Are you feeling the Fall vibes? Ready to do some easy pumpkin crafts? If your little guy or gal isn't quite ready for carving pumpkins, then today's no-carve pumpkin option is for you! Check out these sparkly and googly eyed no-carve pumpkins!
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015
6 Fun Fall Preschool Corn Activities
We love fall crafts! Pumpkins, corn, Halloween, apples, lovely leaves, cooler weather- ahhh I love it all. If you're looking for a simple way to incorporate some fall vibes into your preschoolers' life, check out this awesome collection of 6 fun fall corn activities!
There are science ideas, artsy ideas, mathy ideas, and even free printables too!
Have a great weekend, friends!
There are science ideas, artsy ideas, mathy ideas, and even free printables too!
- STEAM Candy Corn Pop Art | Handmade Kids Art
- Preschool Corn Counting Activity with Printable | I Heart Crafty Things
- Cardboard Rainmakers | Pink Stripey Socks
- Candy Corn Pizza Craft | Artsy Momma
- Printable Candy Corn Bingo Game | School Time Snippets
- Corn vs. Popcorn Science for Kids (with Printable Graph) | A Little Pinch of Perfect
Have a great weekend, friends!
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Easy and Spooky Shrunken Apple Heads!
Do Halloween crafts rock your world? Yes!?
Awesome. They totally rock mine
too. Halloween is my favorite holiday of
the year. Costumes, magic, candy, gross
things, spooky things—I love it all!
Tomorrow is
the first day of October and I’m trying to squeeze in as many Halloween crafts
as I can before the month is over. Today
I’m sharing a really neat Halloween activity that also doubles as a STEAM (science, technology,
engineering, art, and math) activity too.
We’re making shrunken apple
heads!
Super Easy and Spooky Shrunken Apple Heads
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(Ha! My
husband was weirded out my this little guy, but I think he’s just adorable. Look at that toothy grin!)
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Paint Chip Color Wheel Inspired Fall Wreaths
Ready for another easy fall craft? Today we're combining my love for color, paint chip crafts, and fall leaves. We're making Color Wheel Inspired Fall Wreaths!
I took an art class last semester and had a lot of fun learning about color theory using the color wheel. Since we've been learning about fall and the changing leaves, my son and I made this fall wreath together.
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I took an art class last semester and had a lot of fun learning about color theory using the color wheel. Since we've been learning about fall and the changing leaves, my son and I made this fall wreath together.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Gorgeous Accordion Fold Fall Paper Leaf Banner
Today we're continuing with the theme of easy fall crafts. Couple of days ago I shared this really beautiful Sewn Leaf Art project that I made with my preschooler. Today I just wanted to share this gorgeous folded paper leaf banner.
I came up with the idea after reading some fall-themed books with my son. Seeing all the beautiful colored leaves in the books made me miss the fall leaves back on the East coast. And then it hit me- why not make our own? Bring a bit of fall to our forever-summer state. And so, my son and I got to making and painting together. The results came out so beautiful that he insisted we hang the banner up in his room to spruce it up.
I came up with the idea after reading some fall-themed books with my son. Seeing all the beautiful colored leaves in the books made me miss the fall leaves back on the East coast. And then it hit me- why not make our own? Bring a bit of fall to our forever-summer state. And so, my son and I got to making and painting together. The results came out so beautiful that he insisted we hang the banner up in his room to spruce it up.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Make Beautiful Leaf Sewing Art with Kids
Are you looking for an easy fall craft that doesn't require colorful leaves? I know this may seem like a strange question to you. But we just don't get those beautiful red, yellow, and orange leaves over here in California! And I miss them so much.
So for those of you who'd like to do a leaf project with the kids... today's leaf sewing art is for you!
So for those of you who'd like to do a leaf project with the kids... today's leaf sewing art is for you!
Make Beautiful Leaf Sewing Art With kids!
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Monday, November 10, 2014
Maple Syrup Candy + Craft Fail book review!
Now that the weather is a bit chillier, I thought it would be fun to do more fall and winter crafts and activities. I loved reading the Little House on the Prairie series as a child and always wanted to try doing the things Laura did. Last year, we made homemade butter from heavy cream. This year, we tried our hand at making homemade maple syrup candy!
Let's Make Homemade Maple Syrup Candy!
(using snow-- ooh la la)
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Friday, November 7, 2014
2-Ingredient Puffy Paint Fall Leaves
Sometimes I have to pinch myself to remind myself that it's fall. (I'm just not used to warm temperatures at this time of year.) Chuck and I enjoyed doing fall crafts back in Jersey, so I thought we should try doing some fall crafts here too... even though it doesn't quite feel fall yet...
