activities!
Here's the Valentine's Day craft that I made with Chuck- DIY Kiss Wrapping Paper!
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Friday, January 16, 2015
Send High Fives to your Valentine!
Are you looking for a unique and simple idea for a Valentine's day card? Or, are you looking for a quick way to send someone some encouragement? How about sending them some high fives?
This is the 3rd installment in my funny Valentine's Day craft series. (To see the other ideas, check out my "Valentine, you rock!" Rocks and "You set my heart aflutter" Butterfly Notebooks.)
Lately Chuck hasn't really wanted to do any crafting. But I loooove making things, so I've been trying hard to figure out other ways we can craft together. I've noticed that while he may not like painting or drawing, he does seem to like using technology. Light bulb moment! So instead of usign paint or plaster of paris to make traditional hand print crafts, we used technology!
Funny Valentine's Day Craft 3: Send someone high fives!
This is the 3rd installment in my funny Valentine's Day craft series. (To see the other ideas, check out my "Valentine, you rock!" Rocks and "You set my heart aflutter" Butterfly Notebooks.)
Lately Chuck hasn't really wanted to do any crafting. But I loooove making things, so I've been trying hard to figure out other ways we can craft together. I've noticed that while he may not like painting or drawing, he does seem to like using technology. Light bulb moment! So instead of usign paint or plaster of paris to make traditional hand print crafts, we used technology!
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Valentine, you set my heart aflutter
Last week I shared about our new fascination with butterflies. (You can read about it and see our fluttering butterfly kid craft here.) My mind was still on butterflies when I came up with this idea for a DIY butterfly notebook.
You can easily make this butterfly notebook from items lying around your home. Plus, it would be a nice handmade gift to give someone for Valentine's Day too. (It even fits into our 10 funny pun-y Valentine's Day craft series!)
You can see my first funny, pun-y craft here (Craft 1: "You Rock My World" Rocks).
You can easily make this butterfly notebook from items lying around your home. Plus, it would be a nice handmade gift to give someone for Valentine's Day too. (It even fits into our 10 funny pun-y Valentine's Day craft series!)
Funny Pun-y Valentine's Day Craft 2: "You set my Heart aflutter" Butterfly Notebooks!
You can see my first funny, pun-y craft here (Craft 1: "You Rock My World" Rocks).
Monday, January 5, 2015
Valentine, You ROCK MY WORLD!
Even though our Christmas tree is still up (I know, I know, I haven't the heart to take it down), my mind is currently on Valentine's Day and all the lovely crafts that go along with that. Last year we made adorable heart shaped glasses and DIY Coffee and Candy Gifts. This year I'm challenging myself to think of 10 easy funny, pun-y crafts that say Happy Valentine's Day!
Here's my 1st attempt!
Here's my 1st attempt!
Funny Pun-y Valentine's Day 1:
"Valentine, You Rock My World" Rocks
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Monday, June 16, 2014
DIY Agate and Mexican Blanket Painted Frames
I love crafting and making things with Chuck. But sometimes, I also like to sneak away and paint things by myself. So at night while he sleeps, I pull out random things and paint them. Today's post is about one of those nights... and one of those secret painting sessions. You see, I originally purchased 2 frames for Chuck to paint as gifts... (like he painted this frame here). But then I couldn't resist their siren call and ended up painting them myself. The designs were inspired by my love for colorful Mexican blankets and this super easy DIY Agate Watercolor Artwork.
DIY Agate and Mexican Blanket Inspired Painted Frames
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Melted Crayon and Watercolor Frames (Kid made gift)
Do you ever feel like life is moving at a super fast speed and you are just being pulled along for a ride? That's what I've felt these past two weeks. We battled an illness, hosted a good friend for a couple of days, and celebrated my sister's graduation. Oh yeah. We've also been preparing for our move to California later this summer. Ahhh! (More on that later.) So today's kid-made crayon and watercolor frame was actually made quite a few weeks ago. I'm excited to finally be posting it today. I love how easy the it was to make and how lovely it turned out. (This would definitely be a great kid-made Father's Day gift!) But, I can't take full credit for the idea. I originally spotted the idea on fellow Rockin' Art Mom Twodaloo's Crayon Resist Photo Display post. And she was originally inspired by Artful Parent's Melted Crayon on Wooden Blocks post. (These two ladies are super creative, so definitely check their blogs out!)
Kid Made Gifts- Melted Crayon and Watercolor Frames
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Printing with Flowers
Do you have wilting flowers? Before tossing them away, why not try making some flower prints with them? Chuck and I dipped flower heads in paint and made some lovely prints. Then, once the prints dried, I turned them into some personalized, springy stationary.
So don't throw away your Valentine's Day flowers just yet. Keep them and make some cards!
So don't throw away your Valentine's Day flowers just yet. Keep them and make some cards!
Friday, February 14, 2014
DIY Magazine Strip Silhouette Heart Art
Hrmm.. magazine strip silhouette art? Sounds kind of naughty, but I promise you this recycled craft is anything but that. Take a look!
See? Totally PG and totally cute. I'm always on the lookout for easy and affordable DIY artwork. This silhouette heart looks great and BONUS uses recycled materials. Keep reading to see how I made it!
See? Totally PG and totally cute. I'm always on the lookout for easy and affordable DIY artwork. This silhouette heart looks great and BONUS uses recycled materials. Keep reading to see how I made it!
Thursday, February 13, 2014
DIY Sprinkles and Hot Glue Cake Toppers
Sprinkles are the happiest decorations in the world. They're super colorful and remind me of sweets and cake. So I made these sprinkle cake toppers to turn boring rice krispies into something a bit more festive and Valentines-y for our toddler group.
They were super easy to make and added a happy touch to my snacks. Keep reading to make them for yourself!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Painting Valentine's Day and African Inspired Pasta Necklaces
Alright, this post's title is completely wackadoo, but hear me out. Chuck and I painted pasta necklaces to wear on Valentine's Day. But after painting a bunch of pasta pretty pastel colors, my eyes yearned for primary colors. So while Chuck slept, I peeked online and found some really beautiful beaded African necklaces. And then this mama went to town and painted her own pasta pieces with African inspired colors and designs.
Keep reading to see how we painted them!
Keep reading to see how we painted them!
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