Handcrafted fun and fast ways to love your kids to bitty-bits!
I’ve been collecting old books to do a variety of upcycle projects for some time now. This first one turned out great! I started with: three-ring binder three-hole punch clear pencil pouch yarn laminated book pages. (LOVE my laminator!) Punch holes all along the outside of the book pages. You can then store the pages […]
That’s right, folks, you heard it here first. Just two ingredients is all it takes to make this impromptu squirt paint. And I bet you have the ingredients already in the house! Ya ready for it? Glue Food coloring That’s right, folks, that’s all ya need. Mix up the paint in squirt bottles and let […]
So awhile back I wrote about learning pointillism and practicing with the kids. Bean is now taking it one step further! He wondered if he could paint with water over it and wanted to see what would happen. It turned out beautifully! I wonder what he’ll think to try next. He’s gotten very creative lately–as […]
Why “twice the fun” you ask? Because it’s fun to free paint, but even better when it’s easy to clean up afterward! And it’s definitely cleaner when you just pull the hose out afterward and spray them down! I let them use whatever they want: hands, fingers, brushes, rolling pins, cars… They were so creative! […]
We’ve found the most amazing show! Creative Galaxy is on Amazon Prime and it is so much fun! It’s like Reading Rainbow, but with art! Each episode has a story surrounding an art project—like something you’d find on Pinterest. Now, 1/4 the fun comes from watching the show, but 3/4 comes when you attempt to […]
We had so much fun this past Sunday teaching about Joshua and the walls of Jericho! As usual, we started with a snack. We had Bugles, of course! After watching the Jesus Storybook Bible episode, we got busy building our first wall made of paper. I drew an outline of a wall and gave the […]
About 2 years ago I decided to start actually DOING all the things I was pinning on Pinterest. One of the first things I wanted to do was find a way to display my kids’ art. In our house, the fridge is tucked in the back corner of the kitchen which means no one really […]
We’ve been stuck inside a lot this winter thanks to snow, negative degree weather, and sickness. In an attempt to avoid screen time as much as possible, we’ve gotten pretty creative with things to do! I thought I’d share some of the top ones for the next time you find yourself stuck inside! 1. Build […]
Happy new year, everyone! Now that we’ve come to the beginning of a new year, I can reveal some of the fun things we’ve made this past year as I attempted a year of all homemade gifts! As some of you may have noticed (those people being friends and family who have received gifts from […]
The prompt: simple. The experiment: worthwhile. The outcome: pretty incredible. I was looking for something to keep the kids busy that wouldn’t be too messy. I thought it was about time to finally try the Pinterest craft of painting in a bag, thereby creating a mess-free work of art. The idea is to put a […]