Tag Archives: Arts & Crafts
Printing With Cookie Cutters
Valentine’s day is pretty BIG around here. It’s probably more accurate to call it Valentine’s month because we start thinking about and creating our valentines as soon as we put away our Christmas decorations. Today we did some printing with … Continue reading
A is for Apple
A is such a great letter to teach and learn about! It is also the perfect time of year because the apples are plentiful in these parts. We are so fortunate to be able to pick apples from my father’s … Continue reading
Painting with Children; Using Negative Space to Make Initials
I was inspired to do this project with the boys after seeing this article, Creating Art: A Child’s Work by Jean Van’t Hul in the online magazine Rhythm of the Home. First the child places tape anywhere they want onto a canvas. … Continue reading
Printmaking with Wooden Letter Blocks; Yet Another Valentine’s Day Project
Is it just me or is printmaking magical? Maybe not to all you adults who know what will happen when you rub the crayon over the object (leaf, blocks, whatever) but to the child, who simply lights up like a … Continue reading
Crafting Acorn Wreaths
So what do you do when your children collect buckets upon buckets upon buckets of acorns? Convince them how much fun it would be to make a wreath! I was inspired to do this from a similar wreath that I saw … Continue reading
Making an Easter Egg Diorama
I remembered this project from a parenting magazine from Spring 2009. I think it was Family Fun. I was 9 months pregnant and honestly, Kai was lucky that the Easter bunny left eggs with raisins in them in the back yard. I was trying … Continue reading
