Do your kids like art activities? This painting with cotton balls activity is so much fun! We love any painting activity, especially fingerpainting, but the girls really enjoy getting to paint with more than just brushes. Our pipe cleaner painting was so much fun! With spring on the horizon, I decided to get out some cotton […]
Shape Art; Painting with Toilet Paper Rolls
Painting activities are always simple art activities I can pull together easily and the kids really enjoy them. We’re always on the lookout for new ways to play with paint, like our glow in the dark painting or our painting with pipe cleaners. This week I used toilet rolls for some shape printing! Shape Art: […]
Glow in the Dark Painting with a Black Light
Simple open-ended art activities are some of my favorite activities to do with MB. She loves to create and art is definitely her thing! This time we added a new twist on her favorite painting activity by using a black light! We’ve had lots of fun with our black light in the past and this was […]
Mardi Gras Beads Process Art for Kids
Read for some Mardi Gras beads process art you can do with your kids? We picked up a pack of Mardi Gras beads from our local Dollar Tree (5 for a dollar) to add to our dress up station but before they made it to the dress up clothes we used them for some art […]
Tissue Paper Collages! Process Art for Toddlers
A few days ago I decided to clean out and reorganize my art supply closet and in order to keep MB busy so I could finish I let her tear up a bunch of odd scraps of tissue paper we had left over from other projects, like our collage candle holders. We ended up with a […]
[No Cook] Homemade Puffy Paint
This homemade puffy paint recipe is easy to pull together, it uses three simple ingredients that are typical to any kitchen (even my very lacking kitchen), and is always a hit with the kids. You can find our microwave puff paint version here for a fun art and science activity all rolled in one! Ingredients: 1 Cup Salt 1 […]
Rock Art {Wordless Wednesday}
This week’s Wordless Wednesday is all about rock art! Simple but very fun!
Fourth of July Craft: Pipe Cleaner Firework Paintings
Need a quick Fourth of July craft for kids? Grab some pipe cleaners and paint and you’re ready to go! This simple pipe cleaner art project is perfect for both preschooler and toddlers. Post contains affiliate links for your convenience, please disclosure for more info. My toddlers have become obsessed with the pipe cleaners recently so I […]
Father’s Day Handprint Fish Craft for Kids
Its that time when we celebrate Dads! For some reason I always struggle with finding things for Father’s Day. There are a million ideas for Mother’s Day but Father’s Day is always a challenge. This year we decided to make hand print fish. I used acrylic paints because the construction paper I currently have on […]