During a nature walk, we counted quite a few red trees outside. Boy, was I surprised! So we drew inspiration from them and made these two-ingredient Homemade Puffy Paint Fall Leaves!
During a nature walk, we counted quite a few red trees outside. Boy, was I surprised! So we drew inspiration from them and made these two-ingredient Homemade Puffy Paint Fall Leaves!
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Awhile back we had some success making gluten free homemade puffy paint. But I was feeling kind of lazy and didn't have all the right materials on hand. Luckily, we found a super easy recipe for puffy paint on several blogs, and tried it out.
I'll bet you could easily make this puffy paint today. You probably have all the ingredients already at home.
I'll bet you could easily make this puffy paint today. You probably have all the ingredients already at home.
Friday, October 31, 2014
DIY Recycled Terrarium
Do you craft with cork? While I love making cardboard crafts, lately I've been trying to push myself a bit and try out new materials. Last weekend I picked up these funny shaped cork plugs at our local Art Scrap store because they reminded me of mushrooms. So I painted them, gave a couple to Chuck to play with, and placed one inside a lovely DIY Terrarium made from recycled materials.
I love the idea of creating small, beautiful, magical worlds. This would certainly be a wonderful fall craft for kids. Oooh, wouldn't they look lovely as kid-made Thanksgiving centerpieces too?
Ok! Let's put on our fairy wings and let's get making!
Make a Terrarium from Recycled Materials!
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I love the idea of creating small, beautiful, magical worlds. This would certainly be a wonderful fall craft for kids. Oooh, wouldn't they look lovely as kid-made Thanksgiving centerpieces too?
Ok! Let's put on our fairy wings and let's get making!
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Halloween Art: No Carve Colorful Pumpkins
Looking for an easy way to colorfully decorate your Halloween pumpkins this year? Then this no-carve method is right up your alley! Here's one great way to make some fabulous, colorful Halloween art with the kids!
Halloween Art: No Carve Colorful Pumpkins!
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Toilet Roll Pumpkins and Skulls
It's no secret that I LOVE toilet paper roll crafts. I think I probably have about a dozen toilet roll crafts on the blog. Yurp. One of my friends recently commented, "Wow. You go through a lot of toilet paper." Double yup. We do. We do. (TMI?) So anyway... eh hem... the toilet roll craft list is about to going to grow again! Tada! Here are my Halloween inspired toilet roll crafts!
Toilet Roll Halloween Crafts
So we have some toilet roll pumpkins.....
and ...
Thursday, October 2, 2014
DIY Hedgehog Ring Toss
Do you love hedgehogs? I do! They're such adorable animals. So I'm super excited that my first contribution for MollyMoo will be this super cute DIY Hedgehog Ring Toss Game!
It's made from an old moving box and didn't take very long to make at all. (My kind of craft!) So if you want to make one, I'm sharing directions over here!
Happy Thursday!
It's made from an old moving box and didn't take very long to make at all. (My kind of craft!) So if you want to make one, I'm sharing directions over here!
Love forest-themed crafts?
Then you might also like these...- Super Easy Toilet Roll Flowers
- Bunny bean bag toss game
- Toadstool Stools (a cute Ikea hack)
- Build a bird's nest with kids
- Egg Carton Bugs
- DIY Flower Crown
Let's keep in Contact!
Like this idea? You can always find other fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts!Happy Thursday!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Origami Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin
Can you tell that I'm really digging Halloween origami? Last week I shared how to fold a cute origami black cat. Today I'm continuing the theme and sharing how to fold an origami Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin!
I'm still an origami novice and I found these pumpkins to be much easier to fold than the black cat. I just followed the original tutorial here. It was shown with very few words and lots of arrows. So I took photos of my process in hopes that these photos and descriptions will make things clearer. (Although if you run into trouble, definitely check the original source!)
Let's get folding!
Origami Pumpkin
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I'm still an origami novice and I found these pumpkins to be much easier to fold than the black cat. I just followed the original tutorial here. It was shown with very few words and lots of arrows. So I took photos of my process in hopes that these photos and descriptions will make things clearer. (Although if you run into trouble, definitely check the original source!)
Let's get folding!
