Do you celebrate the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) ?  We don't, but I enjoy introducing bits of different holidays to my kids.  R...

Are you looking for an easy, open-ended prompt to encourage children's play and creativity?  How about a building challenge?  We've ...

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 ou...

There is something about  process art  that really appeals to me.  When my son and I are free to just explore materials, there's more ro...

These shiny aluminum art necklaces contain everything that I love about kids craft all rolled into a single craft.  They allow kids to freel...

Today's fall art idea is simple, beautiful, and fun to make!  Tada! We're adding to our growing list of  fall crafts  with these gli...

If you're not keen on carving a pumpkin this year, dig around the 'ol toolbox and try out this easy no-carve idea instead! No-Car...

When I set up today's preschool art activity , my husband thought I was crazy.   Really.  He thought I finally inhaled too many craft pa...

If there's anything in the world that will brighten up a preschooler's day.... it's water play .  Water is seriously magical.  G...

Looking for an art activity that's sure to entertain kids of all ages?  Then salad spinner spin art  is just the activity for you!  My h...

Have you ever tried making scratch art   (affiliate links) ?     It's seriously addictive.  We recently bought a set of scratch art boar...

While I love making crafts with my preschooler, sometimes it's just nice doing process art activities with him.  We don't worry abou...

The more I look at Matisse's artwork , the more it really speaks to me.  I love his vibrant colors and the way his artwork expresses suc...

Recently Chuck's been interested in making things with me again. (Phew.  I thought our dry spell would never be over!)  He seems to enjo...

Do you still have leftover Halloween candy?  Eeek. We do.  This week's Creative Preschooler theme is food!  With Chuck's current ave...

We got rain !  We got rain!   Whoopie!  This was a pretty big deal here in SoCal because we've been in the middle of a drought for a loo...

Earlier last week, fellow Rockin' Arts Mom  Kristen from Art History Mom shared a really neat way to introduce young children to the art...

Chuck and I enjoy painting... well... just about anything.  Give this kid a brush and paint and he's good to go.  I love making art with...

Lately Chuck and I have been painting... a lot... and I thought I'd take his artwork up a notch.  So I let him paint one of my umbrellas...