Hands on kids activities for hands on moms.
A Valentine art project for toddlers includes three methods of painting! Pick one, or do all three with your toddler!
Since George keeps wanting to paint hearts, I’ve been trying to come up with different ways to make some Valentine art for toddlers that’s 
I love it when the kids make something to decorate our windows, and a Valentine window just had to be done!
Since George has been asking non-stop to paint more and more hearts, I dug out some
After a round of cookie cutter painting, George was still going strong and was in the mood to paint, so we moved onto sponge art for Valentine’s Day!
So simple to do too! Sponge art is
A simple way to get creative for Valentine’s Day, especially great for toddlers, is with a heart shaped cookie cutter painting activity!
It can get a bit messy, but no messier than any painting activity really!
I grabbed these heart shaped cookie cutters on
A Valentine’s Day art project that kids and even toddlers can do on their own! Upcycle a toilet paper towel tube to make an abstract heart art project!
Be sure to be inspired by all our Valentine’s Day projects we’ve been doing!
I have a thing for using tape in activities, and tape resist art is a fun way to be creative with it!
I love using tape resist art as a cool way for toddlers to do an art project
After voting in the White Cloud Tissue Box Designs [through their Voting App] for the Children’s Miracle Network, I was so inspired to make our own tissue box designs!
Henry wasn’t too excited about it until I showed
Toddlers will love to make an icy painting scene using salt paint! This sensory activity came about after an epic “Craft Fail” of trying to frost my windows with Epsom Salt. I had an entire box of it leftover and wasn’t sure what
The boys made gorgeous candy canes together. Each taking a part in the creating process.
I’m not sure if its good to have one of my boys do one part of a project, and the other one finish it… but it seems to
As part of the Creative Christmas Countdown, I’m sharing a way to decorate a window for the holidays!
There’s many ways to decorate windows, in fact, I even started a Pinterest board for that very thing… Its fun to
The boys and I had a creative morning. I grabbed some paints in fall colors [red, yellow and brown], along with some canvas paper and Paint Dab Markers we received from CraftProjectIdeas.com.
I had a really fun,
Sidewalk chalk has never really been a hit here before.
We don’t have the smoothest sidewalks or a very smooth driveway. So I’ve just never pushed it. I don’t even enjoy drawing with it on it, so why should they? [I’d
There’s something so prestigious about art on a piece of canvas.
I think it really makes the kids think they’re making something really special. Last year they made a piece of art on canvas with the frozen paints
Painting is such a staple for art activities with most kids.
Painting is often the first exposure children have to art.
Which isn’t surprising.
There’s a million different ways to do it!
Even so, painting can become mundane for the
Have you used starch in your crafts with the kids?
After this flower craft, I’m so excited to find new ways to use it.
I got inspired to make these starched coffee filter flowers from Ms. Motta’s Mixed Media’s Chulily-inspired artwork.
The boys and
The boys [okay mainly Henry] and I received this rad [had to break that out] Tulip Tie Dye Kit in the mail and got to do some tie dying! Totally!
We came up with a plan to dye pillow cases before
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Start upcycling some cardboard boxes, or just your cereal boxes, to make a whole town!
This is a wonderfully arty post written by Justine of The Lone Home Ranger.
I was not the crafting sort before I had kids. Even after my first daughter