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Recycled Pumpkin Sun Catcher Craft
Tis the season for Halloween crafting, fa-la-la-... Oh wait. Wrong song. Well, you get the point. The season for Halloween crafting has begun! Last year we made of ton of Halloween crafts (see bottom of post for links). This year we've folded an origami black cat and made a cardboard pumpkin with a changeable face. Today we're going to make another recycled Halloween craft. This time we made these milk jug pumpkin sun catchers!
I really liked this craft because the pumpkins were SO easy to make with my 3 year old. And we didn't have to spend a ton of time on prep or a ton of money for materials. (That's a definite win win in my book.) Ok! Let's get making!
DIY Milk Jug Pumpkin Sun Catchers
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I really liked this craft because the pumpkins were SO easy to make with my 3 year old. And we didn't have to spend a ton of time on prep or a ton of money for materials. (That's a definite win win in my book.) Ok! Let's get making!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Cardboard "Bead" Necklaces
I recently saw this fabulous post on painted bead necklaces by fellow Rockin' Art Mom ArtBar Blog. Her students painted such beautiful wooden bead and cardboard necklaces. I was really intrigued by the idea of using corrugated cardboard to make "beads," so I thought I'd give it a try myself. Last weekend our town held its annual Lemon Festival, so I painted myself a lemon necklace to wear there. And since Halloween is always on my mind, I painted myself a skull and bones necklace too. Here are the results!
Aren't they cute? Let's get making!
Let's Make Some Cardboard Beaded Necklaces!
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Aren't they cute? Let's get making!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Faith, Generosity, and a Cardboard Pumpkin Face
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You're probably confused by the title... and I apologize. Today's post is quite special to me and I just wanted to make sure everything important was included.
Now if you've peeked over at my About Me page, you'll see that my Christian faith means quite a bit to me. It shapes how I view the world, pulled me out of a tough spot when I quit my PhD program, and even influences how I view creativity and crafting.
My friend Amy Sullivan (who you might remember was the mastermind behind the #riskrejection challenge that encouraged me to publicly "come out my crafting closet") recently wrote a book When More is Not Enough - How to Stop Giving Your Kids What They Want and Give Them What They Need.
I received a copy of this book to review... and I was pretty nervous. A whole book focused on being generous and serving others like Jesus? Ehhh... I worried that I'd finish the book feeling super guilty because my family and I weren't doing enough.
After reading the very first page, I saw how wrong my fears were.
Amy is honest, funny, and humble. She shares her own family's struggles with generosity, and how God slowly changed their views of service. She also offers some really great ways the whole family (including the kids!) can serve and love their communities and the world.
You can check out this video book blurb below for more details:
(Psst- Did you catch how she's donating 100% of the proceeds of the book to Transformation Village ? Wow.)
After reading her book I felt really encouraged to rethink my views on service and generosity too. I didn't need to be a missionary or the president of a non-profit to make an impact and help out my community. I could do small things with love.
And now here's where the pumpkin face comes in. I initially made Chuck this changeable cardboard pumpkin face (inspired by Halloween and this face from Mr. Printables) as a way to help him learn about his emotions.
See how the facial features change? As we played with the toy, Chuck began relating to the pumpkin as his friend. It kind of took on a life of its own. We talked about how Mr. Pumpkin looked sad, happy, surprised, or scared. We then also starting having conversations about how we could help friends that might be scared or upset.
And that's when a light bulb went on in my head. These small, everyday conversations were also equipping Chuck to have compassion for others... and do small things with love. Chuck's only 3, but he too can have compassion and serve others too.
Whoa. That was definitely a "wow" moment for me.
So if you have a chance, I definitely recommend you reading Amy's book When More is Not Enough. You can read her thoughts on writing a book, or find her on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.
(And in case you want to make your own changeable pumpkin face, simply cut out the facial features and pumpkin from corrugated cardboard. Then, paint them. Then, drill holes through the pieces and use fasteners to attach everything together.)
Happy Monday friends!
You're probably confused by the title... and I apologize. Today's post is quite special to me and I just wanted to make sure everything important was included.
Now if you've peeked over at my About Me page, you'll see that my Christian faith means quite a bit to me. It shapes how I view the world, pulled me out of a tough spot when I quit my PhD program, and even influences how I view creativity and crafting.
My friend Amy Sullivan (who you might remember was the mastermind behind the #riskrejection challenge that encouraged me to publicly "come out my crafting closet") recently wrote a book When More is Not Enough - How to Stop Giving Your Kids What They Want and Give Them What They Need.
After reading the very first page, I saw how wrong my fears were.
Amy is honest, funny, and humble. She shares her own family's struggles with generosity, and how God slowly changed their views of service. She also offers some really great ways the whole family (including the kids!) can serve and love their communities and the world.
You can check out this video book blurb below for more details:
(Psst- Did you catch how she's donating 100% of the proceeds of the book to Transformation Village ? Wow.)
After reading her book I felt really encouraged to rethink my views on service and generosity too. I didn't need to be a missionary or the president of a non-profit to make an impact and help out my community. I could do small things with love.
And now here's where the pumpkin face comes in. I initially made Chuck this changeable cardboard pumpkin face (inspired by Halloween and this face from Mr. Printables) as a way to help him learn about his emotions.
See how the facial features change? As we played with the toy, Chuck began relating to the pumpkin as his friend. It kind of took on a life of its own. We talked about how Mr. Pumpkin looked sad, happy, surprised, or scared. We then also starting having conversations about how we could help friends that might be scared or upset.
And that's when a light bulb went on in my head. These small, everyday conversations were also equipping Chuck to have compassion for others... and do small things with love. Chuck's only 3, but he too can have compassion and serve others too.
Whoa. That was definitely a "wow" moment for me.
So if you have a chance, I definitely recommend you reading Amy's book When More is Not Enough. You can read her thoughts on writing a book, or find her on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.
(And in case you want to make your own changeable pumpkin face, simply cut out the facial features and pumpkin from corrugated cardboard. Then, paint them. Then, drill holes through the pieces and use fasteners to attach everything together.)
Happy Monday friends!
Friday, September 19, 2014
Origami Black Cat
Halloween is coming! Halloween is coming! My favorite holiday is coming! I love the candy! I love the costumes! I love carving pumpkins! And I especially love the Halloween crafts! So I'm starting off this year's Halloween crafts with this really cute origami Halloween black cat.
The directions for this cat came from the book Horrorgami. I'm definitely an origami newbie, so I wasn't able to do as many of the crafts as I would have liked. But if you love folding paper, this book has a ton of great Halloween-inspired origami.
Ok. Onto the cat craft!
Origami Halloween Black Cat
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The directions for this cat came from the book Horrorgami. I'm definitely an origami newbie, so I wasn't able to do as many of the crafts as I would have liked. But if you love folding paper, this book has a ton of great Halloween-inspired origami.
Ok. Onto the cat craft!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Corn Husk Paint Brushes
Last week my sister brought over a bunch of corn. I roasted them in the oven with their husks on and they were yummy. But as I cleaned up, I kept wondering if there was anything I could do with the discarded husks. Last summer I used my husks to make a corn husk doll. This time I tried my hand at making some corn husk paint brushes, since Chuck has been so keen on painting lately.
Last time he really enjoyed making abstract art with cardboard. This time he found it funny to paint with brushes make from food. Now if you're eating a lot of corn too, your kids might like trying out this activity too!
Corn Husk Paint Brushes
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Last time he really enjoyed making abstract art with cardboard. This time he found it funny to paint with brushes make from food. Now if you're eating a lot of corn too, your kids might like trying out this activity too!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Painted Twig Wall Hanging
Painted Twig Wall Art
Chuck's still too young to completely understand the idea of Mother's
Day. But if he were going to give me a handmade gift this Sunday, I'd
venture to say that this Painted Twig Wall Hanging would probably
be it. My little guy has an eye for twigs. Whenever we go for a walk outside, we inevitably bring
back a twig, or a rock, or a leaf (luckily, he hasn't asked to bring back any bugs yet. I might have to put my foot down there.) Our nature collection tends to grow pretty quickly. That's why I really like this twig wall art. It's a beautiful way to remember walks outside, showcase his collection, and do some fun mommy-son crafting too.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Making "roses" out of Autumn leaves
Was anyone else so caught up in Halloween that they didn't really notice the leaves changing colors until this past weekend? Anyone, anyone? *Cricket chirps* Oof. Maybe it was just me. I guess I was just stuck in my own little candy and costume daze.
But now that my head is back on straight I'm seeing color... and I'm liking it! Wowzers! The trees are looking a-mighty gorgeous. I'm going goo-goo ga-ga over all the brilliant reds, happy yellows, and rich oranges that greet me on the street.
Last year I pinned this DIY autumn leaf bouquet, and I swore to myself that I would try it next year. Well, it's now next year! So, I grabbed a bunch of leaves and made myself some autumn "roses." Quick and simple, this craft perfectly captures the colors of fall.
The "rose" on the left was made with different types of leaves than the "rose" on the right.
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